The 9/9/2014 Apple Launch Event Thread

[Mopetar]

yea not sure why they didn't just drop the 16 and shift everything down, its not like the memory costs anything

Because more people will pay $100 to jump from 16 GB to 64 GB than they would from 32 GB to 64 GB. This is about driving up margins.

 

[Anubis]

here comes them claiming they invented mobile payments

 

[Ravynmagi]

While I can't bitch about the $100 premium to go to 64 gig, that's lame ass way to go about it by starting at 16 gig.

Apparently Apple wanted to start the price at $300 on contract, but the carriers wouldn't accept that. So I think Apple probably intentionally made the $200 model as unappealing as possible, so they can sell the more expensive model easier.

 

[Mopetar]

Nothing on NFC, right?

Looks like that's starting now.

 

[Anubis]

From the verge

Oh my god Apple is doing a late-night infomercial "it's so hard to pay" video.

Now we get a video showing how complicated credits cards are to use. Oh god, you have to pull it out of the wallet. Oh god, they need to see ID. Oh god, this is taking forever. She has to swipe again

All this is missing is black and white footage and exaggerated fumbling.

 

[bearxor]

here comes them claiming they invented mobile payments

From the verge

Oh my god Apple is doing a late-night infomercial "it's so hard to pay" video.

Now we get a video showing how complicated credits cards are to use. Oh god, you have to pull it out of the wallet. Oh god, they need to see ID. Oh god, this is taking forever. She has to swipe again

All this is missing is black and white footage and exaggerated fumbling.

It makes you really unhappy that Apple's probably going to succeed at this, doesn't it?

 

[Anubis]

So there's definitely an NFC chip in the phone -- the video had a generic card reader in it.

 

[Red Storm]

lol my iPhone 5 is going crash crazy trying just trying to go to Apple.com

 

[Anubis]

It makes you really unhappy that Apple's probably going to succeed at this, doesn't it?

im not unhappy, I just dislike it when companies lie about stuff


and the stuff pulled from the verge was from people at the event which is pretty funny no matter how you feel

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

So the whole NFC thing is where I think Google deserves a slap in the face. Apple's gonna do what Google should've done from day 1 now.

And combined with a fingerprint reader, it makes FAR more sense than a PIN in Google Wallet. This is big IMO.

 

[HN]

 

[Mopetar]

Apparently Apple wanted to start the price at $300 on contract, but the carriers wouldn't accept that. So I think Apple probably intentionally made the $200 model as unappealing as possible, so they can sell the more expensive model easier.

Pretty much spot on.

Next year the entry model will probably give people rabies.

 

[bearxor]

im not unhappy, I just dislike it when companies lie about stuff


and the stuff pulled from the verge was from people at the event which is pretty funny no matter how you feel

What have they lied about?

 

[Ravynmagi]

So the whole NFC thing is where I think Google deserves a slap in the face. Apple's gonna do what Google should've done from day 1 now.

And combined with a fingerprint reader, it makes FAR more sense than a PIN in Google Wallet. This is big IMO.

Doesn't Google Wallet use NFC?

 

[Kaido]

All this is missing is black and white footage and exaggerated fumbling.

To be fair, we've had a huge issue of credit card scanners on ATM's & swipe devices in my area over the last six months or so. I've started using a credit card for anything in-person since they have a better fraud department than my bank, so an improved payment system would be welcome!

 

[ChronoReverse]

It makes you really unhappy that Apple's probably going to succeed at this, doesn't it?

It will bother me until the next time I pull out my Visa and tap it to pay. It's nice to have something high-tech before America for once (being in Canadaland).

 

[Kaido]

1. NFC (Near-Field Communications)
2. Touch ID
3. Secure Element chip

 

[Anubis]

So the whole NFC thing is where I think Google deserves a slap in the face. Apple's gonna do what Google should've done from day 1 now.

And combined with a fingerprint reader, it makes FAR more sense than a PIN in Google Wallet. This is big IMO.

I generally agree, I just personally think NFC fixes a non issue, as taking the phone out of my pocket and opening the whatever mobile payments app is used takes just as much time as taking my wallet out and swiping my credit card

 

[Mopetar]

So the whole NFC thing is where I think Google deserves a slap in the face. Apple's gonna do what Google should've done from day 1 now.

And combined with a fingerprint reader, it makes FAR more sense than a PIN in Google Wallet. This is big IMO.

Honestly, they should have the option to use a PIN in addition to the fingerprint reader. We really need to move to multi-factor authentication sooner rather than later, or at least have the support for it in place.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Doesn't Google Wallet use NFC?

It does. But wasn't it restricted to MC for the longest time? Carrier blocked? Blah blah blah?

 

[luv2liv]

no mention of RAM. so im guessing 1gb again.
wow

 

[fierydemise]

So the whole NFC thing is where I think Google deserves a slap in the face. Apple's gonna do what Google should've done from day 1 now.

And combined with a fingerprint reader, it makes FAR more sense than a PIN in Google Wallet. This is big IMO.

But they aren't really. Looking at their little video its using a pre-existing kiosk. Apple isn't pushing adoption here they are simply coming to the party after the infrastructure already exists.

 

[Oyeve]

Its boring now. Need more TECH!

 

[Anubis]

What have they lied about?

today nothing, in the past plenty, it was a quasi sarcastic remark about their marketing which you are taking way to seriously

 

[Kaido]

"With Pay, there's one-touch checkout for e-commerce; there's no card number entry, no typing addresses, no card info shared with the merchant."

Curious if that works for paying on a computer as well, like a one-time code generation based upon Touch ID activation that links back to your shipping & payment details. I don't like shopping on my phone & prefer to do it at a computer...