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How so? It has sufficiently high PPI, you won't be able to see individual pixels. Going higher is pointless.
If going higher is pointless, why does the iPhone XS has a PPI density of 458? They should have stayed at 326 in that case as well.
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Including fabrication and production? Or just their office buildings?
At least office buildings and datacenters, unclear (to me) about factories.
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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That must be an odd definition of "lunch", given that Apple tends to capture roughly 80% of Smartphone profits, Huawei about 6%, and Xiaomi even less than that.
Now. But they're in serious danger of being disrupted from the bottom. http://www.claytonchristensen.com/key-concepts/ Low-end disrupters (think steel minimills and discount retailers) come in at the bottom of the market and take hold within an existing value network before moving upmarket and attacking that stratum
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Now. But they're in serious danger of being disrupted from the bottom. http://www.claytonchristensen.com/key-concepts/ Low-end disrupters (think steel minimills and discount retailers) come in at the bottom of the market and take hold within an existing value network before moving upmarket and attacking that stratum
For a value of "now" that includes the last 10 years. And for the entire time, low end disruption has been predicted, with the list of designated disruptors occasionally changing.
But, as a phone, I think low end disruptors are here, and I can't understand why people would pay 3 or 4 times as much as needed for a phone - other than that they have the money, and they want the phones for reasons unrelated to performance (aesthetics, perceived quality, privacy, etc.).
Xiaomi in particular is trying to erode that particular Apple barrier, their flagships are already objects of desire in India, China and in my country (Uruguay).
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At least office buildings and datacenters, unclear (to me) about factories.
Unlikely factories as they don't belong to Apple (ex. Foxconn) so maybe a bit of greenwash involved here. Regardless, a step in the right direction.
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2 years ago got a 7 over a 7+ for single handed use felt the SE was too small. Now, I'm just so at ease on the rare occasion that I get to use it. Said owner doesn't like it claiming its 'slow'. I on the other hand just may switch over to a refurb SE.
I've gone through a few of them since buying mine 6 months ago, and yeah it's going to be slow unless you manage to get one with iOS 10 on it.
In stark contrast is my Moto X2, after 2 years of heavy daily use before my current phone, and one screen replacement is still chugging along pretty well on its archaic version of Android.
The argument that iPhones have superior hardware and build quality resulting in longer usage is negated by this constant push for upgrades. I think I know where I am headed for my next phone.
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…
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…
I think the most important reason of having bigger devices is performance vs battery. You can not extend a smartphone and give feature like OLED, Neural Engine etc without considering affect on the battery. They want bigger device to solve many those issues. If they release the iPhone SE update they can not compete with other iPhones in terms of feature and performance. Also it have huge involvement of iOS updates al…
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Yep. I bought iPhone 8 because I wanted to try force touch and faster CPU. Well, it's a feature I could skip (actually I don't even understand why is it there, long press would work just as well) and iPhone SE size would be more comfortable for me (I came from 4S). I'm using iPhone 8 for a few monthes and it's still very uncomfortable to use for me, it's too huge and I can't reach every screen point with my thumb. Ce…
Once you've become used to positioning the cursor with force touch, you never want to go back.