I’ll have a more to say on this later, but I wanted to get a fresh take out there.

Preface this by saying, there might be more coming through press releases or website updates, but at this point I’m not confident.

I’m extremely underwhelmed by the event.  

Apple Watch

I think the updates to the Apple Watch were really nice.  Bigger screen looks good.  The fall detection and ecg are nice adds for health issues.  The price is still more than I’d want.

For now: it’s a no upgrade for me.

iPhone Xs and Xs max

A faster iPhone X isn’t a bad thing.  I haven’t had a chance to research yet, but it seems like the cameras are about the same.  The processors are upgraded so I’m sure that it’ll be better, but outward facing stuff for now.  I’m not impressed.

The max seems nice.  I’d like to see it in person to see how it fits in the hand, but as it is, it’s too much money for a lot of phone.  Most of which you get in the smaller size.  

For me: I’m upgrading because I’m on the upgrade program.  I’m sticking with the smaller size iPhone Xs.  

Everything else

The iPhone XR will sell lots of phones I think.  It’s got lots of what the X and Xs has but with color.  It also doesn’t have the camera zoom of the dual camera phone.

But the color!

No AirPower.  I’m not upset that there’s no AirPower, but since they introduced it last year I figured they would have something on it today, but they didn’t even mention it!

They also didn’t mention AirPods! This is my biggest let down right now.

All the updates for operating systems comes out Monday, and that’s good.  I’m excited about that.  

Get pre-approved

If you are on the Apple iPhone upgrade program, you can get pre approved for your new loan now so the upgrade process will be quicker on Friday for pre-orders.

Moving forward

I think there will be another event in early October.  Hopefully, if there is, there will be new iPads that will excite me.  Plus that low cost MacBooks, and maybe even that new iMac. 

Stay tuned for more detailed thoughts and impressions.