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Huh, that's something actually interesting about the new phones. I wonder why it wasn't talked about at all on stage?
by sosodev 7y ago
Huh, that's something actually interesting about the new phones. I wonder why it wasn't talked about at all on stage?
- mrkstu 7y agoProbably because the Apple products to make use of it aren’t ready yet. There are references in OS betas to assisted reality head-sets and a Tile competitor, which will both likely access this chip- but since they aren’t ready yet the demos for them were spiked and other references to the underlying tech scrubbed.
- penagwin 7y agoI'm guessing they won't release them until they have a new iPhone to try to sell. It wouldn't really work if the new products only work with a product they released 6 months ago - there's little incentive not to just wait for the new phone anyway (Unless they expect everyone to be upgrading?).
- dwighttk 7y ago> they won't release them until they have a new iPhone to try to sell. like the one announced in the referenced iPhone announcement event?
- penagwin 7y agoNo, because by the time they release anything the iPhone that was just released will be at least half a year old. This might be a feature worth upgrading over, but who wants to upgrade in the middle of a cycle? The only people who would benefit are those who already have this new iPhone anyway.
- glenneroo 7y agoThe author asked the same question: > Why Apple Did Not Announce The U1 Chip? So with all of these amazing attributes, why did Apple not announce the Apple A1 Chip? I assert it is a confluence of things: The iPhoneOS software needed is not yet released Apple will release AppleLocate tags for holiday shopping 2019 Apple had too many things to announce at this Apple Event and this would take too much time Apple is aware of the privacy implication many will cast and wants to spend more time to explain Other issues I can not present at this moment in time