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Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

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Re: Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

#61

People who travel frequently, does the lack of physical SIM card concern you? I'm not sure how widespread eSIMs across countries.

What? So the iPhone is unusable in countries that have no esims offered? Or will this force operators in such countries to start offering esims?

Re: Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

#63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't even know for certainty that Apple doesn't have the same/similar problems in an unreleased device/OS.... I'm not saying they do have those issues, but how do you know they don't? You can't compare a released product to a marketing ad.

I'm talking in general, nothing to do with iPhone 14. Apple released fall detection in Apple Watch few years ago, there are already stories of lives it saved. I'm pretty sure if Apple had an outstanding software bug of not being able to call emergency services for over a year now, I'm pretty sure we (HN crowd) would know it by now.

Android does have crash detection. I understand your claim as Apple values safety, whereas Google does not in their feature releases. But, that is not true. It is true that Google products are mostly garbage these days, so don't get me wrong there.

Android/Pixel safety features: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7055029?hl=en

Re: Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

#66

It's weird, while Google struggles to make basic Emergency Services calling to work reliably[1], Apple keeps adding life saving features from detecting falls and car crashes to ability to call Emergency Services via satellite. Just shows you how companies are different in focus, quality control and attention to detail. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32713375

Google's still struggling with baseline hardware issues.

Re: Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

#68

Still no USB-C port. Disappointing.

For new or transferring Android users this would be amazing, but I have to say at this point I'm so deep into the Apple ecosystem that I'd be more mad if they switched to USB-C. Haha I realize the Band-Aid will most likely have to be ripped off at some point, but currently I still am fine with no USB-C.

Re: Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

#70

It's weird, while Google struggles to make basic Emergency Services calling to work reliably[1], Apple keeps adding life saving features from detecting falls and car crashes to ability to call Emergency Services via satellite. Just shows you how companies are different in focus, quality control and attention to detail. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32713375

FYI car crash detection had been available since Pixel 5.
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