iPhone 6

#1

Post by antr » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 7:20 PM UTC

iPhone 6
apple.com

Re: iPhone 6

#2

Post by cryptoz » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 7:22 PM UTC

Biggest news for me: barometer!

Biggest question: Can we access it to read raw atmospheric pressure? There seems to be no documented API.

Re: iPhone 6

#3

Post by bhartzer » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 7:23 PM UTC

Barometer is very cool addition. I'm sure they'll eventually have an API for it.

Re: iPhone 6

#4

Post by ascendantlogic » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 7:24 PM UTC

Only one gig of RAM and base storage still at 16 gigs really annoys me. I may end up with a Moto X and wait for the 6s.

Re: iPhone 6

#5

Post by dominotw » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 7:25 PM UTC

bhartzer wrote: post #3

Barometer is very cool addition. I'm sure they'll eventually have an API for it.

What is it used for in the phone?

Re: iPhone 6

#6

Post by dominotw » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 7:25 PM UTC

cryptoz wrote: post #2

Biggest news for me: barometer! Biggest question: Can we access it to read raw atmospheric pressure? There seems to be no documented API.

How is that going to be useful?

Re: iPhone 6

#7

Post by twodayslate » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 7:26 PM UTC

I was looking forward to that sapphire screen. Oh well.

Re: iPhone 6

#8

Post by ceejayoz » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 7:27 PM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #6

cryptoz wrote: post #2

Biggest news for me: barometer! Biggest question: Can we access it to read raw atmospheric pressure? There seems to be no documented API.

How is that going to be useful?

Weather predictions based not on widely spaced weather stations, but millions of individual GPS-capable mobile ones?

Re: iPhone 6

#9

Post by rzt » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 7:27 PM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #5

bhartzer wrote: post #3

Barometer is very cool addition. I'm sure they'll eventually have an API for it.

What is it used for in the phone?

Elevation for fitness apps and environmental and weather(?) reporting.

Re: iPhone 6

#10

Post by cryptoz » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 7:27 PM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #6

cryptoz wrote: post #2

Biggest news for me: barometer! Biggest question: Can we access it to read raw atmospheric pressure? There seems to be no documented API.

How is that going to be useful?

I'm building a dense network of atmosphere sensors using smartphones in order to build a more accurate weather model [1]. Android's APIs allow us to access the raw data, but all of Apple's marketing talks just about "elevation". I'm hoping they give us access to the raw sensor, and not just elevation change.

Humanity ought to have a much better weather forecast than we have now, as we're nearing 1B+ internet-connected barometers. Hopefully Apple's sensors can add to this network!

[1]: http://pressurenet.io