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Post by cromka »

skohan wrote: post #223
cromka wrote: post #193

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It’s pretty common for European carriers to offer pay as you go plans via eSIM and an app. Pay with your card and can add it to your phone ahead of your trip. So no, not “literally no one”. Things are changing, eSIM is increasingly common. Apple’s being Apple and just propels that change.

That’s nice but it’s still going to be 10 years or more until it’s as convenient as SIM cards everywhere. When I crossed the border from Rwanda to Uganda, I bought a sim at a local shop, and a boy from the village cut it down to size by hand with a pair of scissors. They are not going to have ESIM anywhere soon. ESIM requires carriers around the world to have the technical competency to make the activation and manage…

> That’s nice but it’s still going to be 10 years or more until it’s as convenient as SIM cards everywhere.

That's a bold statement to make. You realize that merely 15 years we didn't even have smartphones? How many random prophetic it-won't-happens happened in that time?

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Post by smileybarry »

shard wrote: post #191
smileybarry wrote: post #130

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Only in the US and some other countries. Still not available in Israel, even though we “use” the same cars. Doesn’t look like Apple’s feature is country-restricted.

Yes, this highlights several points: 1. Different companies have different focus and strategies. I would say Google likes to experiment, but sometimes has poor follow-through. Apple often waits a few generations before committing to new technology, so they often are not innovation leaders, but they execute well. 2. Roll-outs often do not occur all at once. There might be blockers which are not immediately visible, su…

Apple Watch ECG is a good example: it required actively applying for regulatory approval, and they ended up accomplishing that on non-US/EU territories.

Whereas Google just sticks to the same 10-or-so countries for rollout.

(I had Nexus/Pixel phones for a decade up until recently)

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Post by tomduncalf »

jcfrei wrote: post #208
tomduncalf wrote: post #169

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The iPhone macro uses the ultra wide angle lens which has huge depth of field and can focus really close, so can get very close to objects. Without the ultra wide angle lens you can’t take what most would define as macro photos. You can still take photos as close as the camera can focus otherwise on other models, I suspect your S8 is doing this but the macro mode locks it to minimum focal length. Macro mode (or anyth…

If I remember correctly the iPhone Pro models allow you to enable macro mode in the settings while the non-pro don't. Using different camera apps doesn't help. I've done a hands-on comparison between a Pro and non-Pro model, the difference in close-up shots is staggering.

Yeah, this is because the Pro has the UWA lens which can focus super close whereas the non-Pro does not so all it can do is take a normal photo. It’s a physical restriction of the lens

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Post by jesterson »

capableweb wrote: post #254
readevalpanic wrote: post #239

Even though the market disagrees, I'm saddened that the mini isn't going to be an option in the future. The form factor was great, even though some didn't feel the compromise on battery life was worth it. Ah well.

Yeah, seems it's back to Android phones for me. My iPhone Mini was my first and seemingly only iPhone. Don't understand why everyone needs so large phones...

Easy answer - entertainment is consumed best on large screen. I use my phone purely for messaging and and iphone mini is my choice as well. Sadly we are a minority

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Post by arvinsim »

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #114
bluetidepro wrote: post #68

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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.

It's really weird how folks talk about e-waste and environmental factors, as if a switch to USB-C wouldn't mean three trillion Lightning cables getting yeeted into the ocean… like, I personally am quite over Lightning, but come on, folks also deeply weird and annoying that the Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse use lightning for charging, that was a dumb call out of the gate

> It's really weird how folks talk about e-waste and environmental factors, as if a switch to USB-C wouldn't mean three trillion Lightning cables getting yeeted into the ocean… like, I personally am quite over Lightning, but come on, folks

This argument is bollocks.

People won't throw lightning cables if the iPhone 14 had USB-C because their current phones STILL use Lightning.

Current phones' ports wouldn't magically become USB-C overnight.

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Post by arvinsim »

wilsonnb3 wrote: post #156
yreg wrote: post #123

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I won't be surprised if Apple removes the port completely instead.

Same, I think a magsafe only iPhone is very possible next year. MagSafe would need an update to support high bandwidth data transfer but that seems feasible.

The are going eSIM only in NA. If they go portless, they are just adding more reasons for me not to buy an iPhone.

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Post by hotcoffeebear »

makeitdouble wrote: post #197
rcarr wrote: post #16

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The "action" camera mode (basically gimbal replacement) looked pretty good if you were a film maker/Youtuber. And "multiple eSims" might be useful if you're a traveller/digital nomad as you were previously limited to two. But yeah, other than that it did seem a bit sparse on new features this year. Hopefully next years will be a big one to make up for it?

The ”action” mode works by cropping in to negate the camera shake, so you’re left with a smaller image than with a physical gimbal. Also it’s post processing that’s probably already available in you editing apps, so it’s more about the convenience (and quality?) of having it done on the OS than something new.

This might be better application since phone will doing this with help from some hardware sensors.

By the way, if anyone know any video stabilizing software, please let me know. Tracking feature on video editors seem complicated to me.

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Post by dougmwne »

signatoremo wrote: post #218
dougmwne wrote: post #86

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Roaming is fine for short trips, but you are typically pretty badly de-prioritized and your connection is usually routed through US servers giving you a bad ping. Eventually the carrier is going to boot you off if you stay too long. Grabbing a local sim card is a must for me since I rely on the data plan for work. It also tends to be much cheaper to get 20 or 30 gigs of 5g data. eSim is making this much more convenie…

> Roaming is fine for short trips, but you are typically pretty badly de-prioritized and your connection is usually routed through US servers giving you a bad ping. Eventually the carrier is going to boot you off if you stay too long Not my experience. AT&T international day pass works in many countries I’ve been to, and I stayed online all day, phone or internet. Never once got booted. Not sure what you mean by ping…

Often the traffic is routed through the US. Did you do a ping to see where your exit node was?

Also, not like I couldn’t pay it, but $300 a month is pretty steep when my current in-country plan is $10 a month for 40 gigs of 5g and I know I am getting first priority and have the lowest ping.

I was in Switzerland for a single day recently, which is a situation where I can see a $10 a day roaming plan make sense, but then I just switched to my secondary sim’s data which included Switzerland in the coverage area.

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Post by ume »

bestnameever wrote: post #249
ehsankia wrote: post #229

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If you search "pixel crash", it completes with detection. Again, just because Google doesn't open their presentation with a dramatized video of people sending them fan letters about how their product saved their life doesn't mean their product aren't useful or not saving lives. Another thing Google has had for some time is early Earthquake warning, which also has saved lives, maybe that's another feature you'll see s…

> Another thing Google has had for some time is early Earthquake warning....maybe that's another feature you'll see show up on iPhones in a few years, and people like you will claim Apple invented it and praise Apple for it. iOS has supported early earthquake warnings in Japan since iOS5. (see https://9to5mac.com/2011/08/21/ios-5-includes-early-earthqua... ) For other regions, like California, you can download a supp…

Can verify this having been woken up more than once by a -very- attention getting earthquake alarm on my or my employer’s iPhone. A contender for Most Shock and Awe in a single notification.

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Post by fakethenews2022 »

Rebelgecko wrote: post #198
fakethenews2022 wrote: post #87

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You do know that over 100K people have the beta? If people want it now in the US, they can just sign up for the beta. I know several people who did that and got it. It isn't a high bar. In heavily tested locations (West Coast), it has gotten to the point that it seems to pretty much work.

How do I sign up? Their website gives the impression it's not available until next year.

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