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Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by post_break »

runjake wrote: post #72
post_break wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes the alternative isn't much better, so instead of trying to punish myself and get a pixel, degoogle everything, etc. I voted with my wallet. Do I just keep my iPhone and let them get away with the CSAM on device scanning? I chose not to, even if the privacy is worse on android. Some may think that's ass backwards, but it was a solution for my beliefs.

It does seem ass backwards. Google scans your content for CSAM on their servers. And they scan your content for demographic and advertising data and god knows what else. I do not see your logic here. It appears to be an ill-decided knee-jerk reaction.

What content? I don't upload any photos to Google.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by agumonkey »

delaaxe wrote: post #62
defaultname wrote: post #36

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Every single company that sells things does this. You are talking about an Apple event and promo page where they are quite literally giving a sales pitch for their new products. That they (over)hype their own products is not only not notable or interesting, it's entirely expected. It is a bit bizarre that your comment, or variations of it, appears for every single Apple release. For those people so jaded and annoyed…

Obnoxious overhyping is not normal in most cultures around the world.

must be fun to live in a culture of subtlety

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by Moduke »

turtlebits wrote: post #14
anm89 wrote: post #6

I love how everything has to be a "revolutionary breakthrough" with apple. Wow the 73rd version of the 19th variation of the ipad gets better performance. What a break though.

While the wording is hyperbole, going from a A12 to an A15 is quite the performance bump.

Do you have a source for the claim that they use the A15 in the iPad mini? It stood out to me that they left the details of the SoC out of the announcement.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by nojito »

blowski wrote: post #23
turtlebits wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While the wording is hyperbole, going from a A12 to an A15 is quite the performance bump.

And what will I be able to do with that performance bump? I use a tablet mostly for taking notes, email and looking at websites. I can’t see how the former can get any quicker. The latter is slow mostly because of the websites themselves. Will games or office apps get faster or have new possibilities?

The performance is to help you add more work types into your current workflow.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by lotsofpulp »

cageface wrote: post #97
paxys wrote: post #85

Is anyone else annoyed that like 70% of the keynote (so far) is camera camera camera. Is there really nothing else to talk about?

Cameras are one of the few areas where phones are still making regular advances. Otherwise a phone from 2-3 generations back will probably meet all your needs.

Cameras from 2-3 generations back will meet 99% of people's needs.

The new SE is basically an 8, and the way 90% of people use their phone, they would notice no difference between the new SE and a 13.

Which is what I see happening in my social circles. No one gets a new phone unless the old one is dead. Setting up a new phone and stuff is a pain, why bother for a few extra details in camera for pictures you will never curate and probably just share once on WhatsApp?

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by _ea1k »

thatguy0900 wrote: post #32
blowski wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And what will I be able to do with that performance bump? I use a tablet mostly for taking notes, email and looking at websites. I can’t see how the former can get any quicker. The latter is slow mostly because of the websites themselves. Will games or office apps get faster or have new possibilities?

Things will be faster for a little bit then will bloat up to be just as slow as soon as the new hardware is standard

People who say this obviously don't remember watching the screen slowly draw itself on old text terminals when you hit page down.

Now, we complain when it drops from 60fps to 40fps while rapidly slinging high resolution text + images with our fingers, and also that this is somehow "slower".

Its amazing how much our expectations have changed.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by downWidOutaFite »

defaultname wrote: post #36
anm89 wrote: post #6

I love how everything has to be a "revolutionary breakthrough" with apple. Wow the 73rd version of the 19th variation of the ipad gets better performance. What a break though.

Every single company that sells things does this. You are talking about an Apple event and promo page where they are quite literally giving a sales pitch for their new products. That they (over)hype their own products is not only not notable or interesting, it's entirely expected. It is a bit bizarre that your comment, or variations of it, appears for every single Apple release. For those people so jaded and annoyed…

We're allowed to point out hyperbole! Comment threads always have criticisms of everything. What's bizarre is Apple defenders that always show up feeling personally slighted somehow.

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by ab_testing »

allenu wrote: post #105
anm89 wrote: post #6

I love how everything has to be a "revolutionary breakthrough" with apple. Wow the 73rd version of the 19th variation of the ipad gets better performance. What a break though.

And each release is "our best camera yet" or "fastest processor yet" or "best battery yet". I mean, yeah, you're probably not going to release an update that has worse performance. Apple is the master at emphasizing things like this.

>Yeah you are not going to release an update that has worse performance.

Except keyboards in 2016 to 2019

Re: Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by usui »

factorialboy wrote: post #84
defaultname wrote: post #50

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Everyone overhypes their product releases. But the reality is that most of us just don't pay attention to them. Microsoft talking about Windows? Eh. Samsung announcing something? Neat. Apple announces something, however, and the detractors just have to flood in and give their hot takes. I suppose that speaks to the influence of Apple now.

No need to get defensive. People are allowed to be unimpressed with Apple's marketing speak.

Yes, they are allowed, of course... but being "unimpressed with Apple's marketing speak", a topic having been thoroughly traversed, seems counter to Hacker News's stated desire for comments that substantiate new thought, or create new or interesting discussions.
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