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iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

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Re: iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

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Post by epistasis »

throw1234567891 wrote: post #70
epistasis wrote: post #34

I really don't care at all about phone models, I just want software to launch quickly. Waiting 15 seconds for a simple app is just infuriating in this day and age. This is mostly on crappy app developers, but a lot of that falls on Apple for not having a rating system that encourages basic good app behavior. Every bad app that I encounter, which sends advertising notifications, takes a long time to launch, etc. is do…

Maybe you need a new phone. Or a faster internet connection?

No I need better phone app developers. The fastest phone has the same issues. New phones are just as sluggish. And, it's a phone, there's not going to be fast networks everywhere, and a whole generation of poor developers was raised to believe that the network was always present and always fast.

And on the iOS side, Tahoe inserts all sorts of overdone, ridiculous animations that slow down phone interaction, but delaying presentation of

Re: iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

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Post by doublepg23 »

matesz wrote: post #75

Did they just announce the ultimate solution to image authenticity online? Instead of proving some image on some platform is not AI or severely edited, we can simply prove it was original by verifying unforgeable signature made by a camera / microphone baked into each image produced by it. And of course in future it could be done for video and audio! This would be absolutely HUGE!

The underlying tech is already compromised on the Android side.

https://lobste.rs/s/4netv1/c2pa_cameras_do_not_survive_conta...

Re: iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

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embedding-shape wrote: post #80
matesz wrote: post #75

Did they just announce the ultimate solution to image authenticity online? Instead of proving some image on some platform is not AI or severely edited, we can simply prove it was original by verifying unforgeable signature made by a camera / microphone baked into each image produced by it. And of course in future it could be done for video and audio! This would be absolutely HUGE!

> that image shared online is original and unedited? The image data the sensor physically receives passes through a ton of processing steps before the image lands in your phone. If there is some watermarking/signature doing on, on the image, it'd be that the device at that moment capture that data, not that it's not AI, or not edited, or "truthful" or whatever. That's still an unsolved problem to figure out.

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Re: iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

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Post by sergiotapia »

45 hours of video playback is insane?! Is this accurate, because if it is I will sell my phone and buy this. Normally my samsung discharges in about 12 hours or less when I'm out, not even watching 12 hours of video.

"On iPhone 18 Pro Max, five minutes of wired charging provides around seven hours of video playback"

Materially impactful feature holy moses! I can plug it in, brush my teeth and I'm set for the work day.

Re: iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

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Post by xattt »

quinncom wrote: post #66

I love that it has a feature to prove images came from the real world: > Users can now prove the authenticity of a photo taken on iPhone 18 Pro models with Apple Reference Image, powered by the new sensor in the Main camera that can sign every pixel it sees. When a photo is taken in the new Reference mode, the camera captures signed sensor data that Private Cloud Compute develops into an unalterable reference image.5…

*Not available in EU or China.

I wonder what the common thread is.

Re: iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

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Post by andrewmutz »

quinncom wrote: post #66

I love that it has a feature to prove images came from the real world: > Users can now prove the authenticity of a photo taken on iPhone 18 Pro models with Apple Reference Image, powered by the new sensor in the Main camera that can sign every pixel it sees. When a photo is taken in the new Reference mode, the camera captures signed sensor data that Private Cloud Compute develops into an unalterable reference image.5…

Can't I just point my camera at an AI generated image? And it will get the stamp of authenticity?

Re: iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

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Post by JK-Swizzle »

Merad wrote: post #27

> eSIM-only models deliver up to 36 hours of video playback on iPhone 18 Pro and up to 45 hours of video playback on iPhone 18 Pro Max. That might convince me to upgrade. Not because I care about watching video for two days straight, but hopefully it means the battery is large enough that it'll last 5+ years before battery degradation becomes annoying.

I doubt any phone battery is lasting 5+ years. But I can say modern iPhones are pretty easy to swap the battery on. They designed it so the back plate gets removed to open the phone rather than the screen. No more risk of cracking the display.

Re: iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

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Post by dofm »

sergiotapia wrote: post #84

45 hours of video playback is insane?! Is this accurate, because if it is I will sell my phone and buy this. Normally my samsung discharges in about 12 hours or less when I'm out, not even watching 12 hours of video. "On iPhone 18 Pro Max, five minutes of wired charging provides around seven hours of video playback" Materially impactful feature holy moses! I can plug it in, brush my teeth and I'm set for the work day…

iOS video playback is pretty highly optimised and hardware-assisted, though, right?

Not sure you can really extrapolate non-video battery life from video battery life. I have an ageing iPad and I can get a couple of hours of video when the battery is at 30%, but it would be gone in 45 minutes if I was browsing.

Re: iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

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Post by [deleted] »

matesz wrote: post #75

Did they just announce the ultimate solution to image authenticity online? Instead of proving some image on some platform is not AI or severely edited, we can simply prove it was original by verifying unforgeable signature made by a camera / microphone baked into each image produced by it. And of course in future it could be done for video and audio! This would be absolutely HUGE!

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