Still no USB-C port. Disappointing.
Rumor is it'll be in the 15.
Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus
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#72People who travel frequently, does the lack of physical SIM card concern you? I'm not sure how widespread eSIMs across countries.
Although Google Fi claims to support eSIM, the front-line support was unable to help me connect an iPhone 13 Pro, and the back-line support never responded. The solution was to buy a physical SIM card.
Perhaps Google is uniquely incompetent, but I would be very wary about assuming that an eSIM-only phone will work with a given provider.
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#73People who travel frequently, does the lack of physical SIM card concern you? I'm not sure how widespread eSIMs across countries.
My carrier/plan has service anywhere I go, so I'm not particularly concerned about it. I'm using my US sim card in Europe right now to post this comment.
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#74People who travel frequently, does the lack of physical SIM card concern you? I'm not sure how widespread eSIMs across countries.
You can add as many eSim profiles as you like and switch between them.
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#75Testing my program on a dual Xeon 8280 workstation when listening to the apple event, heard they mention that there are 16 billion transistors in A16 so checked how many transistors are in Xeon 8280 - 16 billion in total in two 8280 CPUs.
(true, it is not an apple to apple comparison)
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#76Still no USB-C port. Disappointing.
Mechanically, I'd much rather have Lightning on a phone than USB-C. The USB-C connector fucking sucks for a device that plugs and unplugs multiple times a day. The device-side connector is more fragile since it's a thin center fin vs Lightning's edge connections. Lightning's device side connectors are backed by the body of the device itself. In my experience the retention mechanism is far more secure as well.
I don't hate USB-C but it's far from perfect for every use case.
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#77People who travel frequently, does the lack of physical SIM card concern you? I'm not sure how widespread eSIMs across countries.
Yup, it means I will absolutely not buy this phone. eSIM support is getting better, but if you switch countries with any regularity, you absolutely need a physical SIM card. Currently running a dual eSIM and SIM on my iPhone.
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#78Earlier 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.
iPhone had emergency call problem and took 3 months to fix, but not in the US https://atadistance.net/2021/10/29/japanese-government-lists...
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#79People who travel frequently, does the lack of physical SIM card concern you? I'm not sure how widespread eSIMs across countries.
This seems like a deal breaker for me. Although maybe with this announcement, carriers will quickly adapt eSim. Apple has a page of supported carriers (and missing the country I’ve been living, Guatemala)
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#80Wow do these really ship with last year’s A15 chip? Why would you buy them over iPhone 13?
You wouldn't. It's mostly for people who own older iPhones. Other than the pro models, it's a minor update.
I think I'll be upgrading my XS to the 14 Pro. My only gripe is how big the phone is. XS is 5.8" / 177 grams, the 14 Pro is 6.1" / 206 grams.
I really wish they kept on offering a Mini. Maybe I'll just go for a 13 mini, but the camera does look substantially improved, and satellite communication would be very nice to have (I do lots of hiking away from cell reception).