Daniel Eran DilgerApple's chief executive Tim Cook quipped to a journalist that she should "get a new phone" as she posed questions during the exclusive gathering of tech and media executives at Sun Valley, Idaho.
Apple CEO @tim_cook talks to @Jessicalessin (bottom right), tells another reporter using @Samsung: 'get a new phone' pic.twitter.com/woBcicHtaB
— Amir Efrati (@amir) July 9, 2014The annual Sun Valley event, which has been held by investment bank Allen & Co. since 1983, brings together executives to discuss industry issues and talk deals. It was reportedly the birthplace of Comcast's 2011 acquisition of NBC Universal, for example.
Hoping to get a scoop on the next big deal, reporters are swarming the event, where Cook has been joined by Apple's head of iTunes and Internet service Eddy Cue, as Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, Google chairman Eric Schmidt, News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch and lots of other billionaires including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.
Bloomberg's "Hollywood reporter" Anousha Sakoui tweeted "Ok Apple's Tim cook just told me to upgrade my phone. It's a Samsung. I don't think I redeemed myself by saying I also had an iPhone," followed later by, "For the record Tim Cook is one of the nicest people I've met."
Ok Apple's Tim cook just told me to upgrade my phone. It's a Samsung. I dont think I redeemed myself by saying I also had an iPhone
— Anousha (@anoushasakoui) July 9, 2014Getting more than upgrade advice out of the events attendees proved to be a much more difficult task. New York Post reporter Kaja Whitehouse tweeted, "Asked Harvey Weinstein to talk about his plans to sell his TV division. "You know we're under seal here," he replied. #sunvalley blues."
She did get a paparazzi photo of Apple's Cook walking in with Cue, however.
The belles of the #sunvalley ball. @tim_cook walks in with Eddy Cue. I took this photo with my iPad pic.twitter.com/YDF0oFOJ0S
— Kaja Whitehouse (@kajawhitehouse) July 9, 2014Wall Street Journal reporter Doug MacMillan tweeted out a picture of Cook being "chased" by CNN Money correspondent Cristina Alesci, noting "no watch on that wrist." The photo was retweeted by Wall Street Journal writer Daisuke Wakabayashi and Re/Code editor Arik Hesseldahl.
And then Tim Cook appears, prompting @CristinaAlesci to give chase. No watch on that wrist #SunValley pic.twitter.com/SBcsZ4bd28
— Doug MacMillan (@dmac1) July 9, 2014BusinessInsider's Jay Yarrow also cited the tweet in an all caps update, "TIM COOK IS AT SUN VALLEY," which prompted journalist Jason Del Rey of Re/Code to add "AND HIS BICEPS LOOK GREAT."
Invited attendees have also been warned about drones in the air trying to snoop out a story, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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When will people realize that their iPhone camera is significantly better than their iPad camera?
Forget the fact you look like a douche parent at a dance recital...
Then you should have also told Tim Cook you keep that Samcrap phone to remind you of how bad it is on the other side of the smartphone spectrum.
When will people realize that their iPhone camera is significantly better than their iPad camera?
Forget the fact you look like a douche parent at a dance recital...
Oh, don't be a snob, there's nothing wrong with using an iPad to take a video, for one it's much easier to edit your videos with iMovie and then upload them to the web. Since videos are shrunked down most of time anyway the 5MP camera is more then acceptable.
[quote name="Relic" url="/t/181291/at-sun-valley-retreat-tim-cook-tells-reporter-to-upgrade-her-samsung-phone#post_2561692"] Oh, don't be a snob, there's nothing wrong with using an iPad to take a video, for one it's much easier to edit your videos with iMovie and then upload them to the web. Since videos are shrunked down most of time anyway the 5MP camera is more then acceptable. [/quote] Correct, easier to edit, and if it's the one you have in your hand at a good moment, well then . . . who cares what you look like? You got the shot.
Oh, don't be a snob, there's nothing wrong with using an iPad to take a video, for one it's much easier to edit your videos with iMovie and then upload them to the web. Since videos are shrunked down most of time anyway the 5MP camera is more then acceptable.
Sorry, but as much as I love iPad's, I look down upon people who try to use it as a Point-and-Shoot camera, as it makes them look like total tools. If the iPad is mounted in a pro mount and used for video capture, it at least looks more at place for that role.
I really wish Apple would eliminate the rear camera from iPad's. And as Andysol pointed out, the iPhone 5C/S camera is far superior, and far more pocketable / portable, so no reason to use an inferior product for such an important event.