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Re: Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max

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Post by llbeansandrice »

zamadatix wrote: post #159
llbeansandrice wrote: post #120

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What's the damn point of having the base line and the "Pro" line if some features are still going to be locked behind a larger (more expensive) device? I'm considering upgrading but I don't want to carry around a Max sized device. I doubt it will fit in my pockets even.

For those that want the rest of the Pro features like newer SoC which don't require additional physical space in the phone.

Right. But why have the "pro" line if the phones aren't equivalent? I'm sure there's probably some opaque reason why the smaller size can't have the 5x optical zoom as well but I still think it's dumb.

I want the Pro version. I want all of the features, but not the Max size. But that phone doesn't exist for some reason. I want to believe it's a practical limitation, but my guess is the main reason is to up sell.

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Post by rootusrootus »

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #224

What time on September 15th can you pre-order? I forgot what time I had to wake up early for my iPhone 14 Pro. I think it was 6am Eastern?

I haven't heard an official announcement, but in the past it has been 5am Pacific, so 8am Eastern.

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Post by klinquist »

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #224

What time on September 15th can you pre-order? I forgot what time I had to wake up early for my iPhone 14 Pro. I think it was 6am Eastern?

8AM eastern. I recommend you go to store.apple.com and "pre-pre order" which you can do right now (pick phone, verify carrier). Then you just 'check out' on Friday.

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Post by 0x457 »

kaba0 wrote: post #280
duskwuff wrote: post #219

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And, speaking from experience, Nintendo definitely wouldn't be on board. As far as I'm aware, they have never authorized any kind of third-party emulation of their games; even their first-party emulators like the NES Mini or Virtual Console have always been limited-time offerings with relatively small selections of games.

Getting the game ROMs is definitely illegal. But they can’t have any say in the actual emulation and emulation software.

Good luck having apple to approve a game where to do anything you have to google things, the game cannot tell you how to google and any public popular resources telling how to do it getting struck with DMCA.

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Post by 0x457 »

falcolas wrote: post #88
jwells89 wrote: post #70

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Yeah, bluetooth controller of choice and a kickstand case on the biggest iPhone gets you very close to a Switch or Deck conceptually. Once the A17 makes its way to the iPad mini, that'll be even closer.

If, and only if the developers include controller support. Which they largely don't, even when controllers are supported on every other platform. Two egregious examples: The Final Fantasy Pixel Remastered series, and Monster Hunter Stories. The first has controller support on both the PC and consoles, but not on phones (which came out first). The second launched on a console (the 3DS), and has no controller support o…

Even if they do include, it's often weird. I wanted to try play genshin with controller - you have to complete certain parts of the game to unlock settings button. Why?

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Post by javajosh »

mdavidn wrote: post #246
paxys wrote: post #24

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Is it though? The promise of gaming on iPhone (and mobile gaming in general) has been taken over and destroyed by freemium games whose only goal is to push microtransactions. What is a marginally better GPU going to accomplish? Help games sell me their "bundle of gems" faster? Developers simply do not have the incentive to build any other kinds of games when the current crop of addictive shovelware is so damn profita…

Early mobile games were such a delight. I have fond memories of Angry Birds, Plants vs Zombies, Cut the Rope, Flight Control, Threes, Monument Valley, Bad Piggies... But then predatory freemium games like Clash of Clans and newer replacements for Angry Birds and Plants vs Zombies burned me out. They eliminated any desire I had to invest time or money or attention into mobile games. Popular freemium games in the App S…

>Angry Birds, Plants vs Zombies, Cut the Rope, Flight Control, Threes

My list of games is basically the same. I think they are legitimately rare, and we believe at the time that they are not. It's like YouTube. You find one 3blue1brown or Adam Neely and you think there are a hundred more. There aren't.

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Post by kaba0 »

0x457 wrote: post #305
kaba0 wrote: post #280

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Getting the game ROMs is definitely illegal. But they can’t have any say in the actual emulation and emulation software.

Good luck having apple to approve a game where to do anything you have to google things, the game cannot tell you how to google and any public popular resources telling how to do it getting struck with DMCA.

They can approve the emulators though, which they don’t currently.

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Post by lostapathy »

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #208
paxys wrote: post #34

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I bought an Android phone that transforms into a desktop computer when you plug in a USB-C monitor, and the entire experience is mind blowing. You can even connect a bluetooth keyboard and use the phone screen as a touchpad. Unfortunately I don't think Apple is going to go in that direction anytime soon.

Can you do a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse?

iphone has supported that forever.

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Post by lwhalen »

mandelken wrote: post #233
lwhalen wrote: post #148

Still can't install uBlock Origin or any other firefox add-on? Deal-breaker. Sorry Apple, that's one more $1200 phone you're not selling me.

You can install uBlock Origin and other firefox/chrome add-ons on the Orion iOS browser[1]. [1] https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#ublock

That is good to know, thank you, but why must I use _an entirely different browser_ for this? (Rhetorical question, I know - 'because it's Apple and they hate anything not of their beautiful walled garden')
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