{"id":7107,"date":"2017-09-14T23:12:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T23:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7107"},"modified":"2017-09-14T23:12:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T23:12:26","slug":"technology-a-brief-reaction-to-apples-september-2017-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/09\/14\/technology-a-brief-reaction-to-apples-september-2017-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology: A Brief Reaction to Apple’s September 2017 Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m going to briefly start by saying Apple\u2019s decision to dedicate the theatre after Steve and in his name was appropriate. No one should argue this and their opening remarks and remarks from one of the company\u2019s founder is also incredibly proper. As a long-time fan of the company, I do feel like everyone is white-washing the Steve\u2019s failures in his personal and professional life but that\u2019s just how this works. You don\u2019t remember that a famed inventor was a drunk and and adulterer, you remember them for their products invented and shared with the world. Steve was not a terrible person by any measure but I can see when I\u2019m 70-80 years old, no one is going to remember anything but Steve\u2019s brilliance and maybe that\u2019s okay?<\/p>\n

The tenth anniversary of me siting in the audience while Steve announced the iPhone came and went this January. I remember the moment well. We\u2019ve come a long way since then. Let\u2019s get the easy stuff out the way first.<\/p>\n

The Apple TV with 4K and HDR 10 and Dolby Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally? Not truly a finally but it is good to have this option. We have two last generation AppleTVs int he house. One will remain in duty attached to a 1080P display and the other wihich acts as the HomeKit Hub attached to a 4K 65\u201d Display will be replaced by the new model but only when the 4K AppleTV Appears on Apple\u2019s Refurbished site. We have an NVIDIA Shield 4K that runs the Plex Server via the Synology File NAS and it does double duty as a 4K streaming hub for Youtube, Amazon and Netflix. 4K is the future and we\u2019ll comply but I\u2019m in no rush to spend $199 on day-one.<\/p>\n

The Series 3 Apple Watch with Cellular<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was a Series 0 early adopter purchasing the $1100 Stainless Steel Black with Link Bracelet. I sold it at a huge loss ($350) and spent $550 to upgrade to the Series 2 Stainless Steel Apple Watch re-using my existing link bracelet. Now, a year later I\u2019m being asked to do this again except now the only way to get Stainless Steel is to also get the Cellular capability which is a feature that, even if I was interested, wouldn\u2019t work for me since I live in an area without cell phone service and when I travel, the same thing applies. I can\u2019t stream Apple Music in my car or bike without first downloading all of the songs or syncing with iTunes and I\u2019m not anywhere without my iPhone in my bag. It would have been nice for Apple to provide us with a non cellular Stainless Steel option at the old price but as it stands, the new Apple Watch that perfectly matches my now 3 year old Link Bracelet ($499 if I were to buy it new) would cost $649 or $799 if I wanted to finally splurge and replace my silver Milanese Loop with a black one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A year over year cost of $649 to get an S3 chip Series 3 Apple Watch that has a flagship feature I will never use will keep me from upgrading. I never planned on being one of those bi-annual upgraders that everyone says Apple specifically targets but the Series 2 will remain my watch for at least another year. I love it. I wear it daily but a downgrade to aluminum with this Stainless Steel DLC coated Link bracelet will look funny and I love the weight of the steel. In all honesty, if I bought an Apple Watch today, it\u2019d be the new black Ceramic but this is $1349 and assuredly a new one is coming in a year. In total, I\u2019ve spent $1800 in 2 years of Apple Watch. I never thought I\u2019d ever spend that much money on a wearable in my life. Spending an additional $1349 feels as if my priorities in life are way out of whack and they would be. Maybe next year I\u2019ll switch to the Edition. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s an amazing material but the Apple Watch is moving forward so quickly and at prices that are impossible to realistically keep up with on an annual basis. Besides, having never held the Ceramic, I imagine it\u2019s lighter than stainless steel anyway which would honestly be a downgrade.<\/p>\n

A final word and mentioned last year when I upgraded to the Series 2, it\u2019s important to mention that if you\u2019re spending the extra money over a sport for fashion in hopes to get compliments. Day to day, no one gives s crap about my Apple Watch and that it\u2019s the $1200 model. They just see Apple Watch. I see women looking at it sometimes when we\u2019re having a meeting and it is flashier than the aluminum model but unless they know to look for a red-dot on the jog-wheel, I\u2019m not earning any status points but dropping $649 on a new watch this year<\/p>\n

The iPhone 8 and 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

For someone who has owned nearly every iPhone every released (I keep forgetting which single model I skipped), I started Wednesday severely conflicted on where to spend my money. Why? It\u2019s a no-brainer. iPhone 10 all of the way!<\/p>\n

Not so quick. First, why is the 10 a no-brainer?<\/p>\n