Shot on iPhone 6

After being slammed by Samsung for how much better the camera on it’s new Samsung S6 is in comparison to any iPhone camera, Apple has launched a worldwide “Shot on iPhone 6” advertising campaign involving 77 photographers, 70 cities and 24 countries.

The campaign features photography in magazines, billboards, newspapers etc and will be seen in countries all over the world including right here in the U.S.A, the UK, Thailand, Malaysia, Tokyo and the U.A.E.

Check out the World Gallery here to see some of the Amazing photos taken on an iPhone 6, and take a second to learn some of the tips they share on making your iPhone photography the best it can be.

If you’re interested in the Samsung S6 camera capabilities, check them out here, and if you’re thinking about crossing over – see how much we’ll give you for your iPhone here!  New phone AND cash? Did someone say Christmas came early this year?

Stockmarket news for Apple

Now for some more Serious Saturday news. Or Something.

Apple will be joining the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the close of trade on March 18th. Apple will be replacing At&T on the 30 member stock market measure.

From the Sauce:

“Apple is the clear choice for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the most recognized stock market measure.” Explains  David M. Blitzer, chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

The Dow Jones is used to give insight into how the stock market is trading, by averaging out 30 significant stocks which are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. Other members of the Dow Jones include big names like American Express, Boeing, Coca-Cola, Disney, Exxon Mobil, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Intel, JPMorgan and Chase, Microsoft, Verizon and Visa.

Apple is currently the worlds most valuable company with a market cap over $735 billion. Dollars. Apple is currently listed on Nasdaq with a pre-market share price hovering around the $126 mark.

Happy Saturday!

Apple Watch updates!

It’s Friday! Happy Weekend guys!!

So, we get that you don’t usually look forward to Mondays on a Friday afternoon, but guess what makes this coming Monday different?

That’s right, an Apple Special Media Event, that’s what. Time to SPRING FORWARD!

Obviously it’s not that exciting. We’d be really excited if they were, like, giving away free Apple Watches at the event. Or even releasing them to be sold for, let’s face it, quite a bit of monies.

BUT

They will be talking a bit more about it. So that’s pretty cool, right? .. right? RIGHT! Well, cool enough. The Apple Watch product release is building in anticipation, and this is one of the ways that Apple amp that anticipation up a notch, those clever guys. And you know what else they do? Release information as rumors right beforehand!

So here’s what we’re looking at rumor-wise: The Apple Watch will take about 2 hours to charge, which will give you all day battery life, with about 5 hours of heavy use in that day.

The Apple Watch will only deliver notifications whilst the watch is sitting pretty on your wrist, and will stop with the notifications when it’s not on your skin or below 10% battery.
Pressing and holding the Digital Crown will summon Siri, which (who?) is apparently working really well on the watch.

If your battery is low but you still really need to know the time, the watch will have a Power Reserve Mode, which can be accessed at any time and will shut down all functionality except for the watch. The time-telling Watch. The clock bit. You know what we mean.

Apparently the Apple Watch will have 8GB of storage available, with other larger options available, such as in the iPhone/iPad.

The keynote begins on Monday at 10 AM P.S.T. and will be live-streamed on the Apple Website and on a designated Apple TV channel. We will be keep you up to date on  all the Apple Watch details and everything else that is revealed on Monday!

Have a rad weekend.

New Jony Ive Interview!

The great man himself, Apple’s design chief Jony Ive, recently gave a rare interview to the Financial Times.  Focusing on the design process of the Apple Watch, Ive delves into why and how the new tech was created and has evolved.

From the sauce:

“It was different with the phone – all of us working on the first iPhone were driven by an absolute disdain for the cellphones we were using at the time. That’s not the case here. We’re a group of people who love our watches. So we’re working on something, yet have a high regard for what currently exists.”

It’s a great interview, giving a rare insight into one of the worlds most renowned designers on a product a very many are excited about. In the lead up to Monday’s Apple Watch-centric special media event – go check it out!! 

Want the most expensive Apple Watch?

The release of Apple’s new product – the Apple watch – is fast approaching!  A special media event has been announced for March 9th which is believed to focus on the so far unspecified details of the watch, and the release itself is expected early April.

Are we excited yet??

Well, yeah. Because it’s going to be awesome, d’uh. But, we can imagine only a lucky few amongst us are excited about the purchase of this particular version of the Apple Watch. You know, the $69,995  one.

Um, wha?

Yup. Luxury and couture product design company Brikk have announced that they will be customizing a line of exclusive and luxurious versions of the Apple Watch called Lux Watch Line. How luxurious, you ask? Think color options of 24-karat yellow gold, 18-karat pink gold, and 950 platinum. Think lines of 12.3 carat diamonds.

The watches will be disassembled by engineers at Brikk and then customized with diamonds, gold and plates of metal before being reconstructed and shipped out to their customers approximately 4-6 weeks after the Apple Watch release. The line will start at $7,495 for the Standard, $11,995 for the Deluxe, and $69,995 for the Omni.

Apple has yet to specify pricing for all of the Apple watch models, and rumors have built up the high end gold model to be between $10,000 and $20,000, but don’t worry, if you’re not into gold and diamonds, the aluminum Sport model will be offered at a more acceptable $349.

Are you thinking of buying a Apple Watch? If so, will it be covered in diamonds? If so… can we come over later?

Apple needs a lot of gold for the luxury Apple Watch option

The Apple Watch release is imminent and a March 9 special media event will hopefully confirm not only the exact release date but the specific model pricing as well. We do know that the Apple Watch is going to come in an 18 Karat gold edition model, and there has been a lot of speculation as to how this model in particular will be priced.

There have been guesstimations of between $10,000 and $20,000 big ones. Here’s some more wild estimations from around the tech world – they’re thinking each watch will contain 62.2 grams of gold, and they’re thinking that Apple will sell 1 MILLION of these watches per month after it’s release.

That’s 746 tons of gold used for Apple Watches per year.  That, is about 30% of the world’s annual production of gold. Holy goober-balls, right?

Well, yeah, if those guys are right, that’s a lot of Goober-balls. However, other jewelry and tech experts have estimated the gold in the Apple Watch to be at about half that amount, and the price tag to be at a minimum of $5000, not $10, 000.

Looks like we’ll just have to wait and see. Until then, check out all the other models of the Apple Watch that will be on offer come April.