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About a week or so ago I was lucky enough to spend some time with a brand new iMac Pro and took the opportunity to unbox it. This thing is crazy and I strongly recommend you get down to your nearest Apple Store to see one in person because it's an absolute beauty.
I really hope to own one of these some day, but I'm waiting to see the new Mac Pro before making any decisions.
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As promised, here is my unboxing of the White HomePod on iCollectApple.
That's both HomePod's unboxed, next up will be a review on here. All I can say so far is damn these things sound amazing.
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Here is my unboxing of the Space Grey HomePod on iCollectApple.
An unboxing of the White HomePod will follow shortly.
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In what should be my final iCollectApple video post-September-12th-Keynote (until I get my hands on an iPhone X), I'm unboxing the 5th-generation Apple TV, now known as the Apple TV 4K. I've been using this little box for about a week now and my gosh do I love it. Since July 2012 I had been the owner of a 3rd-generation Apple TV, which I did very much enjoy using, but since the release of the 4th-generation model in September 2015, I had been lusting over tvOS and all the new features that it brought to the TV table. I held off for 2 years in the hope of a 4K model revision and I have very much been rewarded.
I'm using it with a 2015 Samsung 55" SUHD TV and a Sonos PLAYBAR and it's a very enjoyable setup. I can control everything from the ever-so-slightly-revised Siri Remote, which is a breath of fresh air in a world where my living room has 500 remote controls (and probably quite a few more down the side of the sofa).
4K UHD and HDR look awesome, both of which I'm somewhat used to from my PS4 Pro. Last night I watched the first Kingsman movie, which is currently £3.99 on iTunes in 4K HDR and it was fantastic. The amount of 4K content on iTunes is very limited at the moment, but you can stream 4K content (new or past purchases) at no extra cost from their HD counterparts. I'm assuming there's no option to download due to piracy concerns.
To me, the true potential of Siri might one day be met on the tvOS platform. Asking questions such as, "Siri, what did they say?" will skip back 15 seconds and turn subtitles on up until the point you previously got to. That's just a small example of how Siri becomes genuinely useful on tvOS, bringing an entirely new level of interaction to TV viewing. This is easily the best way I've used Siri to-date, and I'm a veteran user of iOS, macOS and watchOS. Come this December, however, my view on this may change with the HomePod release, but we shall see.
I have the 64GB model which retails for £199/$199, which is only £20/$20 more than the 32GB model, so I really couldn't see much point in getting the smaller option. My last Apple TV lasted over 5 years, and whilst I don't expect quite the same lifespan out of this one (due to Apple's apparent new-found love for the TV with tvOS), I do believe in future-proofing and an extra £20 seems very much worth it to me as apps inevitably get bigger.
I have embedded my unboxing video below, and as always, if you want to see more of my videos, be sure to subscribe to iCollectApple on YouTube.
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By the power of magic I was fortunate enough to be able to unbox the iPhone 8 Plus on iCollectApple today. Even better, it was the all-new and improved Gold colour option. As I was unprepared, the video wasn’t perfect, but I hope to be doing a more detailed and thought out unboxing of the Space Grey model shortly.
I was also able to do a quick comparison video between all 3 colours - I’ve embedded both videos below.
I'd love it if you could check out the videos, and if you want to see more of my videos, be sure to subscribe to iCollectApple on YouTube!
Unboxing: iPhone 8 Plus (Gold) on iCollectApple
iPhone 8 Plus Colour Comparison - Space Grey, Silver and Gold! on iCollectApple
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The most successful video on iCollectApple is my unboxing of the first generation iPhone, which - at the time of writing - has just under 5 million views on YouTube. About a year ago I unboxed the iPhone 3G during the build-up to the iPhone 7 launch. At the end of that video I announced my intentions to continue unboxing older iPhones, with the next in the sequence being the iPhone 3GS form 2009.
Well, here I am one year later and I have just uploaded my unboxing of iPhone 3GS to iCollectApple. I'm pretty pleased with this video as it's the first time I have used multiple angles, and recorded the audio entirely during post-production. Mostly, this video was a practice run for my unboxings of the products announced last week (which will be coming soon, starting with the Apple Watch Series 3), however I do intend to unbox the iPhone 4 sooner rather than later, continuing on with the series.
I'd love it if you could check out the video, which I've embedded below. Furthermore, if you want to see more of my videos, be sure to subscribe to iCollectApple on YouTube!
Unboxing: iPhone 3GS on iCollectApple
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