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The 1996-era screen Apple inexplicably displayed before the event began
TONIGHT, APPLE announced two new iPhones in what they called the “biggest advancement” of the handset yet.
They broadcast the launch event worldwide via the Apple website, with a string of stringent conditions: you could only watch using their own Safari browser, among other things.
There was just one problem. It kept breaking.
My #applelive stream "announcing the biggest advancement in the history of iphone" ... and then black screen of death.
And for lots of the people who DID see it, there was a mysterious woman dubbing Tim Cooks in another language. There was confusion about whether it was Chinese or Japanese.
Sunday 22 December, 2024
Sunday 22 December, 2024
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Apple's live stream had problems and people went absolutely bonkers
TONIGHT, APPLE announced two new iPhones in what they called the “biggest advancement” of the handset yet.
They broadcast the launch event worldwide via the Apple website, with a string of stringent conditions: you could only watch using their own Safari browser, among other things.
There was just one problem. It kept breaking.
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Some people couldn’t see it at all.
And for lots of the people who DID see it, there was a mysterious woman dubbing Tim Cooks in another language. There was confusion about whether it was Chinese or Japanese.
In the end, lots of people forgot about the iPhone and were speculating about the future of one Apple employee in particular.
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Basically, this was the sentiment.
Luckily, a guy then appeared in an eccentric scarf.
And everyone kind of forgot about it again.
And the problems were resolved. Mostly.
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