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Post by ValentineC »

gnicholas wrote: post #56

It's now possible to change the depth of field after taking the photo. I wasn't paying close enough attention to know if this will also be possible on older iPhones. EDIT: sounds like it's just the new iPhones. But it includes the less expensive Xr.

> I wasn't paying close enough attention to know if this will also be possible on older iPhones.

I don't think it was mentioned in the keynote, and I hope it isn't just a software flag like what they did with Live Photos on the iPhone 6S:

https://www.theverge.com/2015/10/15/9546639/3d-touch-live-ph...

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Post by guzik »

VectorLock wrote: post #85

>This will be the first ECG product available over the counter to customers. The AliveCor Kardia has been available for a while. I got one for a family member with atrial fibrillation issues and it works really well and sticks on the back of their cell phone.

I don't know why they lie in their presentations. There are at least 100 consumer ECG monitors/trackers on the market.

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Post by oh_hello »

I'm amazed by the sizing. The SE appears to be gone. This means the smallest device you can buy is the 7/8. Many still find this to be too large. Considering Apple's history of selling older iPhone models at a lower price, it seems like two years from now the bottom of the line will be the Xs and Xr announced today. The smallest lower-end iPhone available at that time would be the Xs which is larger than the 6/6s/7/8. Obviously I have no idea what Apple has planned, but the push to increasingly large devices seems like a bad idea.

Re: Apple Special Event [video]

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Post by oflannabhra »

gnicholas wrote: post #56

It's now possible to change the depth of field after taking the photo. I wasn't paying close enough attention to know if this will also be possible on older iPhones. EDIT: sounds like it's just the new iPhones. But it includes the less expensive Xr.

I've been doing this since day 1 of having my iPhone X with the app Focos [0]. I spent $10 even though I didn't need to because it was so amazing.

[0] - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/focos/id1274938524?mt=8

Re: Apple Special Event [video]

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Post by tigershark »

plantain wrote: post #42
josh2600 wrote: post #38

If the new Apple processor is actually 7nm fab, that means that Apple is performing at a higher level of execution than basically everyone else in silicon land. Intel just failed spectacularly at shipping 10nm and TSMC is just beginning to do 7nm production hypothetically (I don't think any major production runs have been announced yet, but please correct me if I'm wrong). If Apple is shipping 7nm in iPhones, that's…

7nm != 7nm - there's a lot of variety between processes. 7nm on a (relatively) small ARM is also a different world to 7nm on a chip the size of the latest Intel's.

6.9B transistors doesn't look small by any standard to me..

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Post by rstupek »

gnicholas wrote: post #55
hinkley wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In laser printers it was a big deal when they hit 200, 300, 400 and 600 dpi. Going from >300ppi to >400ppi probably warrants a special mention.

It looks like the last-generation iPhone X also had 458 PPI. I got the impression from the presentation that the super retina display was new to this year. My mistake. EDIT: Also, if Jobs' original theory about retina displays was that the human eye can't see individual pixels at this threshold (300 PPI), then going above and beyond that is perhaps not that important.

Retina display also takes into account how far the device is from your eyes so higher PPI means you can't see the pixels when holding it closer.

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Post by singularity2001 »

tinus_hn wrote: post #143
masklinn wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Technically Apple has more money than some governments, it's nowhere near the US Government's: Apple's entire assets could pay for under 18 months of net interest on the public debt (263bn in 2017).

The US has negative money, they are in debt. I have more money than the US.

Maybe you can make an offer to buy the US with 30% of your net worth. Then resell to a hedge fond.

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Post by guzik »

xkr wrote: post #15

It might be a dummy question, but what does FDA clearance mean exactly? Does it make the watch a medical-grade device and I can do ECG using the watch instead of going to the hospital?

> Does it make the watch a medical-grade device and I can do ECG using the watch instead of going to the hospital?

This is what I am afraid of. People might think that buying a watch will replace visit with a cardiologist (or even using professional home holter) to make a serious ECG measurement (not 30s one, but full 24h scan).

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Post by beckler »

asaph wrote: post #4

Apple just announced the iPhone Xs. Surgical grade stainless steel. 3 finishes: Gold, Silver, Space Gray. New glass. Waterproof, saltwater proof, even beer proof. 5.8" screen. Still has a notch like the iPhone X. Improved FaceID.

I initially read it as bear-proof and was immediately skeptical. Beer-proof makes much more sense.
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