Honestly, I'm not paying that much attention to what Apple's doing these days. There was a time that I'd pay close attention because Apple was much better at keeping leaks to a minimum and they'd seemingly introduce a few interesting things, whether cool industrial design or unique graphic user interfaced applications.
Today, there was none of this.
We already knew every detail there was about the new iPhones, months ahead of time. We knew there would be two new models, both with larger high-res screens, and packed with NFC. We'd already seen the redesigned forms, too, with its curved metal edges and back.
While we knew that there was a wearable, we didn't know exactly what their form factor would be. So when Apple showed off the Apple Watch, I think it was a major disappointment from an industrial design standpoint. The watch's form was not appreciably different from either Samsung's Gear Live, Sony's SmartWatch, or LG's G Watch. If you are a romanticist and enjoy the older circular form, Motorola already had you covered with Moto 360.
From a UI standpoint, Google had already revealed the fully fleshed out Wear UI at Google I|O, months ago. That's not to say that Apple Watch doesn't have beautiful ID or GUI, but they didn't produce anything that could be called revolutionary -- not by a mile.
Which points to the fact that the mainstream media doesn't know what Android has.
My eyes rolled when various media outlets proclaimed that Apple introduce a "new mobile payment system". Years after Androids incorporated NFC, the media has yet to catch up.
Remember when Steve Jobs mocked phones with large screens? So now, the Apple acolytes in the MSM have determined that bigger screens is, in fact, good.
So it turns out, Apple followed Google today -- bigger screens, NFC and a wearable that looks like a watch. Speaking of following, how long do you suppose it'll take for Microsoft to follow suit? 2016?
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