When I look back on Apple's many product events, I'm always fascinated by the iPhone 6 event a decade ago. It was a two-hour live stage event that gave us a bounty of new products that changed our world, but so much drama came from this event and the days that followed. And we may see nothing like it ever again.
On September 9, 2014, we were introduced to iPhone 6 — the first phone to come in a Plus size — and a phone that was later tied to "Bendgate" headlines. Ten years later, no phone has ever been as thin, but we may see a return to thinnest iPhone ever next year . At that same event, CEO Tim Cook introduced Apple Watch to the world — along with the vision of it being a high-end luxury jewelry heirloom product worth tens of thousands of dollars.
A decade later, the luxury models are obsolete , and fashionistas might find themselves departing with their expensive bands. The redesigned tenth edition of that Watch, rumored to be revealed in a few weeks, may not be compatible with older wristbands . But most Apple users remember something else from this event — it was the day when Apple put a U2 album on everyone's iPhone.
The band performs live for the crowd, and then Bono gets on stage with Cook to announce in that very moment, everyone got the album Songs of Innocence on their machines. And then everyone was left confused on how to remove Songs of Innocence on their machines . (Turns out you couldn't delete it from the iCloud.
) Bono apologized ( twice ), and Apple .