News - Strong Apple iPhone, Mac sales precipitate record Q3 results

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However its iPad tablet sales have slipped for the second consecutive quarter.

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[mustaffaleek]

Personally I'm looking forward to the next clutch of iPhones. Not an Apple fanbois as such but the tech Apple come out with does force the competition to raise the bar that little bit more.

[shaithis]

Personally I'm looking forward to the next clutch of iPhones. Not an Apple fanbois as such but the tech Apple come out with does force the competition to raise the bar that little bit more.

Really? You don't think smartphone and tablet makers would up their specs each year unless apple released new products?

[crossy]

Really? You don't think smartphone and tablet makers would up their specs each year unless apple released new products?

Agreed - there's someone who hasn't been watching Samsung's product "strategy".

No mention of the iPod's? Hmm, cue the news articles claiming that it's going to be dropped. Just "rediscovered" my old 5G Video. Loaded it with lossless files, hooked up to an external DAC and over-ear 'phones and I'm a happy camper. Would be nice - since I'm using lossless files - to have a bit more, sorry a lot more, storage. So an "upgrade" to a Classic would be good - or I can just do a flash-storage upgrade.

[Jowsey]

Really? You don't think smartphone and tablet makers would up their specs each year unless apple released new products?

No, but (bear in mind I have a HTC One) I wouldn't be able to say for sure that a company would make such premium feeling phones with-out Apple showing there is a market for it.

I may be wrong, but it is the single largest reason I choose a HTC One M7 over GS4.

Either way, I will be interested in what Apple brings to the table with the new Iphone. As I always am when any large company announces new flagship devices.

[crossy]

No, but (bear in mind I have a HTC One) I wouldn't be able to say for sure that a company would make such premium feeling phones with-out Apple showing there is a market for it.

I may be wrong, but it is the single largest reason I choose a HTC One M7 over GS4.

Either way, I will be interested in what Apple brings to the table with the new Iphone. As I always am when any large company announces new flagship devices.

Premium-feeling? No. Premium priced, definitely.

I'll agree that Apple used to be the one to watch, but the last couple of products in the mobile line have been a bit "meh" - certainly not the buzz that accompanied the previous generations. Sure, the fanboy's will hail whatever comes out as "the best thing evah!" but I'm more cynical. Unfortunately, this is also an area where Samsung (who I think you'd agree are the leading competitor in the mobile space) are copying. S5 just looks like "S4+" to me, and S4 was a visual step back from S3 (imho).

In terms of fashion, I'd actually commend your chosen device - that whole metal-look-with-a-curved-back seems to be very much "in fashion" at the moment. Wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if iPhone6 does this too. Just got an LG G3 and that looks pretty similar to an upscaled version of the M8 Mini that my daughter has.

iPad - problem there is that there's other players in the market (esp Samsung) who have devices that are just as good, or in some cases have USP's that make them more notable, and at cheaper price points to boot. Low end - iPad Mini - they're getting their clock cleaned by the tethered devices like Amazon Kindle, Tesco Hudl, etc.

Mac's always interested me, but not enough to want to spend the £100's to get one, although I did toy with eBaying an old model so I could have some hands on time. Maybe a Mac Mini would be a good place to start.

Where I will agree with you though is that irrespective of whether they ship a new iPhone or iPad model this year that I'd want to buy, it'll be interesting to see their take on the way forward. However, if iPhone6 is merely a tweaked version of the 5S/5C and/or iPad 2014 is similarly just a minor upgrade then I suspect that more folks will start looking elsewhere for their new tech toy. Personally, I think we'll see the much-touted Apple wearable device this time around - all that focus on "ecosystem" makes me think "new device".