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Truly impressive. Smaller, yet faster than the competition. Surprising how many of the chips are now internal Apple components: 1. CPU/GPU 2. Auxiliary Machine Learning/AI chip 3. NAND controller 4. IR Deapth sensor & signal processing chip 5. Power management IC (surprising that Apple is doing Analog IC design too!) Axiom in the tech world is that "Apple is a software company that builds hardware". Above is ample ev…
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Chat heads are a great feature, and of course you can turn them off if you like. iOS doesn't even give you the option to do that.
I had to google it, they look pretty distracting to me, but I'm positive that if they turn out to be very useful Apple will release an API for it.
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Apple killed the clones because the clone program wasn't profitable enough to compensate for the fact that MS had already won the OS wars. It was either Apple or the clones, and so the clones got axed.
Oh the horror. The clone I used was particularly troubled and the often-sensitive order of loading system extensions was farcically unstable.
TL;DR: I see that Apple is doing great engineering, but where is this engineering better than Samsung's? Or is it not? --- This was fascinating, but I am not very knowledgable when it comes to hardware and I have a burning question. Everybody here seems to think this was a great feat of engineering. I am looking also at the teardown of the Samsung Galaxy S8. Where is Apple doing a better work than Samsung? Is it just…
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If iPhones ran today's Android, they would lead the pack; but because they run iOS, they're pretty MOR in terms of everyday performance and responsiveness (and perhaps especially disappointing WRT battery life). This is quite a role reversal from the situation five years ago.
Name an android phone that’s faster than last years iPhone.
It's not that hard, I'm sure somebody's done this on video, do the test yourself if you're not convinced, I don't have an iPhone 7 Plus and 20 hours of time on my hands.
iOS is a hog, and the A series chips are clearly not competitive in idle power consumption as configured by iOS.
I've owned various iPhones (starting with the 4 in 2010) and I'm going to take a serious look at the Pixel 3 in 2018. Performance is a feature, and I don't see a compelling reason why I should upgrade my 6S. I have a suspicion that Apple will keep the '6' chassis they've stuck with since the release of the 6 (6/6S/7/8) at 2GB of memory, and will continue to do so with the 9 next year. Pixel 2 performance with 4GB of…
If new devices don’t give you anything new you want, maybe you should just keep using your phone as long as it keeps working?
I've owned various iPhones (starting with the 4 in 2010) and I'm going to take a serious look at the Pixel 3 in 2018. Performance is a feature, and I don't see a compelling reason why I should upgrade my 6S. I have a suspicion that Apple will keep the '6' chassis they've stuck with since the release of the 6 (6/6S/7/8) at 2GB of memory, and will continue to do so with the 9 next year. Pixel 2 performance with 4GB of…
The X has 3gb of RAM, this is one of the drivers moving me to upgrade
A high jump in resolution/PPI will do that.
It really should have shipped with 4GB of memory.
I've owned various iPhones (starting with the 4 in 2010) and I'm going to take a serious look at the Pixel 3 in 2018. Performance is a feature, and I don't see a compelling reason why I should upgrade my 6S. I have a suspicion that Apple will keep the '6' chassis they've stuck with since the release of the 6 (6/6S/7/8) at 2GB of memory, and will continue to do so with the 9 next year. Pixel 2 performance with 4GB of…
> I'm not asking Google to focus on ease of use for the OS, just get QA/service/hardware correct Apple does the QA/service well because of their focus on usability. Usability has been a focus since their founding. They spend more money on design, which is why their hardware can cost more than the PC/Android equivalent.
There’s quite a few threads on reddit.
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I think Apple is a Design company, as in that's their main value add. Like Steve Jobs said, design is not just how their products look but how they work - something that requires both software and hardware. On the other hand Google seems to be more of a software company, which reflects in their general culture and hiring practices.
> I think Apple is a Design company, as in that's their main value add. Like Steve Jobs said, design is not just how their products look but how they work - something that requires both software and hardware. That's just word redefining. And I have an old iMac 20 that has all its USB ports on the back and every time I have to twist my wrist to plug something I am reminded how Apple isn't that good at functional desig…