14 DAY TRIAL // I was very excited to see what Apple would come up with today. I even stopped playing Destiny to watch the iPhone 6 launch, but then I had a feeling that this would turn out bad. Bad for me for losing my time and bad for Apple for disappointing me and other fans trying to watch the live event.
I do not own an Apple TV and I probably never will, but if I did, it wouldn't have helped me watch the iPhone 6 launch event. However, I do own a few Apple products, so I excitingly opened my iPad to see what Apple prepared for us.
It took me a few refreshes to get the live keynote running, but in the end, all seemed well enough. That lasted for a few seconds until I realized that the whole event was streamed with the Chinese voice translation.
To make things worse, the live stream dropped after 10 seconds, and each time I tried to make it work, it would drop after several seconds again.
In the end, it dropped completely and I couldn't access the live stream address. This also happened to hundreds of thousands others who were trying to watch Apple's iPhone 6 launch live.
Ok, I can understand that sometime these things can happen even to the biggest companies such as Apple, but what occurred during the event made me reconsider my opinion on the Cupertino.
I thought Apple was supposed to bring new technologies into the smartphone business. I also thought they should be the ones that others wanted to copy, not the other way around.
Despite the fact that Apple's live stream failed, iPhone 6 will sell millions
Even though there are many things that companies like Samsung “borrowed” from Apple, it now appears that everything it's been reversed.
Saying that you invented Wi-Fi Calling and that your device supports more LTE bands than any other smartphone on the market is embarrassing to say the least.
Especially when Apple brings to the market a product that's not even on par with some devices launched earlier this year. I agree that some of the components manufactured in-house may be better than what's available on the market right now, but I want to wait and see some tests before making any statements.
QHD displays, 4K video recording, quad-core CPU, and many others, are things that Apple users will not get in the next 12 months. Not that many would care about these, but I thought Apple was at the forefront of innovation, always striving to bring out new technologies.
To me, it looks like Apple is just taking existing technologies and is trying to make them better for its own customers. Sadly, the innovation stuff has been left to other brands, and frankly, I'm not sure they realize the potential.
Since a few years ago, I got the feeling that Apple was always one step behind competition, but this year my impression became certainty. The iPhone 6 is clearly one step behind other flagship smartphones on paper, which means it remains to be seen if actual performance matches in tests.
I know for sure iPhone 7 will pack a QHD display
I'm definitely not impressed by Apple's iPhone 6, I'm more excited about Samsung's Galaxy Note Edge, even if I'm not really a big fan of the South Korean's company.
Now that is a really innovative smartphone, even if the second Edge display doesn't have too many applicable uses in real life. The thing is that the Galaxy Note Edge could be the base of a series of unique phones that we now consider as futuristic.
What innovations the iPhone 6 brings to the world? Unfortunately, none. Obviously, Apple will sell millions of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus units, because fans want/need to upgrade from an older iPhone and the only choices they have are the devices introduced today.
If next year things turn out the same they did today, Apple fans can rest easy, as the iPhone 7 will pack a QHD display and possibly a 16-megapixel camera. I sincerely hope so.