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Design the next iPhone

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Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by zyx321 »

zw123456 wrote: post #223
donkarma wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

that sounds absolutely horrid, imagine scrolling and then your display jumps to 200ms or your cloud provider drops you and your phone is bricked

Ah no, not with edge compute, think MEC. Nope, I have a test VM on wavelength, under 4ms over 5G :)

It works as long as you are the only user.

It makes my head spin to imagine the amount of bandwidth required by a few hundred people, barreling down the countryside at 180km/h.

Not just on the down link, but roaming potentially terabytes per user from edge node to edge node simultaneously.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by oittaa »

jbombadil wrote: post #124

I started being silly and just adding wheels and whatnot. Then at some point I decided to try to build exactly the phone I'd like. Turns out it's pretty close to the current iPhones, except: * Replace the apple logo on the back with the touchId/home button. It can still be shaped like an apple, but please let it read my fingerprint. * Move the power button to the top. * Change the lightning port to USB-C (not designe…

I hate that even Android phones have gone with the under screen fingerprint sensors. If they want to have one under screen, please just add another one behind the phone. It probably costs few pennies extra.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by nazka »

n4bz0r wrote: post #167

Beta males mumbling about type-c this, buttons that. Replaceable battery... LOL. Here is what real consumers want: https://i.ibb.co/93dbrmJ/IMG-20220823-223304.jpg

The day the front camera has a better resolution than the back I am going on a retreat somewhere in the middle of nowhere for a while.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by scarface74 »

Fnoord wrote: post #333
jbombadil wrote: post #124

I started being silly and just adding wheels and whatnot. Then at some point I decided to try to build exactly the phone I'd like. Turns out it's pretty close to the current iPhones, except: * Replace the apple logo on the back with the touchId/home button. It can still be shaped like an apple, but please let it read my fingerprint. * Move the power button to the top. * Change the lightning port to USB-C (not designe…

This tool has a lot of retro concepts but not a lot which got popular in the non-Apple world. For example, there is no hardware keyboard or foldable or something as simple/basic as a microUSB or USB-C port. With the recent MBPs (ARM-based) what did we get compared to previous MBPs and current competition? A non-broken keyboard (non-butterfly), not a touchbar, very long battery life, magsafe, and more commonly used po…

And much faster SSD performance and a computer that doesn’t sound like a 747 when you open more than 3 Chrome tabs.

But the battery life itself is worth it.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

nazka wrote: post #343
n4bz0r wrote: post #167

Beta males mumbling about type-c this, buttons that. Replaceable battery... LOL. Here is what real consumers want: https://i.ibb.co/93dbrmJ/IMG-20220823-223304.jpg

The day the front camera has a better resolution than the back I am going on a retreat somewhere in the middle of nowhere for a while.

Especially when the camera stares back at you!

[1] https://twitter.com/Abishek_Muthian/status/15624369386822041...

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by scarface74 »

mchusma wrote: post #278

No USB-C option that I could see. I currently have an Android with USB-C and a MacBook Air and having the same port for both devices is so luxurious when traveling. This plus an Anker charger/ battery hybrid means I never run out of juice and travel light. https://www.anker.com/products/a1651 (no affiliation just a fan)

A $14 cable that has USB A and USB C on one end and USB C and lightning on the other. It does data at USB-A speeds and power up to 60W

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092ZT8CJ9?

Unfortunately, because of the shit show of the USB C “standard”, it’s far from universal. It doesn’t do video over USB C for my portable USB C monitor, doesn’t do 10Gbps data nor does it do 100W charging for my MacBook Pro 16.

For that you need this

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093YVRHMB

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by sascha_sl »

sssilver wrote: post #302
Shebanator wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing I thought was hilarious is that they put in a zillion funny gadgets, but you can't get a USB-C port instead of that godawful Lightning port.

As someone who owns dozens of devices with both USB-C and Lightning ports, I find the Lightning port to be significantly superior to USB-C. It is much easier to plug in due to the curves on the sides, easier to plug out, holds in place more strongly, and the port lasts much longer. Why do you call it “godawful”?

As with other Apple products (hi AirPods Max) Lightning works fine and well until you take it anywhere the humidity is above 80% for extended periods of time.

I have more Lightning cables with pin 5 (Vcc) charred than I'd like to admit. At one point in my life it took about 2 weeks per side of the connector until they became unusable.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by lucb1e »

mcqueenjordan wrote: post #313

Fun little easter egg: In the reflective elements, you can see the reflection of an image. I believe the image to be a panoramic aerial photo of the 1 Infinite Loop Apple Campus in Cupertino, CA.

Building windows in both Transport Fever 2 and Derail Valley show the same cityscape in their reflection if I'm not mistaken. Also if the building is in front of a tree or middle of nowhere. Kinda cheap imo, but apparently few enough people notice that they don't care to make it better, so I also feel a little special.
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