Will we ever go back to not having leaked images?

[nickx91]

Use a good protection software on your device that could block such sites.

 

[Spencerdl]

Use a good protection software on your device that could block such sites.

LOL...JustMeD can't. He's a iMore Moderator, Ambassador Team leader, Ambassador and Q&A Team Specialist....LOL.

 

[kataran]

I don't pay much attention to leaks anymore but I do see your point

 

[Annie_M]

For the most part, I disagree. Last year, everyone was so convinced that there would be a blue phone. There were other things people were convinced about too. There was no blue phone, and not all the items that folks were 100% convinced about came to fruition. Some of the hype might be true, but I'm standing by my earlier post that I'm taking a wait and see stance. Can't wait for tomorrow! And since I'm do for a new phone, I'm even more excited!

 

[Quis89]

I personally couldn't care less. If I didn't want to see any of it I would avoid the articles. I don't care about being surprised by a company or any of that. I'll buy the product as long as it does what I want and more. How I learn about these features is of no importance to me, whether thats through leaks or a presentation.

If I'm being honest, the build up to this has been more interesting than any of Apples last 4 or 5 September keynotes, lol.

 

[anon(5630457)]

I like leaked images. They can potentially help me make a purchasing decision before an event.

 

[Wotchered]

I don't like the leaks, tiresome,boring and usually wrong. I would like a complete silence until the next iPhone is actually released. This would also have the benefit of shutting down all these tiresome little sods whose only function seems to be writing spectacularly pointless articles about something that doesn't matter a spit !!

 

[dejanh]

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of all of the leaking going on, specifically in regard to the iPhone. I would really like to watch an Apple keynote / Press Event without having a clue to what the next iPhone looks like. How do you feel about it?

I don't know. I kind of like the fact that Apple is being knocked down a peg from their pedestal. They're no different than any other tech company, so why is there a need to build all of the hype around Apple launches vs. anyone else? Sure, without leaks the keynote would be more entertaining, but then again, Apple hasn't been pushing anything revolutionary or visionary in years so yeah...

 

[qbnkelt]

I don't know. I kind of like the fact that Apple is being knocked down a peg from their pedestal. They're no different than any other tech company, so why is there a need to build all of the hype around Apple launches vs. anyone else? Sure, without leaks the keynote would be more entertaining, but then again, Apple hasn't been pushing anything revolutionary or visionary in years so yeah...

And yet the media continues to cover them, people continue to know when an iPhone is being launched even if they use other platforms and are bitter about Apple's success, and Apple continues to have monster earnings off their products, including iPhones.

Go figure.

I'm thinking there is a something indeed different about an iPhone launch.

 

[Rob Phillips]

I'm thinking there is a something indeed different about an iPhone launch.

Nobody does it nearly as good as Apple.

 

[qbnkelt]

Nobody does it nearly as good as Apple.

From what I've seen, and. Asked on my memory, from the day Steve Jobs announced the first iPhone, everybody else has tried to copy what he did. EVERYBODY.

Honest question.....not rhetorical.....had anyone else done a launch like the first iPhone launch? I don't remember.

 

[Rob Phillips]

Honest question.....not rhetorical.....had anyone else done a launch like the first iPhone launch? I don't remember.

Plenty. The iPhone launch wasn’t Apple’s first product launch, not by a long shot, and other companies had launches as well. Jobs reinvented the product launch and inspired it to be what it is today.

 

[qbnkelt]

Plenty. The iPhone launch wasn’t Apple’s first product launch, not by a long shot, and other companies had launches as well. Jobs reinvented the product launch and inspired it to be what it is today.

Yeah I don't remember any. I just got phones when one caught my eye.

The first phone I remember RUNNING to get was the Motorola Razr WAY back in 2004. I saw the announcement and I just had to have it. But I don't remember waiting for a phone launch since the second iPhone. By the third one, I HAD to have it.

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

Honest question.....not rhetorical.....had anyone else done a launch like the first iPhone launch? I don't remember.

Unequivocally NO. I would certainly remember one.

I didn't even know about the iPhone launch in January 2007 until I read about it the next day in the newspaper. Going by the article, Jobs really captured the audience. I'm almost certain 2007 is the last year that I ever kept reading physical newspapers too.

 

[FaisDogg]

I disagree, it gives me a chance to decide if I want it or not and if I need to prepare better financially for the next phone.

Yup, I had to put my house on the market in order for me to be able to afford the next iPhone

 

[Jude526]

Me too. I like the excitement building up to the event

 

[nickx91]

LOL...JustMeD can't. He's a iMore Moderator, Ambassador Team leader, Ambassador and Q&A Team Specialist....LOL.

Oh I totally ignored that. :straight-face: my bad!