Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

apple.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

401–410 of 1001 posts

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#401

Post by tomerico »

What's amazing to me is how little of a difference they have between the regular and pro models: https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/

It basically boils down to a few relatively minor camera features perhaps except for the addition of a 2x camera (The other differences are Lidar sensor, 60fps HDR recording at vs 30fps, and saving in RAW).

It looks like they think that just creating the impression that the pro model is better is enough to get more money from people who are less price sensitive.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#402

Post by mikeyouse »

jaywalk wrote: post #318
cbsks wrote: post #281

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My big question is... does the new "Ceramic Shield" mean that I won't need a screen protector anymore?

You haven't needed a screen protector in a long time.

FWIW, I tried to use my iPhone X without a screen protector but the glass was getting scratched all to hell. I had no worries about it cracking or anything, but it seems to have been a common problem:

https://gizmodo.com/iphone-x-damage-report-two-months-later-...

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#403

Post by timdorr »

Guereric wrote: post #363
ehsankia wrote: post #22

These transitions are insane. The production quality is honestly fantastic. Apple has perfected the art of virtual keynotes.

Do we know what program they use for their presentations?

They supposedly use Keynote, but I think with these presentations it's more likely custom motion graphics in After Effects or possibly Final Cut Pro if Apple is imposing in-house software.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#404

Post by helen___keller »

Shivetya wrote: post #145

Odd note,the amount of wealth on display in their demonstration home was astounding. Then again just the amount displayed across portions of the Apple campus and the cost to create such an event. The Western world talk about distribution of wealth among the wealthiest and poorest people always tend to overlook how the people of the Western world of are of the first category and those in the later see no difference in…

> Odd note,the amount of wealth on display in their demonstration home was astounding.

What are you referring to? Like the architecture and decor? It seemed professionally staged but not particularly opulent, in my opinion.

I suppose one might say just showing a single family home that presumably exists in the bay area is itself a ludicrous display of wealth.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#405

Post by fabiospampinato »

bnj wrote: post #397
gjsman-1000 wrote: post #144

That was actually much more substantial of an upgrade than I previously anticipated. The stronger glass, MagSafe being able to stick your phone magnetically to surfaces, and the Dolby Vision HDR recording are what really got me. Not so much 5G.

The magsafe is really cool but for anyone interested in the wallet accessory just be careful with putting NFC chipped cards there. Paying with Apple Pay from your phone could get confusing.

Maybe the wallet has NFC shielding.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#406

Post by quicklime »

suyash wrote: post #243
kossTKR wrote: post #85

"The iPhone mini fits in the palm of you hand" lol. It's interesting that a reasonably sized phone is now a selling point in itself. In general i like keeping my devices for as long as possible - so when i jumped from the iPhone 6 to the iPhone 10, i was surprised to learn that the phone was hard to use with one hand now, extremely slippery and way, way heavier than my iphone 6. The mini seems like a good size for me…

Believe it or not the 'mini' used to the the standard smartphone size. As it goes in America, bigger = better so that is what you get.

From the market research I've seen, Americans were actually reasonably happy with the old phone sizes - the move towards larger phones was driven more by international (particularly Asian) consumers.

Part of this is because a smartphone is a "primary computing device" in those countries, whereas Americans tended to have tablets, laptops and TVs as well.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#407

Post by Austin_Conlon »

tpmx wrote: post #102
allenu wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was genuinely confused when it was in her hand. It looked like a regular-sized phone or even slightly bigger than one.

They had to find a huge guy with giant hands to show how "small" it was in the commercial segment following that part.

Reminds me of when they ran an ad with Yao Ming using a 12-inch PowerBook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvbuwfawqcc.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#408

Post by tomashertus »

joakleaf wrote: post #297
ehsankia wrote: post #22

These transitions are insane. The production quality is honestly fantastic. Apple has perfected the art of virtual keynotes.

It looks impressive, but why does everybody talk in that weird way;"Wow. What an exciting day." It feels so weird and artificial. It actually makes them sound less enthusiastic and genuine to me. They also present a lot of features (especially photos), but without comparison I am left wondering, how much better is the new stuff. And why should I buy it... Sounds great with that new glass too; I wondered if they would…

> why does everybody talk in that weird way;"Wow. What an exciting day." It feels so weird and artificial

This gets me every time. It's so artificial that I'm pulling my hair. I honestly don't know, why everyone is always so so "excited". Every time I hear someone say "this is exciting", I think BS. We had a colleague and his go-to phrase was "This is super exciting". "SUPER EXCITING!"

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#410

Post by romanows »

Spivak wrote: post #189
john_minsk wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True. MagSafe is what got me. Apple is genius in how they keep pushing accessories part of the ecosystem.

They must be really confident with their drop protection because I don't know a single person who doesn't have their phone in a case.

Anecdotally, I tend to drop my phones from chair-level monthly, with no case, without issue. I dropped my Pixel 2 two stories onto concrete and only damaged the back glass cosmetically and the phone microphone slightly. Used it for another 4 months until the Pixel 4a finally came out. I've always assumed cases were overrated but haven never looked for any statistics.
Post reply on HN