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Post by davedx »

newfocogi wrote: post #233

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.

> 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.

In the same section she said they were already using recycled tin in the control boards, and their recycling programme had been improved too.

To be honest the sustainability part was the most impressive of the whole keynote, and is a reason I'll continue to be a loyal Apple customer.

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Post by FireBeyond »

gnicholas wrote: post #205
gpantazes wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was the bokeh functionality using software to create an artificial depth of field effect, or does the camera capture a range of depth of field? My immediate guess was that it's actually clever software, but was it confirmed either way?

When Portrait Mode was first released, they said that the camera array splits the field up into 9 (IIRC) depths based on distance. So probably what's happening here is they save the depth metadata so that you can adjust how blurred you want the background to be.

There's more to bokeh than 'how blurred is the background', it involves things like "how many leafs inside the lens are you using to control aperture".

You can "simplistically" (although still nicely) simulate this, of course.

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Post by chooseaname »

adrr wrote: post #75
plantain wrote: post #66

The showmanship really feels like it's run out. Even when it was the post-Jobs Ive and Cook it was still captivating, but this is just tiresome.

I just wish they would stop saying "the most advanced X ever made". Every new revision of a product is the most advanced version of the product.

Why would they stop? They have people like Rene Ritchie who live and breathe what they say and repeat it on their website for other people who live and breathe it.

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Post by GFischer »

untog wrote: post #266

It occurs to me today how sad it is that we only have two viable mobile ecosystems these days. I have an iPhone SE, which Apple has opted not to update. That's their decision to make, I suppose, but no-one else can make iOS devices and I really don't want to switch to Android (it isn't ignorance, I've used it since the Nexus One, I've just grown to dislike it for privacy and UI performance reasons over time, and it d…

UI performance in Androids is decent these days. Privacy, well... no.

Even within the Android ecosystem, it's very sad that innovation is stymied. The only ones that even try are LG and they always fall flat.

There's a long list of different Android phones I'd like to see:

- Keyboard / Accessible phones. My mother in law has some disabilities that prevent her from using a touch-phone and she's using an Android phone with keyboard for messaging. Once it breaks, I'll be hard pressed to find a replacement

- Small size phones with decent specs. Lots of people are very vocal about that, a current coworker spent a lot of time searching and got frustrated, the only small phones available were basically dumbphones

- Specialist phones, I can't believe we still don't have phones with physical camera button and better swappable lenses (I think Sony tried that one, and there are some add-ons).

Sure there are a lot more undeserved niches.

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Post by krzyk »

gbear605 wrote: post #119
Splines wrote: post #96

iPhone pricing tiers: - XR $749 - XS $999 - XS Max $1099 Yikes. And that's for the lowest storage available.

The iPhone SE, iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 are still going to be for sale, at $349, $449 and $599 respectively. The range is plenty wide.

iPhone SE is no longer available in the online apple store (at least in Poland).

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Post by 51Cards »

dv_dt wrote: post #84
vedtopkar wrote: post #7

FDA approval to market the new Apple Watch as a medical device is a huge deal.

I wonder if that ECG feature might change the market perception of the device - maybe that was the intent. With the ECG and slip and fall detection, I sort of thought it makes the Apple Watch sound like the most consumer medical alert bracelet ever. For people with aging parents that don't really use mobile phones, I could many watches purchased as safety devices. (Though the battery life doesn't make it ideal for th…

Agreed on the battery life. The concept is a good idea but my mother would never keep this charged up and on her wrist constantly enough for it to be relied upon.

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Post by asaph »

Uhg. Still no Airpods wireless charging case (first announced at last year's September event). I've held off on buying Airpods for a full year because I want the wireless charging case. How much longer will we have to wait for this product, Apple?

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Post by scarface74 »

tfandango wrote: post #210
Spooky23 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With a prescription you’ll be able to use HSA/Flex Spending or insurance to buy one.

It seems like that could be possible, even without a prescription. I can buy any number of non-prescription things with my HSA now. Obviously this seems a little different than say a blood glucose testing device. Next year they will probably amend it with a "*excluding Apple Watch"

Why would an insurance company care about what you do with your HSA/Flex account. They aren't out of any money.
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