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Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#111

Do people still watch these live? I find them really hard to watch. It's about 95% fluff and bullshit and 5% about the technology. I usually just read the bullet summary afterwards.

Watched for a little bit, gave up. I used to find them very interesting back in the Jobs era, but now they're pretty boring. I think partly it's just because the tech is maturing so there's less exciting stuff to show, but it's also definitely down to a much less crisp presentation style.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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I really wish the Apple presenters would stop waving their arms... since I noticed they were doing it, I can't stop seeing it:)

Every presenter is doing the Donald Trump hand movements: those open-handed "push" movements and then fingertips of both hands brought together.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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post #66

The League of Legends x Apple announcement is bigger than people might think. I 100 % believe that this is the start of a massive shift from pc/console to mobile which we have seen before in China. In fact, it is clear from this announcement that iPhone IS considered a console now for Riot. Huge stuff.

I think you might have it reversed. I think the LoL announcement is mostly catering to the LoL playerbase (which is mostly located in China) rather than a great ploy to steal PC gaming share.

Separately from that, its pretty interesting how obviously faked the "playing" of LoL in the video was, in an presentation that is otherwise so focused on attention to detail.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#116

There are two reasons I haven't switched over from Android. I wish Apple would try and fix them: * The lack of a way to move Whatsapp messages between platforms. (They'd just need to allow Whatsapp to use Google Drive for backup on iOS) * The lack of (physical) dual-SIM.

They do have physical dual SIM for certain markets. Ex: China

Problem solved: moved to china (I jest)

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree, at this point, showing that you respect social distancing and do things in a responsible way is actually something people look for.

Yeah, I am surprised they don’t wear masks to signal their responsibility.

At the end of the video, they'll state that all people in the room (like director, photographer) are fully protected using PPE.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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post #52

Intercom made me wish I had a family to use it with. Apple does a great job of developing solutions, not just features.

Alexa devices also has had this feature for a while now. It is nice how the homepod adds the integration with other devices though

Google home has had this for a while too

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#120

There are two reasons I haven't switched over from Android. I wish Apple would try and fix them: * The lack of a way to move Whatsapp messages between platforms. (They'd just need to allow Whatsapp to use Google Drive for backup on iOS) * The lack of (physical) dual-SIM.

I think they have iCloud backup for whatsapp
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