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Post by em500 »

topbanana wrote: post #222
tfandango wrote: post #203

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have some younger kids who have the SE models, I like them because they are cheap(er), they work in the apple ecosystem I have, they are small enough for kids to carry around w/o breaking them, and I can easily track everyone. I won't be buying them any of these new ones, either stick to older SEs or purchase cheaper androids for them now.

Much the same story here. Was hoping for an SE 2 for my kids as they're moving up to secondary school and hoped they could keep their iPad game progress. Android ahoy

What's wrong with the SE1?

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Post by macintux »

oflannabhra wrote: post #194
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

Thanks, I had no idea this existed.

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Post by newfocogi »

It was interesting to hear apple state that one of their goals for building products was to make them last longer in order to minimize waste. People often accuse hardware manufacturers, including apple, of intentional obsolescence. I am interested to see if they actually change anything about their process, software and hardware, to put any weight behind this claim, or if it is just marketing doublespeak.

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

mooman219 wrote: post #171
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…

Size is really just a marketing term at this point. Intel "10nm" is about the same as TSMC "7nm". Size of various features is roughly the same between the two. Global Foundries decided to not touch this cycle (at least for the short term). Samsung also decided to slow their pursuit of "7nm" and focus on "8nm".

> Global Foundries decided to not touch this cycle (at least for the short term).

Sounds like GF is dropping out of Moore's Law's race entirely, and changed their strategy to focusing on improving the higher nodes instead:

https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1333637

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Post by 21 »

endemic wrote: post #225
smitherfield wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When the original iPhone launched there was no other product like it; nowadays they need to be able to compete with Android on price.

Compete on price? They're getting more and more expensive...

Flagship Androids are also getting more and more expensive.

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Post by endemic »

eitally wrote: post #157
Odenwaelder wrote: post #125

They killed the SE! Now we're stuck with screens too big to use with one hand. I really really dislike this.

Sony offers top tier Xperia models in compact sizes, and has for several years. https://www.sonymobile.com/us/products/phones/#filter= (ctrl+F for "compact").

Amazingly, they also offer official AOSP builds (https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/latest-updat...). LineageOS is also supported on the Xperia Z5 Compact. GApps optional for the privacy conscious.

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Post by cillian64 »

davb wrote: post #206
folkrav wrote: post #58

Dual SIM could be big in some countries.

I’m quite concerned about the fact that only China will be getting nano-SIM and every other territory will have e-SIM only. On a recent trip from the UK to South Korea and Japan (where my network has very high roaming prices), it was relatively easy to pick up SIM cards from vending machines and desks at airports. I don’t imagine it’ll be as easy to negotiate and activate an e-sim connection.

The UK specs page for the Xs, https://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-xs/specs/, says dual SIM (nano-SIM + eSIM)

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Post by Apocryphon »

oh_hello wrote: post #193

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…

Does anyone think they'll make a next-gen SE next year? It could simply be they didn't want to release four phones this year.

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Post by masklinn »

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.

The US has assets to cover its debts in spades. Nobody would give them money for free if they didn't.

And the debt is owned at ~50% by the government itself or the Fed and ~20% by various non-federal investors (pensions, mutual funds, local governments, individuals) with the rest being owned by various non-US entities.

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Post by untog »

21 wrote: post #224
oh_hello wrote: post #193

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…

The market has spoken loud and clear since 2010, when Androids bigger than iPhone became popular. iPhone dragged it's feet till 2013/2014 because they didn't want to appear conceding that they were wrong, but eventually they had to buckle.

There haven't really been many attempts at making small flagship-quality devices in years. Didn't the SE immediately sell out when it was released? I struggle to believe no similar market exists today, but Apple obviously has a easier and more profitable path maintaining the device collection they announced today. I just wish they didn't.

I was thinking about replacing my SE with whatever was announced today, but instead I'll be continuing to use it until it dies/isn't supported any more. Maybe I'm alone on that, I dunno.

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