{"id":7060967,"date":"2026-09-19T09:30:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/apple-2\/interesting-tidbits-and-observations-from-apples-surprise-and-shine-event-part-3\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T09:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:30:03","slug":"interesting-tidbits-and-observations-from-apples-surprise-and-shine-event-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-large\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><strong>Going Beyond Apple\u2019s Presentation: Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Benefits Found With Pre-Taped Presentations, There Is a Lot Hinging on iPhone Duo<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits Found With Pre-Taped Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to believe, but it\u2019s been seven years since Apple held a live, on-stage presentation to unveil products. Apple\u2019s installed base has grown significantly since its last live presentation occurred. Looking specifically at the iPhone, the installed base has expanded by nearly 50% over the past seven years. As we will cover below, such strong installed base growth has strengthened the argument for pre-taped presentations.<\/p>\n<p>When comparing on-stage presentations to pre-taped presentations, pre-taped is the superior option for Apple. The benefits found with pre-taped presentations include the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Greater Efficiency. <\/strong>With pre-taped presentations, Apple can include more information in a much shorter presentation. Never-ending rounds of applause from the audience have become a thing of the past with pre-taped presentations. (Some applause still occurs from time to time when pre-taped presentations are shown in Steve Jobs Theater auditorium.) Inefficiencies like presenters walking on and off stage have been removed. The greater efficiency reason is enough on its own to justify Apple going with pre-taped presentations over live, on-stage presentations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Higher Entertainment Value.<\/strong> Apple\u2019s pre-taped presentations are more enjoyable to watch than live presentations. While this point obviously contains some subjectivity, comparing Apple\u2019s last on-stage presentation in September 2019 to last week\u2019s pre-taped presentation, the difference is night and day. With on-stage presentations, the focus inevitably landed on the presenters more than the products being unveiled. It was almost as if the products were secondary to the presentation itself. The exact opposite exists with pre-taped presentations as the focus is put on the product.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Stronger Global Applicability<\/strong>. With the product being put front-and-center with pre-taped presentations, they perform better<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><strong>This article is available exclusively to Above Avalon members. <\/strong>Become a member using the payment forms ($20\/month or $200\/year) below. Members can continue reading this article <a href=\"https:\/\/aboveavalon.ghost.io\/september-17th-2026-going-beyond-apples-presentation-interesting-tidbits-and-observations-from-apples-surprise-and-shine-event-part-3\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a>.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sqsrte-large\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">An audio version of this article is available to members who have the Podcasts add-on (+$10\/month or +$100\/year) attached to their Above Avalon membership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going Beyond Apple\u2019s Presentation: Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3) Benefits Found With Pre-Taped Presentations, There Is a Lot Hinging on iPhone Duo Benefits Found With Pre-Taped Presentations It\u2019s difficult to believe, but it\u2019s been seven years since Apple held a live, on-stage presentation to unveil products. Apple\u2019s installed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":353435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11768],"tags":[14520,9252,21593,26394,3341,3014,3672,18201],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7060967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-2","tag-apples","tag-event","tag-interesting","tag-observations","tag-part","tag-shine","tag-surprise","tag-tidbits"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3) - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3) - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Going Beyond Apple\u2019s Presentation: Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3) Benefits Found With Pre-Taped Presentations, There Is a Lot Hinging on iPhone Duo Benefits Found With Pre-Taped Presentations It\u2019s difficult to believe, but it\u2019s been seven years since Apple held a live, on-stage presentation to unveil products. Apple\u2019s installed [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-19T09:30:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AboveAvalonIcon-FINAL.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3)\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-19T09:30:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967\"},\"wordCount\":373,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AboveAvalonIcon-FINAL.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Apples\",\"event\",\"interesting\",\"observations\",\"PART\",\"Shine\",\"Surprise\",\"TidBITS\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Apple\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967\",\"name\":\"Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3) - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AboveAvalonIcon-FINAL.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-19T09:30:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AboveAvalonIcon-FINAL.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AboveAvalonIcon-FINAL.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3) - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3) - Som2ny Network","og_description":"Going Beyond Apple\u2019s Presentation: Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3) Benefits Found With Pre-Taped Presentations, There Is a Lot Hinging on iPhone Duo Benefits Found With Pre-Taped Presentations It\u2019s difficult to believe, but it\u2019s been seven years since Apple held a live, on-stage presentation to unveil products. Apple\u2019s installed [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2026-09-19T09:30:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AboveAvalonIcon-FINAL.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3)","datePublished":"2026-09-19T09:30:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967"},"wordCount":373,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AboveAvalonIcon-FINAL.png","keywords":["Apples","event","interesting","observations","PART","Shine","Surprise","TidBITS"],"articleSection":["Apple"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967","name":"Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3) - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AboveAvalonIcon-FINAL.png","datePublished":"2026-09-19T09:30:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AboveAvalonIcon-FINAL.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AboveAvalonIcon-FINAL.png","width":300,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7060967#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Interesting Tidbits and Observations From Apple\u2019s \u201cSurprise and Shine\u201d Event (Part 3)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7060967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7060967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7060967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/353435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7060967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7060967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7060967"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=7060967"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=7060967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}