Month: October 2020

So I’m a little late in writing my thoughts about the iPhone 12.

Wow. So obviously Apple thinks that going backwards to the iPhone 4 is amazing?

Apple thinks that trickling new features will get me salivating?

Even the 5G feature (outside of the US) is well – shit.

Millimetre Wave technology – mmWave (the thing that makes 5G interesting) won’t come to any iPhones that ship from anywhere but the US.

So what does that leave me in Australia (or anywhere that’s not the US) with?

5G (sub‑6 GHz).

Meh.

Will I buy it? Yes, because my iPhone X is three years old.

Am I happy? Not particularly.

Am I surprised? No.

That’s the problem Apple. Your innovations are, well, boring.

Wow. Seriously Apple?

I am a forgiving guy.

I expected some sort of quick update to fix things that were broken in watchOS 7, but three fucking attempts at a simple battery drain issue is really really sloppy work guys.

I’ve said it many times since Steve Jobs death – and I think that requiring three updates to fix a simple battery issue is nothing short of disgraceful.

Steve Jobs must be turning in his grave over this.

Get your shit together Apple, or move on to another company.

So Apple will debut the new iPhone 12 come October 14.

Given that 2020 has been one giant kick in the balls with Corona virus, I’m very cynical that these new iPhones will offer much more than slightly greater speed and a 5G option.

That being said, I’ll buy one of these as I’ve owned an iPhone since the very first iPhone was released, and it’s been 3 years since Apple truly did anything different with the iPhone X.

Why, oh why does Apple (sans Steve Jobs) think that the masses will blindly bleat and accept a new iPhone each year that’s only a bit faster than the phone that they already spent in excess of $1,000 on?