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Re: iPhone 8

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Post by ben174 »

noncoml wrote: post #16
ben174 wrote: post #2

This seems to be the tiniest spec bump for a full iPhone release. No huge new killer features over the 7. Undoubtedly, all the new stuff and innovation is being saved for the iPhone X.

It has wireless charging

Yea that is a pretty big feature. Wasn't announced at the time of my comment.

Re: iPhone 8

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Post by Karunamon »

felippee wrote: post #4
ben174 wrote: post #2

This seems to be the tiniest spec bump for a full iPhone release. No huge new killer features over the 7. Undoubtedly, all the new stuff and innovation is being saved for the iPhone X.

"Bionic chip"... what on earth is this supposed to mean? Are they running out of fancy PR words in the dictionary?

About the same as "A" followed by a number. Or "Pentium" or "Athlon". They're just marketing names, nothing to be upset about.

Re: iPhone 8

#23

Post by chris_7 »

Wireless charging is baffling to me. Instead of carrying a small plug and cable around, you carry a... giant disc - and it still has the plug? It would be one thing if it was magic charging that worked anywhere within a few meters of the charger, but I gather that's impossible. You still have to put it on the disc!

I get that it's optional.

Re: iPhone 8

#24

Post by nailer »

c0nducktr wrote: post #13
more-entropy wrote: post #10

Really? I have to pay 1k for embedded photoshop filters for that? They have just enhanced the camera and... that's all? Really? I missed something? Yep - new CPU is good. But... Anything else? The expectations were much more.

I don't think the iPhone 8 will be $1000. That's probably just the X model, but we'll see.

It's USD 699 and up

Re: iPhone 8

#25

Post by agumonkey »

ihuman wrote: post #19
Tomte wrote: post #14

I'm totally underwhelmed by the AR demos. What the hell was that RTS thing? Walking around an empty table? That's not "augmented". There was nothing to augment!

Its superimposing cgi from the phone onto a video from the camera in real time. Is that not augmented reality?

It's so "little" it's more like projected virtuality. AR used to let you fight in your room and bounce stuff against your walls etc.

Re: iPhone 8

#27

Post by abc_lisper »

more-entropy wrote: post #10

Really? I have to pay 1k for embedded photoshop filters for that? They have just enhanced the camera and... that's all? Really? I missed something? Yep - new CPU is good. But... Anything else? The expectations were much more.

It's 699.

Re: iPhone 8

#28

Post by dan1234 »

_m8fo wrote: post #8

I wonder why they didn't call it the 7S.

Perhaps the S models had lower sales?

People tend to associate the S models with the small updates and number bumps with big updates (even though going from old S to new S is just as big an update)

Re: iPhone 8

#29

Post by aeleos »

c0nducktr wrote: post #13
more-entropy wrote: post #10

Really? I have to pay 1k for embedded photoshop filters for that? They have just enhanced the camera and... that's all? Really? I missed something? Yep - new CPU is good. But... Anything else? The expectations were much more.

I don't think the iPhone 8 will be $1000. That's probably just the X model, but we'll see.

Just from the livestream it is $699 at 64gb

Re: iPhone 8

#30

Post by UnoriginalGuy »

ihuman wrote: post #19
Tomte wrote: post #14

I'm totally underwhelmed by the AR demos. What the hell was that RTS thing? Walking around an empty table? That's not "augmented". There was nothing to augment!

Its superimposing cgi from the phone onto a video from the camera in real time. Is that not augmented reality?

What is augmented? Or to phase it another way, what from the real world is integrated into the game?

It is just using the camera and other motion sensors to track movement. It isn't augmented reality in any sense.

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