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

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Post by Sunspark »

tompazourek wrote: post #245
Sunspark wrote: post #219

Speaking for myself here, I can't really get into iOS devices like this new iPad mini anymore in part because I have grown accustomed to being able to: a) roll back apps if a new version is broken/undesirable. b) sideload apps if an app is not available on the app store because they fell out of grace (eg. fortnite). c) choose a web browser, on iOS you can have any skin you want, as long as the engine is Safari. d) ch…

Can you please elaborate a bit more on the video decoding? It's sounds interesting. I have played all kinds of formats including mkv in VLC on iOS. What could be improved in that area?

On the newest iPhone 13 for example these are the video formats supported: "Video formats supported: HEVC, H.264, MPEG‑4 Part 2, and Motion JPEG"

If your video is not one of these formats, you're going to be using software decoding which will be done on the CPU and will drain battery more as a consequence.

So that means no .MKV decoding in hardware.

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

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Post by Teckla »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #205
Wildgoose wrote: post #199

I can't see any mention of a headphone jack, does this mean they've removed it? I ditched my iPhone because of the lack of something this basic, I'm glad I bought an iPad mini last year while they still have this functionality. N.B. (1) I can't use in-ear ear-buds (2) I have high quality wired headphones I want to use (3) I want to use it in my car which although it has bluetooth, does not work with music, only with…

But it has USB-C, so you can use USB-C headphones or one of the many dongle adapters.

I often use my iPad Pro like a laptop -- at a desk, with Bluetooth keyboard -- for extended periods of time.

Very frequently, I use my wired headphones and charge the device at the same time.

I'm glad I can do that without some dodgy external dongle.

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Post by saaaaaam »

jnsie wrote: post #52

Is it just me or are these latest announcement events lackluster and over-produced? I'm not judging the devices (going to pick up the watch series 7) but the events themselves are tough to sit through.

Don’t then! Just read the cliff notes after.

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Post by handrous »

rchaud wrote: post #276
Kaotique wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It feels weird to me. Maybe it's just the current American culture that feels off for a European like myself. It is over directed and over produced. Zero spontaneity. I would rather watch Elon throw a metal ball into a car window during a presentation. At least that is real. Change the way movies are directed, because of this new phone? Give me a break. I'm sure it will produce nicer TikTok and YouTube videos but no…

> I'm sure it will produce nicer TikTok and YouTube videos but no serious director is going to shoot a million dollar production with a 1000 dollar phone. I'm as crusty a curmudgeon as it comes, but Apple is targeting the right market here: people who may become directors and artists in the future. Sure, there will never be a 3-hr Scorcese Mafia movie shot in portrait mode on a 12 Pro. But Scorcese and artists like h…

It's truly pretty amazing how much mileage a kid could get learning to shoot and edit video with just an iPad or iPhone. Sure, the editing will be really awkward and the full range of effects and such that one would have in Adobe on the desktop won't be there, but hell, when we screwed around shooting videos as kids we had a big-ass camcorder that shot terrible video in 4:3 and in-camera editing/fx and that was it. Maybe some really, really painful editing that would make quality way worse and take forever, if you could get ahold of two tape decks your parents didn't mind you screwing around with.

You can achieve more focused practice on shot choices, lighting, and cut timing on you parents' old, handed-down iPhone in a weekend than we'd have managed in a whole Summer with what we had. Got a buddy or two with phones or tablets, then you can probably manage multi-camera shooting (sure the picture characteristics may vary noticeably, but come on, this is still amazing) and ship the footage between devices in minutes. And once you get decent at it, the end result might even be almost watchable, instead of muddy garbage, and you can share it with the whole world with a few taps. I mean, damn.

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Post by nknealk »

clairity wrote: post #243
Kaotique wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It feels weird to me. Maybe it's just the current American culture that feels off for a European like myself. It is over directed and over produced. Zero spontaneity. I would rather watch Elon throw a metal ball into a car window during a presentation. At least that is real. Change the way movies are directed, because of this new phone? Give me a break. I'm sure it will produce nicer TikTok and YouTube videos but no…

moreover, the whole segment on fitness+ was so tone-deaf. they kept trying to make it seem like a universally-appealing service, portrayed by diverse people but in ultra-aesthetic settings, so really targeted at the well-off among us. regular folk don't set up their cellular-connected ipad in the park to work out with the aid of their iphone-dependent apple watch.

To be fair, some might call that good marketing. Largely speaking, it’s the affluent who will pay for a subscription workout product.

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Post by extra88 »

Sunspark wrote: post #281
tompazourek wrote: post #245

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you please elaborate a bit more on the video decoding? It's sounds interesting. I have played all kinds of formats including mkv in VLC on iOS. What could be improved in that area?

On the newest iPhone 13 for example these are the video formats supported: "Video formats supported: HEVC, H.264, MPEG‑4 Part 2, and Motion JPEG" If your video is not one of these formats, you're going to be using software decoding which will be done on the CPU and will drain battery more as a consequence. So that means no .MKV decoding in hardware.

.mkv is a container format, not a video codec.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matroska

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

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Post by extra88 »

fevangelou wrote: post #60

Probably the biggest news is the death of the Lightning connector. USB-C now paves the way for connecting anything, across different hardware platforms.

It’s only one less model with Lightning, the new 10.2” iPad and the new iPhones still use Lightning.

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Post by onedognight »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #115
cageface wrote: post #97

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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 neve…

I was surprised how easy the upgrade process is these days. You more or less hold your old phone near the new one and click allow.

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Post by smoldesu »

kjreact wrote: post #275
post_break wrote: post #264

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-executive-defends-tools-t... https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5yzq/apple-defends-its-ant... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/08/apple-says-it-wi... I mean I could go on but benefit of the doubt is gone after seeing Craig defend them so adamantly. Why would Apple go to all this trouble, get some push back, and just throw their hands up and say you're right, we're not going t…

All the articles that you linked came prior to when Apple officially postponed the rollout. Doesn’t Apple have the right to explain and defend their position? Even though they tried defending their view adamantly they still ultimately didn’t go through with it. So why should I doubt their intentions? IMO, I believe Apple was trying to offload CSAM scanning to devices to save some server-side processing costs. It was…

That's an awfully generous viewpoint to take. One might imagine that the world's largest, highest valued company would find a more elegant solution than turning my phone into a portion of their botnet.

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Post by clairity »

nknealk wrote: post #285
clairity wrote: post #243

Earlier quoted context omitted.

moreover, the whole segment on fitness+ was so tone-deaf. they kept trying to make it seem like a universally-appealing service, portrayed by diverse people but in ultra-aesthetic settings, so really targeted at the well-off among us. regular folk don't set up their cellular-connected ipad in the park to work out with the aid of their iphone-dependent apple watch.

To be fair, some might call that good marketing. Largely speaking, it’s the affluent who will pay for a subscription workout product.

sure, but apple trying to claim popular/inclusive cred for an affluent product is still tone deaf, akin to exploiters trying to claim the moral high ground.
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