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Re: iPhone 6

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Post by encoderer »

andyfleming wrote: post #21

It's a bummer they are keeping the base model at 16GB. It's pretty obvious that it's an intentional move to force people up to the 64/128GB models.

I was surprised by this as well -- despite hearing a rumor of it a week ago. I've given it some thought.. It's a common complaint: $100 for flash storage that costs them a fraction of that. But Apple isn't measuring P/L on a component basis.

It's important to Apple's business to maintain margins. Taking down margins would be punished heavily by investors. So this move seems calculated to me to, yes, push more people to the $299 model. And to do that to offset the cost of more expensive components elsewhere in the device. We'll have to wait for a teardown to be sure, but that's my hypothesis.

Re: iPhone 6

#52

Post by kawsper »

santaclaus wrote: post #19

I wonder if jeans manufacturers will release pants with extra deep pockets and market them as iPhone 6 Plus compatible?

Only people with extra deep pockets will be able to buy it.

Re: iPhone 6

#53

Post by trhway »

bhartzer wrote: post #3

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

may be i'm too introvert or just don't have the imagination - i'd more understand adding more sensors toward "tricorder", ie. ones that can say more about condition/health of the human host of the phone (temperature, heartbeat, alpha/beta/theta-waves, dopamine level, etc...)

Re: iPhone 6

#54

Post by scottcha »

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 build an avalanche safety app http://www.ullrlabs.com and knowing your elevation is one key aspect of determining the avalanche risk (due to differences in altitude for wind effect, temp, and snow accumulation).

Re: iPhone 6

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Post by jcromartie »

Wake me if Apple ever return to the kind of innovation they brought with things like the original Macintosh, the iMac, Mac OS X, the iPod, or the original iPhone.

Re: iPhone 6

#58

Post by was_hellbanned »

stusmall wrote: post #15
danbruc wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Barometers are often used to improve motion tracking accuracy, not sure if this is a common use case for phones.

How is that helpful in motion tracking?

I have some MPX5100 pressure sensors connected up to an Arduino. When I first experimented with them, I was shocked to find that they were accurate enough to report pressure change simply from lifting the device off my desk and up to eye level.

Not that this says anything about the sensor used in the iPhone, but it's not unreasonable to expect that it could be used as some form of motion input.

Re: iPhone 6

#59

Post by gamegoblin »

aroman wrote: post #47
Someone1234 wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is more than a little absurd in 2014. Many other manufacturers have at least moved up to 32 GB base. Don't get me started on the utility of a micro-SD card slot.

I have absolutely no need or desire for more than 16gb and certainly no need for a micro-SD card slot on my iPhone 5s. I barely use 8GB. I would imagine many people are the same way.

After having my iphone 5 since they came out, I, just last week, scraped up against the 8GB ceiling (having never cleaned anything off of it).

I suspect this has a lot to do with my not having any giant apps and 0 music.

Re: iPhone 6

#60

Post by philangist »

cylinder wrote: post #23

Nexus 5 is all the phone one needs, at half the price.

Nexus 5 owner and general android fanboy here. I'd agree with you if not for the fact that the Nexus 5's camera is still not nearly as good as the iPhone 5/6's. In fact it can be downright terrible at times.
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