Apple Event - iPhone 16

Felt it was a snoozefest product launch. Tired, speakers felt unconvincing, even Craig didn't feel right. Event was jumping all over the place - earlier events really focused on HW, but here lot of time devoted to AI - nothing new, all features talked about at WWDC.
Very un-Apply presentation.
anmolbhard004 said:
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Surprising none of them are able to match HDFC'S discounts over these years. 7-10k vs 5k max now. Shame.
 
sabkabadlalegaterafaisal said:
Can someone confirm if the instant cashback of 5k can be coupled with 6 month no cost emi?
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As far as i figured out 5k discount is with No Cost EMI only
alekhkhanna said:
Surprising none of them are able to match HDFC'S discounts over these years. 7-10k vs 5k max now. Shame.
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Wait for BBD or pre-diwali time they'll increase the discount, I think 5k is generous considering pre-order and what not
 
alekhkhanna said:
Felt it was a snoozefest product launch. Tired, speakers felt unconvincing, even Craig didn't feel right. Event was jumping all over the place - earlier events really focused on HW, but here lot of time devoted to AI - nothing new, all features talked about at WWDC.
Very un-Apply presentation.
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Indeed, snoozefest. Only bits I liked are,
- Hearing aid feature in existing product (APP2)
- A18 proccy of the non-pro phones. It would theoretically come closer to CPU and GPU performance of A18 Pro in absolute numbers. But it would not have those extra bits like larger cache, ML accelerators, Media controller (ProMotion, ProRes, AoD, USB3), Video encoder and ISP.
 
Biggest takeaway is that the base iPhone is good again. Will be interesting to see how that camera button will be. Then there is the pro model getting the zoom lens that pro max has. And the base model now getting proper ultra wide lens.
 
Slayer69 said:
As far as i figured out 5k discount is with No Cost EMI only

Wait for BBD or pre-diwali time they'll increase the discount, I think 5k is generous considering pre-order and what not
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Generous? It's a business, nothing generous. HDFC always had higher discounts. Heck, see the article by Ken on HDFC and Apple - HDFC was bearing most of the cost for 4+ years , and that's why they paused their relationship with Apple. With the new entrants, discounts are poor. At least with HDFC, one could get iPhone and Plus models at par with international prices, now even base models are costlier. Pros were always segmented differently in India (artificial high pricing).

vyral_143 said:
Indeed, snoozefest. Only bits I liked are,
- Hearing aid feature in existing product (APP2)
- A18 proccy of the non-pro phones. It would theoretically come closer to CPU and GPU performance of A18 Pro in absolute numbers. But it would not have those extra bits like larger cache, ML accelerators, Media controller (ProMotion, ProRes, AoD, USB3), Video encoder and ISP.
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AI forced Apple to push A18 on base models. I'm sure they will go back to CPU/GPU segmentation in a couple of years (and also differentiating on AI features in non Pro and Pro models).
desiibond said:
Biggest takeaway is that the base iPhone is good again. Will be interesting to see how that camera button will be. Then there is the pro model getting the zoom lens that pro max has. And the base model now getting proper ultra wide lens.
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True. The forced differentiation is gone for a gen or two.


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alekhkhanna said:
Felt it was a snoozefest product launch. Tired, speakers felt unconvincing, even Craig didn't feel right. Event was jumping all over the place - earlier events really focused on HW, but here lot of time devoted to AI - nothing new, all features talked about at WWDC.
Very un-Apply presentation.


Surprising none of them are able to match HDFC'S discounts over these years. 7-10k vs 5k max now. Shame.
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TIL HDFC had better offers, I'll still snatch the 5k discount though. Can't wait for 20th September!
 
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