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Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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post #79

> This is something only Apple would do, Introducing iPhone Mini. Well, you're the only company making iPhones.

They seem to be the only company making a small flagship phone. Ever since the Sony mini phones stopped getting updates I lost hope.

It's not a flagship though. It is missing a lot of features compared to the bigger models.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#962

No 4k 240 fps video, as people were saying it would have. That's disappointing. I hate having to decide between the two whenever I shoot action shots.

It would be very cool, but I would settle for 4k 60fps. Shooting 1080 isn't that bad but the higher resolutions definitely capture more detail.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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post #485

Why is this considered an exemplary shot? https://www.apple.com/v/iphone-12/a/images/overview/camera/s... (first picture under "Automatic magic") The pants look artificial, the hands and feet are really dark, you can't see the detail on the trees. Is this just a really hard angle to shoot, against the summer sky?

Dynamic range, it’s pretty amazing the black are holding and highlights aren’t clipping.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#964

Not bad, I think the mini will be popular and I like the mag safe. Still, this is my iPhone wish list: - USB-C - 120hz display - face id AND in screen touch id - better wireless charging - dump the notch

120 hz sounds like it would hurt battery life alot.

It depends how it is implemented. Most of the time the screen isn't updating. It would only need to rev up when scrolling or similar. When you are watching a video it is probably 30 or 60fps. So it would use more battery, but with a good variable refresh rate implementation it shouldn't be too bad.

There are Android devices that show that it does have a battery cost, but it isn't extraordinary.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#965

Huge miss to not have touch id in a era of a raging pandemic. I literally have not used the face-id once outside my house since March, because I always use a mask, so I have to type in my password. Which I had to revert to an unsafe 6 digit one from my 12char alphanumeric that I had until March.

What’s makes this even more frustrating is that they just came out with Touch ID in the power button foe the iPad Air, so they could have put both on the phone.

Just wanted to say the Touch ID on power button was planned for quite some time. As rumour ( more like Supply Chain Fact Check ) from Ming pointed it out last year.

The thing he got wrong was that he thought it was for iPhone. Turns out it was for iPad.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#966
post #861

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This phone was designed, locked in place, and started manufacturing years ago.

Adding a fingerprint scanner doesn't affect every component in the phone. It doesn't affect the display, CPU, dimensions or anything with a long lead time. It affects the power button. Apple had well enough time to add it.

It effect the wireless signals, especially with 5G which means it will need to be retested again. Especially when Apple is using the frame as Antenna.

This is far easier on an iPad which has that design decision made up front.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#967

I feel like I'm going insane. On every single model revealed today, there is a differently-colored patch on the right side of the phone, below the power button. What is it? It's not the SIM card slot - that's on the left side. It's not a new TouchID sensor - the website doesn't even mention it at all. And yet it exists in every single render.

It seems to be part of the mmwave antenna. I do wish it was a touch ID sensor. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2020/10/13/21515128/...

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#968

I feel we need to talk about the charger. It is not included in the box. The reasoning is that we have our chargers from previous iPhones. But those white boxes all take USB-A. The included cable is USB-C. Never mind, I will just use the USB-C charger from other devices. But wait... the cable that comes in the box is USB-C male and those adapters from other devices don't take USB-C (either fixed cable, or USB-A, or n…

Apple is basically saying;

You will likely already have a charger and a USB-A to Lightning Cable. Use those.

If you dont, the package comes with USB-C to Lightning, now you can get a USB-C 18W Fast Charger at a reduced price of $19.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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post #161

The most disappointing aspect to me is that the difference between the Pro and the Pro Max is no longer just the size. I'm quite fond of the size of my 11 Pro and I don't really want to be upsold to the Pro Max if I want the best.

It has been a lost opportunity not to take advantage of the extra size to improve the the features for the max.

The problem is I dont see anything about the Max Camera that could not be fitted into the Pro. They both share the same Camera Module size.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

#970

I understand the value of the different phone sizes but still can't understand why companies are selling 64 GB models. I know we have everything in the cloud these days but with apps with rich assets and smartphones being more capable with cameras, you run out of 64 GB quite easily. 128 GB should be the baseline model in 2020 for any phone that costs above $600.

I am willing to bet next year iPhone 13 will start at 128GB for the same price. Giving you the perception it is now $50 cheaper due to the increase in storage.
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