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Originally Posted by leebase
Well...I bought a new iPad Mini and new Airpods this spring and a new iPhone this fall. And if I hadn't just bought the Airpods Gen 2, I'd definitely be buying the new Airpods Pro.
I'm not sure where anyone would get the notion that Apple is ONLY focusing on services. We didn't get a separate Oct. hardware event, but they released the Airpods Pro without an event and have committed to releasing the Mac Pro "in the fall". I'm not in the target market for that hardware, but what they showed in June was quite impressive.
We got the usual (at least last few years) 3 new iPhones and a new Apple Watch.
I too was surprised that a new Apple Tv didn't accompany the launch of the AppleTv+ service.
New Mac refreshes occurred over the summer without a lot of fan fare.
The iMac Pro is a little long in the tooth at 2 years...but I think most of the Apple line is relatively recently refreshed.
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I did pick up a pair of the AirPod Pro at the same time I got my iPad Pro. They are nice and do just the right level of noise canceling for when I want to block out distracting noise by still be aware of my surroundings. I have another pair of noise canceling earphones for when I totally want to block out my surroundings.
I read somewhere that Apple's basic philosophy for upgrades for most of their hardware is incremental improvements so the buyer gets something that is pretty close to top of the line. The iPhone still gets some big improvements, but most of the others it's more incremental. I think there are very few pieces of hardware that are on a two year replacement cycle for consumers. I can remember when people replaced their computers every two years because processor speeds where changing that fast. The smartphones where like that for a long while. These days, my iPhone 8 Plus works just fine for me even though it's two years old. There is a difference between it and the 11, but it's incremental.