September Apple Event

mirrorwall14

Still waiting for a release date for the air and the new phones have one. What’s going on? Just take my money! I’ve been saving long enough lol

DubDJ

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Still waiting for a release date for the air and the new phones have one. What’s going on? Just take my money! I’ve been saving long enough lol

I could see these being put up for pre-order this Friday the same date as the new iPhones. They wouldn't have announced a date during the event, it will probably be a quiet announcement for the date.

adox

DubDJ wrote: »

I could see these being put up for pre-order this Friday the same date as the new iPhones. They wouldn't have announced a date during the event, it will probably be a quiet announcement for the date.

I thought the same, waiting for the iPhone with the A14 chip. But we have had the event and still no date for the IPad Air, apart from October while the iPhone is already up to preorder ion the site minutes after the event. Meanwhile the Air was announced last month and still.......


All very strange imo.

drogon.

From what I am seeing the HomePod was never sold in Ireland, is this true ?

Can't even see the original one listed on their Irish site

mirrorwall14

I assumed we’d get a date at least even while the website was down. It’s two weeks into October and ringing silence!

DubDJ

drogon. wrote: »

From what I am seeing the HomePod was never sold in Ireland, is this true ?

Can't even see the original one listed on their Irish site

Nope, it had a very limited market of only a few countries and has been a little neglected by Apple. They opened the event saying they were bring HomePod to more users, but no update on if more countries was included. The other thread says the UK version works perfectly though.

peteeeed

drogon. wrote: »

From what I am seeing the HomePod was never sold in Ireland, is this true ?

Can't even see the original one listed on their Irish site

No, never went on sale here, I got mine from Apple UK / parcel motel

drogon.

peteeeed wrote: »

No, never went on sale here, I got mine from Apple UK / parcel motel

Any limitation when using it here ? At 99GBP is very good value for the HomePod mini

quarryman

Looks like the battery on the mini will be better than my Xs. That's me sold.

https://www.apple.com/ie/iphone/compare/?device1=iphone12mini&device2=iphoneXS

Sheep Shagger

Preorders open here with Apple direct 16/10

https://www.apple.com/ie/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-12-pro

DubDJ

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Still waiting for a release date for the air and the new phones have one. What’s going on? Just take my money! I’ve been saving long enough lol

[URL] https://9to5mac.com/2020/10/13/rumor-new-fourth-gen-ipad-air-available-for-preorder-on-october-16th/[/URL]

9to5Mac saying it could be October 16th.

Leftwaffe

What are peoples thoughts on no charger being included?

It's a load of bull if you ask me. They're including a lightening to USB C cable which makes no sense. Majority of iPhone users won't have a USB c adaptor and will have to buy one anyway.

What's more is, they should return the savings to the customer. Not line their own pockets. They money they must be saving is incredible. Samsung etc will follow suit most likely and I'll be interested to see how they handle it.

DubDJ

In the broad scheme of things it will have a positive environmental impact. It will also mean Apple will make millions more in profit.

Some rumours hinted that the bill of materials of this years iPhone was higher due to 5G etc. So maybe the profit margin hasn’t gone up a lot. Regardless, Apple will still rake in the money from these phones.

I’m personally fine with it, although a €49 price drop would have been nice to offset the cost.

awec

I'm not bothered by the lack of charger really, though if you believe it was done for environmental reasons then I've some snake oil here I'd like to sell you.

DubDJ

awec wrote: »

I'm not bothered by the lack of charger really, though if you believe it was done for environmental reasons then I've some snake oil here I'd like to sell you.

In fairness, Apple have always taken a very strong stance on the environmental impact they make. They’ll regularly take 5-10 mins out of their biggest keynotes to talk about how they’re using recycled materials and new processes they’ve introduced.

While I do think the initial reason for dropping accessories was reducing costs, I do believe they were genuine about reducing e-waste and packaging and there was probably people in Apple pushing for this purely from the environmental side of things.

adox

Those not bothered - do you already have a USB-C charging brick or you're happy to buy one on top?
No previous iphones shipped with a USB-C brick right?

Leftwaffe

adox wrote: »

Those not bothered - do you already have a USB-C charging brick or you're happy to buy one on top?
No previous iphones shipped with a USB-C brick right?

I've got one for my iPad luckily but I'll be buying another with the new Pro max. Bit if a dose.

Simon201

adox wrote: »

No previous iphones shipped with a USB-C brick right?

They came with an 11 Pro Max

DubDJ

Last years Pro models did. But third-party companies have been selling them for years so I’d imagine a lot of people will already have one.

I’ve charged my iPhone with the wireless charger about 99.5% of the time since I got it. So for me, there’s no big difference with loosing the charging brick or earphones.

murpho999

adox wrote: »

Those not bothered - do you already have a USB-C charging brick or you're happy to buy one on top?
No previous iphones shipped with a USB-C brick right?

I already had a USB C brick as I got an Anker on for fast charging.

Wireless charging is also an option.

adox

murpho999 wrote: »

I already had a USB C brick as I got an Anker on for fast charging.

Wireless charging is also an option.

Fair enough, was more thinking for those who don’t and are buying the phone.

I didn’t actually think but I presume these can still be charged by a lightning to USB-A cable if that’s the previous brick you have and want to charge from the mains?

murpho999

adox wrote: »

Fair enough, was more thinking for those who don’t and are buying the phone.

I didn’t actually think but I presume these can still be charged by a lightning to USB-A cable if that’s the previous brick you have and want to charge from the mains?

Yes the old cables and bricks must work.

I actually don't get Apple's idea of sticking with Lightning and changing to USB C.

peteeeed

best buy canada has oct 23rd up for the air

mirrorwall14

peteeeed wrote: »

best buy canada has oct 23rd up for the air

Argh!!!

adox

Pre order from 1PM today it looks like.

mirrorwall14

Yeah. Order went in yesterday for iPad and new pencil (mine is incompatible). Now I wait. Again. Lol