Tick Tock... Here comes the iWatch...

So folks some exciting news has emerged following a CNBC Report where the head of Jewellery and watches at Tag Heuer - Jean-Claude Biver admitted that Tag Heuer's Sales Director has been poached by Apple for its upcoming iWatch.




Some may be wondering why such news is exciting, we can only say it is exciting because hiring sales people is usually a businesses final prerequsite prior to a product launch. These details emerging in July could signal the product could be revealed as soon as September with it becoming available to buy in time for 2014 Christmas rush, if the iWatch was to launch in September it would most probably be alongside or placed just after the release of Apples long awaited new iterations of its iPhone models.

The revelation of both these eagerly anticipated products are expected to send Apples stock price north, our predictions suggest that if both iPhone and iWatch is revieled alongside each other then Apples stock price could rise anywhere in the region of 5-7% upon announcement as investors try to get their hands on Apple stock to cash in on its expected returns over the upcoming quarters.  

For the time being all we can tell you is you're going to have to just ride the wave and see where Apple plans to take you...

See below for some of what we think are the nicest looking concepts floating around on the internet.

Q3

As Q3 edges closer, the time has come to revisit the Apple lineup and put our predictions in.

After a hubris statement for WWDC, our hardware prediction were rather then being wrong, incorrectly timed. With hindsight it is easy to say WWDC was always going to be about the software, and now that we know this, and with iOS 8 poised to be released in Q3 a shiny new handset is guaranteed to join it on release day.

We stand by our predictions of a larger iPhone 6  with many similarities to the iPad mini. Along with this Apple is due to release newer versions of its MacBook's and MacBook Pro's with the only differences being beefed up insides.

The iPad lineup is expected to see new insides and Touch id on the outside.

Stay Tuned

iPhone 6... about time I said something...

So the rumours have been flying around for a while now, and with WWDC 2014 only a few months away, I thought it only worthwhile to have a look at whats been floating around.

Firstly our predictions:

I definitely expect to see a larger gorilla glass screen size but, nothing phablet sized, if you look back to my post on iOS 7.0 then you can see how Apple have been subconsciously pushed the need for a bigger screen on its customers. Apart from the new screen size, I expect to see a redesigned outer housing, as a scaled up version of the current lineup would look and feel very cumbersome, with that in mind, I lean towards believing that the next generation of iPhones will sport a very similar look and feel to the current line of iPad mini's. Furthermore the usual, hardware upgrades of beefing up the CPU / GPU offerings, a camera upgrade that rather then increasing the resolution provides better low light functionality and of cause providing a battery which will keep your new powerhouse working all day.

As I have said in the past if you are looking for a more then pragmatic revision to the current lineup then be prepared to be disappointed. The update will be more then capable of keeping you up to speed with the newest apps & games over the coming two years but i you expect your new iPhone to be able to teleport you to another galaxy then unfortunately not...

On other notes, NFT has to be included right? I'm really not sure on this one but, the incorporation of an Apple made health app seems prophesied and will most probably work with an additional accessory, will this be an iWatch? too soon to say but if all the rumours are true then why not.

anyway stay tuned and for now, bask in the glory of some images (thanks MacRumors) that have been floating around the WWW.

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The Update

Wow guys, as impressed as I am with the new Apple line up I'm more impressed with our looking into the future skills.

Just to get it out of the way, the only thing that we wrongly predicted was the fact that we would be seeing Touch ID on the new iPad line up. Heres a prediction for the next iPad launch - Touch ID added...

Otherwise the Apple Machine has lived up to our expectations, now I know some of you will say another let down by Apple, but lets be realistic, we were never going to see Apple joining the auto manufacturing market, although an Apple iCar that would probably teleport from location to location and would run off a Tony Stark powered arc reactor would be cool... I guess we'll have to wait a few generation to see that happen.

Today it provided a new lineup of iPads and Mac's, yesterday it started developing its next instalment. Apple is constantly thinking ahead, sometimes consumers see this as a bad thing especially so when they want features or products now, but Apples philosophy has alway been perfection before production.

Along with the hardware updates Mavericks is also available, and at an awesome update price of $0, is hoping to wipe Snow Leopards, Lions, & Mountain Lions out of sight. This makes us smile and the expectation that Mavericks is backwards compatible up to the 2007 Macbook lineups is also great news, furthermore if it lives up to its efficiency claims we'll regard it an 100% upgrade requirement.

iPad & Mac Time....

As always the Apple store has gone down worldwide and we are minutes away from yet another release day announcement.

Todays lunchbox will definitely feature new versions of both the ipad and ipad mini, from all the noise on the internet we have bet on a smaller factor 9.7" ipad with a beefed up processor, a much more energy efficient display and the widely praised Touch ID system from its smaller brother the iPhone 5S.

The iPad Mini is bound to finally give users a retina display along with the necessary GPU and CPU upgrades.  

We are also predicting a new lineup of  Mac's and Mavericks being available following todays event.



Right thats enough predicting, stay tuned for the full press release.

          

iPhone 5s + iPhone 5c - the recap

So I hate to say "I told you so" but hours before the official release the predictions were in and it was like we had a crystal ball on our end, or maybe it was a rogue employee that drip fed us the information.

for legal reasons I must say neither of the two are correct, what we did do was sum up all the rumors and understand that it was too early for an iWatch and that the leaked iPhone 5c pictures were too real (and not wacky enough) to be fake, Bravo Apple for orchestrating yet another staged leak in the run up to a product release, everything from the itinerary to the date and time seemed to end up on the net before any official announcements.

Moving onto the tech, the biggest tech advance this season has to be the 5s' Touch id system, once set up it will allow a user + 4 other saved fingers to unlock their iPhone, make purchases from the apple ecosystem and work with apps that incorporate the feature, it is poised to be a simple alternative to tapping in a passcode, but could be limited by apples closed system, or may finally help passbook relaunch itself as a mobile keychain equivalent. 

  

The 5c has been launched by Apple as the cheaper alternative to the flagship models. the biggest problem here is whether the 5c is cheap enough attract the customers that Apple is trying to focus on. Many carriers may promote the 5c as a cheaper alternative, to the 5s and this may work against apples interests rather then for them.

I guess only time will tell what the outcome of this new endeavour is.

Stay tuned folks!

10/09/2013

New colorful iPhone, iPhone 5s with fingerprint recognition.... I guess we'll know in a few hours

stay tuned