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Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by cranium »

Interesting factoid from the footnote:

  iPhone 12 mini has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. iPhone 12 mini is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by dmix »

phjesusthatguy3 wrote: post #337
illuminati1911 wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The whole 5G thing is just complete bullshit. After the tech has flopped pretty much worldwide and Verizon's and AT&T's "5G REMOTE SURGERY" and "RACE TO 5G" marketing bs didn't get consumers interested, they finally decided as a last resort to pay Apple and see if that will be enough to push this technology through.

It hasn't flopped; It just won't be available to the majority of people on the planet for a very long time.

That's basically the only problem. The marketing pushed it way too early, as they tend to do, but just way too cheery for what the reality is going to be.

But otherwise it is a serious and legitimate leap forward.

Of course it's nearly impossible to tell the sales people to keep the expectations in line with reality. Which I'm sure Verizon/ATT/etc all had engineers who knew the reality.

It's just business from hyper competitive companies where most customers won't see much of anything for years.

Customers will figure it out down the line, the companies are just kicking the can to try to exploit it for now before the other guy.

It's cynical but predictable.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by hrktb »

jonplackett wrote: post #478
christoph wrote: post #60

They're bringing back MagSafe for iPhone... can we have it back for the laptops please?

It's pretty dumb to call it magsafe. With a laptop it really did keep your laptop safe from getting pulled off a desk when you got up to get a coffee and walked through the cord like an idiot. What exactly is 'safe' about this? It's just... mag.

Lightning cables break if the phone falls at a weird angle or if you pull while twisting on the weakest side.

I thing the “safe” monicker is still warranted.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by jusujusu »

faitswulff wrote: post #245
gjsman-1000 wrote: post #107

4K60 Dolby Vision is actually really, really good.

What is Dolby Vision?

A format to store HDR (high dynamic range) content, referring to colorspace. The difference to non-HDR is huge on a good display and this is the one feature I want to see hands-on on these new iPhones..

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by whimsicalism »

khazhoux wrote: post #216
Zaheer wrote: post #177

"Across the iPhone family, we’re removing the power adapter and EarPods that often go unused, but including the fast-charging USB‑C to Lightning cable that most people need." Ouch. Do most people really not use the power adapter?

It's not about not using it, it's that most people already have at least one (if not a small pile) of power adapter blocks with USB input already.

In no world do most people have USB-C blocks already.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by Alupis »

marcinzm wrote: post #451
Alupis wrote: post #431

So now, a $1k iPhone comes standard with LiDAR sensors - but Musk still claims they're too expensive and cumbersome to use in self driving vehicles that cost over $40k. Maybe someone will be eating crow tonight.

Amazingly, LiDAR that can roughly map a 10ft room and LiDAR that can accurately map 500ft of road may actually cost different amounts.

It's more of, you can now put usable LiDAR sensors in a package as small as a phone, and so cheaply that it doesn't impact the final sale price of said phone...

That, and every other AV company is using LiDAR sensors...

But, Musk has doubled down, tripled down and more on this. So much so, I doubt he could come to his senses one day without a big PR nightmare - after all, they've been telling folks their car has all the hardware for fully autonomous driving for the past 5+ years.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by smiley1437 »

janhenr wrote: 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 have a sneaking suspicion that this is partly why Epic made such a big move trying to put an Epic store on IOS (to the point of sueing Apple).

They managed to get Fortnite to run at 120FPS on Ipad Pro just this March and probably realized that high performance gaming on IOS is here and will only get better as CPU\GPUs improve on mobile, and sued Apple by August.

What better way to monetize your immersive, high performance, addictive game when it's in everyone's pocket all the time ie no need to sit at your console or PC.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by mullingitover »

hentrep wrote: post #239

Does the MagSafe feature run the risk of demagnetizing credit cards and hotel keys?

I had a card case for my iphone and my cards would routinely get corrupted. I couldn't figure out why it was happening, there wasn't a magnet in my iPhone 4s at the time.

I eventually figured out that it was happening because I'd been routinely laying my phone on my iPad, and the magnets in the iPad would, over time, murder my cards.

The new phones will absolutely corrupt your cards, I don't care what Apple marketing says.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

vagrantJin wrote: post #327
tpmx wrote: post #272

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I quite like the return of the iPhone 4 exterior design style.

I'd say that's regressing yes? When you can't find the road to the future, retreat to the past. Re-live the glory days so to speak.

You interact with the screen. Why does the design matter that much? What exactly is innovative about the rectangles from other companies?
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