WHAT TO EXPECT FROM APPLE'S BIG EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 9TH

I loaded it. Seems like it's working for me. But I completely understand your reserve. I don't blame you

 

Lmao at "bendgate"!

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/it...ndgate-and-buy-apple-2014-09-26?siteid=yhoof2

It’s time to chill out over ‘bendgate’ and buy Apple

Analyst: ‘bendgate’ is a media blitz.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — What a week for Apple. The Cupertino tech giant was clobbered with PR-hit after PR-hit, fueled by a viral YouTube video that appears to show the physical bending of an iPhone 6 Plus.

Social media went nuts. Twitter TWTR, +1.55% and YouTube GOOG, +0.19% users, people on Facebook FB, +1.33% and the mainstream media, all cried foul. A candy bar company even used “bendgate” to its marketing advantage.

But in retrospect, it seems the critics might have gotten a little too bent out of shape.

It’s time to chill out about this whole bending phones thing. Apple AAPL, +1.84% on Thursday said it had received only nine complaints related to the issue. That’s nine out of more than 10 million sold in the first weekend.

“Let’s get real!” Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White said Friday in a note to clients, where he reiterated his buy rating on the stock and a price target of $123.

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Shares of Apple were up 1.6% to $99.44 in recent trade.

“We believe the concern around an average person bending an iPhone 6 Plus with typical everyday use is irrational,” he said. In his opinion, the last few days have been nothing but a “media blitz.”

“After taking both new iPhones for a spin at Apple’s Special Event, and again this week in Hong Kong, concerns with bending the iPhones never crossed our mind as both felt very durable,” White said.

He’s not alone in that sentiment. In fact, a number of Apple fans on Reddit have started to pick apart the YouTube video submitted by Canadian user Lewis Hilsenteger, who runs a channel called Unbox Therapy with 1.4 million subscribers. The iPhone video has grossed some 33.4 million views since Sept. 23.

One Reddit user, akrosdabay, points to discrepancies in the timing of the video, with the clock on the iPhone 6 Plus reading 2:26 p.m. at the time of the bending, but reading an earlier 1:58 p.m. at a later point in the video after the bending was already supposed to have taken place.

“A media blitz has ensued.”
Brian White, Cantor Fitzgerald
“I think you’re right about him pre-bending the phone at its weak point around the volume buttons,” said another Reddit user, tittywagon, agreeing. “The hoodie, glasses, backwards hat. The guy is a side-show idiot who blew it way out of proportion for youtube views.”

MarketWatch reached out to both Apple and Hilsenteger. Neither immediately responded.

Read more about how Apple’s PR nightmare turned into social media’s ‘joke of the day.’

If anything, this signals a buying opportunity, Cantor Fitzgerald told clients on Friday, particularly as Apple ramps up production of the phones (Tim Cook earlier this week said the company would have sold more had there been enough supply). The iPhone 6 is also expected to soon launch in China where, Cantor notes, there is “insatiable demand.”

In Madrid, there certainly wasn’t concern over the bending drama early on Friday. A line in Apple’s new flagship store in the capital was around 50 deep at 7 a.m.

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People in line this morning at Apple’s flagship store in Madrid
Among those waiting in line was Javier Lasso, a 21-year old musician, who told MarketWatch that he buys a new Apple phone every time a new one is released, and he wasn’t about to stop now.

“Every time there is a new Apple phone that comes out, there is some talk about ‘this or that is wrong,’” he said. Lasso says he is not deterred this time either and will buy the allegedly bendy device.

 

8.02 is working fine for me.

 

Yeah same here.

 

My wife's iphone 6, upgraded to ios 8.02, intermittently drops connection to WiFi and the touch ID only works about half of the time. Otherwise, she loves it.

 

I take this back. I'm still having issues with safari loading very slow when I'm on LTE/4G. It also seems slower than it should be on WiFi. This is one of the issues that was supposed to be fixed.

 

I'm waiting a few weeks

 

Probably be on 8.07 by then.

 

I'm an apple fanboy, but this shit is not funny. It reminds me of windows showcasing their "I dare you to hack us" campaign and they get hacked.

 

Just don't get the HTC One!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjo...-6-not-as-bendy-as-believed/?partner=yahootix

Below are its findings for the six smartphones that it tested. The HTC One (M8) was deformed and came apart at the lowest stress levels followed by the iPhone 6 and then 6 Plus.

Apple Consumer Reports iPhone stress test

Overall it looks to be good news for Apple as at least one well respected independent organization has shown that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus hold up well enough compared to other smartphones. However both of the new iPhones broke down at much lower stress levels than the iPhone 5.

Going forward I don’t think you will be finding new iPhones to get much thinner and as I’ve written before I’d trade off some thickness to get a larger battery. Hopefully for Apple the controversy will go away and it looks like there should be minimal if any financial impact compared to what it could have been if third party tests and real world use show that the new iPhones don’t bend too much.

Follow me on Twitter @sandhillinsight. You can find my other Forbes posts here.

 

Well crap! I thought people weren't going to catch me, but that man found me in the mall. Fortunately I showed naked pictures of that SlyPokerDog and he calmed a bit down.

 

cot damn. the fuck is working at Apple.

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/29/reset-all-settings-icloud-drive-bug/

 

DOH!!!!!!!!!! That would suck for some peeps

 

No kidding. Ever since how shitty their mobile me crap was, I've never trusted their cloud offerings. Dropbox all day bruh.

The thing is, its way easier to sync documents on an ipad using iCloud. oh well, most of the stuff I keep in there are drafts. My stuff is still there.

 

Apple is going to make a big push in sales!

http://www.thestreet.mobi/story/128...stock-is-up-today.html?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO

China has now become available and they launch October 13th