Last minute iPhone 6 display redesign could limit availability at launch

[JohnnyStone]

A lot of Apple fans are going to attempt suicide if they don't get the new iPhone at launch. Let's just hope they succeed.

Who? Apple or the the people trying to commit suicide?

 

[JohnnyStone]

I have no idea what working "flat-out" means? Are they laying down on their backs to decrease fatigue? Not sure that this would increase productivity though - they would fall asleep on the job!

Flat-out means at top speed. It comes from automotive terminology and is a fairly common figure of speech in USA English. Google/Bing is your friend.

I think he was sarcastic, not really asking for an answer.

 

[JohnnyStone]

Smartphones have already peaked. They've pretty much all stopped innovating, all we get now is slightly adjusted sized screens, slightly better pixel resolution, barely improved hardware power, and a slightly longer battery life. I guess this means we're on the cusp of a new computational paradigm shift towards AR glasses.

What a daft statement. How can you state that Smartphones had peak and in the next sentence state they are still improving?

I think he might be an iPhone user. In that case, his statement is fairly true concerning the slight improvements.

 

[JohnnyStone]

It just seems so dumb that everybody flies of the handle every 2 years, even waiting in line for something that hardly changes.

I'm not sure they really do though. I think it is kind of a self-perpetuating machine that people just expect there to be this hype and they build it up to be so insane, but in reality, you get a very very small percentage of the users of an iPhone actually lining up in advance.

I mean think about it, how long are those lines? a few hundred people? how many lines are there world wide? 30?-50? (likely less, likely much less, only the huge cities). Now, how many total iPhone users are there?

But release after release we have anti apple people creating 'anti-hype' about this that is much larger than the actual fanboyism.

I think the line would be long as usual, but sales will go slow. Why? For the first time iPhone users have a choice of two real options (5C was not a real option). So many will be in the line to buy the new iPhone and when they reach the front, they will be confronted with a choice. They are not used to this, so they will take a while to decide which one to buy and then maybe buy both to avoid the confusion.

Apple is really hitting people hard. They are used to Apple making decisions for them because Apple knows best what you need. Now they are forcing people to make a decision for themselves. This is unfair to the users. This might be the end of Apple! iPhone users generally do not want to make decisions. You see, on Windows and Android phones there are way too many options and you might make the wrong choice. With Apple it is easier with just one "choice." Apple, what were you thinking???

 

[jafo818]

Am I the only one who thinks its weird that the iPhone doesn't come in black? Their almost certainly letting a small but noticeable number of sales go to Android because of this.

Of course it comes in black. I own a black iPhone. Wow.