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Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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Improved camera would be nice.

Interesting. I have heard from so many friends that current iPhone camera is about as good as it can get. Curious what you are expecting more - just bumped up mega pixels? Not sure how much that would matter - going from 5MP to 8MP for e.g.

The resolution is adequate for most uses, but any improvements for lower light conditions will always be well received.

Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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Improved camera would be nice.

Interesting. I have heard from so many friends that current iPhone camera is about as good as it can get. Curious what you are expecting more - just bumped up mega pixels? Not sure how much that would matter - going from 5MP to 8MP for e.g.

8mp, 1080p, etc.

The Android world (the HTC Sensation being the first to pop into mind) has finally surpassed the iPhone 4 in camera and video capture quality.

I imagine Apple will leapfrog them again as usual for a healthy competitive market.

Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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I hear this a lot. Why do you want a full touchscreen? I disagree only b/c this creates accessibility problems for some users.

> "I disagree only b/c this creates accessibility problems for some users." Capacitive buttons create accessibility and usability problems for all users. They look great in demos and quick previews. They're crap for use.

Right, totally agreed. But are we talking about a capacitive button or a no-button, touchscreen-only front?

Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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What could the badge on the phone icon indicate? That's the biggest puzzle...

In the context of the actual iOS, it indicates one missed call. (Which is pretty sly considering they're announcing the phone everyone was expecting in June)

Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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> "I disagree only b/c this creates accessibility problems for some users." Capacitive buttons create accessibility and usability problems for all users. They look great in demos and quick previews. They're crap for use.

Right, totally agreed. But are we talking about a capacitive button or a no-button, touchscreen-only front?

I'd imagine capacitive buttons. iOS doesn't work without a home button. And as for the obtuse undiscoverable gesture concepts that go along with the no-button ideas: Apple has to be the last company that I would expect to ship a phone that cannot be taken from any state to making a phone call while held in a single hand.

Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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So many puns. "Let's talk iPhone" -> "Let's talk, iPhone" (new speech functionality). It's a phone, you talk to people, you also talk to it, etc. I would expect this to be a very speech technology-heavy event.

Nice catch. Can't wait for Assistant.

Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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Seriously, look at the design of the invite. Calendar says Tuesday (October) 4th. Clock says 10am. Map app says this will take place at 1 Infinite Loop. And the Phone icon makes it clear this will be an iPhone event (rather than an iPod Touch / iOS event), with one unread notification alerting you that there is something you must pay attention to. They say everything in 4 icons. So awesome.

To be fair, the GMaps icon always displays 1 Infinite Loop. Still, great catch.

And the clock icon never shows the correct time. It seems like the calendar app is a hack to get it to work right.
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