Roger Fingas
Most of the rumors should come to an end soon, as Apple has finally set a date for its fall press event — Sept. 12. Of course talk about the "iPhone 8's" features and even its name continued this week, joined by current events and word of the company's video plans.
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Everything you need to know:
- Expect to see three new iPhones and more on Sept. 12 > >
- The OLED-based "iPhone 8" should replace a home button with a "software bar" and new gestures > >
- The device might actually be called the "iPhone X" or "iPhone 8 Edition" > >
- Apple may be spending over $1 billion to create a dozen TV shows > >
- The company took a firm pro-net neutrality stance with the FCC > >
- Apple is fighting movie studios on the prices for 4K movies on iTunes > >
- The company raised somewhere over $3 million to aid Hurriance Harvey victims > >
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I don't know...
I'm an AppleInsider type. I've been in tech longer than probably 90% of Apple's employees. I've switched between whole technology platforms a bunch of times and continue to learn new systems, platforms, programming languages, and technologies of all kinds.
And, I think 'raise to wake' totally sucks... I bought an iPhone SE on-purpose because I want a 3.5mm jack and a phone-sized-phone. I think a number of Apple's 'innovations' over the last decade have been UX fails. While I have to see what actually happens in a couple of weeks, if any of the rumors have validity, I think Apple's headed for another fail move (design tradeoffs in many of these cases).
This isn't because I'm some kind of tech luddite. It's because good UX/UI - or design or art as a whole - isn't some kind of completely subjective thing. Good UX/UI, is good UX/UI. Good design and art, are good design and art. Otherwise, they are poor or even bad.