Apple Event - October 13th 2020

adox

DelBoy Trotter wrote: »

If they want to start pulling customers away from Google Home and Alexa, this HomePod mini would need to be competitively.....and I can’t see that happening

I can’t see it being. It looks a bigger device than its counterparts so I’d say more expensive.

Wasn’t the smart part the weak point on the homepods compared to competitors? Was sold on the sound quality first.

peteeeed

I'm all in on the iHouse

Itssoeasy

I’ve always wondered how hard Siri finds some Irish accents.

Itssoeasy

peteeeed wrote: »

I'm all in on the iHouse

Not far from skynet.

murpho999

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I’ve always wondered how hard Siri finds some Irish accents.

I think it's pretty good in fairness and also has an Irish accent voice.

FourFourRED

Will probably still have to order these from the You Kay unless they allow Ireland in on the action!

DubDJ

If it's €99 and in Ireland then I'm all in on this

adox

peteeeed wrote: »

I'm all in on the iHouse

Of Pancakes?

Itssoeasy

That intercom feature is the gift of lazy feckers.

murpho999

FourFourFM wrote: »

Will probably still have to order these from the You Kay unless they allow Ireland in on the action!

Why were the original Homepods never available here?

adox

DubDJ wrote: »

If it's €99 and in Ireland then I'm all in on this

I’m guessing $150

IamMetaldave

DubDJ wrote: »

If it's €99 and in Ireland then I'm all in on this

Not an iHope!

Itssoeasy

murpho999 wrote: »

I think it's pretty good in fairness and also has an Irish accent voice.

That accent voice is as neutral as it gets.

IamMetaldave

IamMetaldave wrote: »

Not an iHope!

Just as I typed that

FourFourRED

murpho999 wrote: »

Why were the original Homepods never available here?

Genuinely think it’s an accent thing that they’re extra cautious about. Siri isn’t available on Apple TV either.

Itssoeasy

$99

murpho999

DubDJ wrote: »

If it's €99 and in Ireland then I'm all in on this

Slippery slope as you end up buying more than one.

I have 4 echoes now, after trying one out a year ago.:pac:

adox

adox wrote: »

I’m guessing $150

Wow $99.

murpho999

Itssoeasy wrote: »

$99

Yes but excluding US taxes.

I'm guessing €129 here.

Itssoeasy

iPhone here we go.

Sierra Oscar

murpho999 wrote: »

YEs but excluding US taxes.

I'm guessing €129 here.

Still pretty decent, thought it would be approaching 200 quid!

DubDJ

I've one echo dot that I want to replace. No mention of countries but I'll probably pick one up from the UK store. Pity about the November release date.

FourFourRED

Poor Tim looking fairly lonely in that empty room.

hetuzozaho

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Still pretty decent, thought it would be approaching 200 quid!

Yeah surprising it comes in under the Pencil!

murpho999

Much prefer these recorded presentations.

Slicker, smoother and no annoying American hollering and whooping.

You wouldn’t want to be playing a “5G” drinking game. They’re really putting all the eggs in that basket this year.

DubDJ

Anyone else not give two sh!ts about 5G? Wish they'd picked 120Hz over 5G. Just the usual US telecom networks pushing people into new phones. 3G to 4G was no major difference for me, even now I struggle to get 4G in a lot of areas.

Sierra Oscar

murpho999 wrote: »

Much prefer these recorded presentations.

Slicker, smoother and no annoying American hollering and whooping.

Agreed, it's such a high quality setup too. Everything straight to the point.

Itssoeasy

5G has gotten real apparently.

Sad Professor

The way they keep cutting back to the empty auditorium is weird.

adox

Bigging up the 5G feature first. Minor upgrades apart from that so?(haven’t been following the leeks.

DubDJ

Yeah looks like they'll be pushing 5G as the big flagship feature. And it's all aimed at the US market as usual.

FourFourRED

adox wrote: »

Bigging up the 5G feature first. Minor upgrades apart from that so?(haven’t been following the leeks.

Looks like it. They will heavily push this ‘new’ square design and the liDar stuff too probably.

Simon201

That guy should stick to selling pasta

Itssoeasy

So America then. I mean what about cork or Galway ?

Edit: if you were playing the 5G and Verizon drinking game stay away from the oven.

murpho999

DubDJ wrote: »

Anyone else not give two sh!ts about 5G? Wish they'd picked 120Hz over 5G. Just the usual US telecom networks pushing people into new phones. 3G to 4G was no major difference for me, even now I struggle to get 4G in a lot of areas.

I'd much rather have 5g.

120hz is something you've mentioned a few times but I think it's very niche on a phone and not something most people worry about.

5G will make a difference in speeds and how a phone is used as it interacts with more devices.

FourFourRED

Not even the pre-recording could stop that from being cringey

DubDJ

This has such a stage show feel. Like watching a play

Marty Bird

Sad Professor wrote: »

The way they keep cutting back to the empty auditorium is weird.

Yeah that is strange alright.

Sierra Oscar

It's kind of interesting how much 5G is being pushed. Reaching up to 200m by year end out of a total US population of 320m.

Obviously they have to start somewhere, but the connectivity is far from ideal.

Mr.S wrote: »

3G to 4G was a massive jump!?

If you only use data for browsing the internet and a few apps, then yes it doesn't make much difference.

Agreed, although biggest benefit of 5G for me personally will be saying goodbye (hopefully) to dropped connections at gigs and events. Even now I find I loose 4G in Dublin city center at times. The network is jammed.

IamMetaldave

All new is a reach..

murpho999

Simon201 wrote: »

That guy should stick to selling pasta

Why?

He's Swedish?
Most likely he kitted out the house with Mini Homepods.

Itssoeasy

It looks like the iPhone5 around the edges.

FourFourRED

The blue looks different that the leaked images. Looks better.

IamMetaldave

Mr.S wrote: »

take my money. That design!

I’m with ya.. that black is tempting me away from the Pro Max.

DubDJ

murpho999 wrote: »

I'd much rather have 5g.

120hz is something you've mentioned a few times but I think it's very niche on a phone and not something most people worry about.

5G will make a difference in speeds and how a phone is used as it interacts with more devices.

Suppose everyone has their own things. I just never noticed a major difference in speeds, and I'm mostly on WiFi anyway. 120Hz on the screen was impressive when I first saw the iPad, and if it's the part of the phone you see and interact with the most it's where I'd like to see the updates.

Itssoeasy

That design is nice in fairness.

murpho999

FourFourFM wrote: »

The blue looks different that the leaked images. Looks better.

Are you thinking of the blue for the Pro?

It looks the exact same as the leaks I saw.

adox

No let’s not talk more about 5G!

Itssoeasy

That’s a fancy looking walk in freezer.