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The protruding camera is also really weird. I wonder if Jobs would have signed off on that...
Who knows though. Maybe once I hold one personally I'll end up liking it more than the 5s. But I would be surprised :)
I was looking forward to that sapphire screen. Oh well.
Why? From what I understand, sapphire is more brittle than Gorilla Glass (although supposedly scratches can contribute to the likelihood of cracks), so what I think for most people the common breakage case is quite possibly not any better. Additionally, sapphire is more reflective than glass which is problematic all in itself. Apple reserving sapphire screens for watches makes perfect sense to me.
Gruber is going to have to set aside about a month's worth of updates to get through all the claim chowder from the people who gave the Galaxy Note shit for being 'hilariously' or 'ridiculously' or 'stupidly' large.
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A .7" increase in size throws everything out the window? Just don't get the iPhone 6 Plus.
It does and I won't get a new iphone before 7 or 6s comes out anyway because I don't need a new phone right now. But I feel betrayed. They were the only phones out there that understood a phone isn't magically better just because it's got higher numbers. Now it seems they aren't anymore. At this rate next time I buy a phone I'm gonna have to get one of those stupid watches and forego a phone completely.
The protruding camera kind of bothers me, probably much more than it really should. But I feel like Apple's obsession with thinness may have gone too far if they need to protrude the camera like this.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the gyroscope for image stabilization.
The iPhone 6 Plus is just too big - as big as my hand. I bet, you can't sit down with this monster in your pocket. Stop making it wider and higher!
Uh, then don't get it. It's not like they aren't releasing a smaller phone called the iPhone 6 as well. Plenty of people with small hands are big fans of Samsung's Galaxy Note series, so maybe not everyone else in the market hag the same ergonomic preferences you do.
Not only it is implied apps should develop a specific layout just for it, but IIRC it also has a different viewport size which is not a multiple.
On top of that, the 6 already reports a new viewport width in the browser, which I guess it can't be helped though.
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?
Medical science can't, for obvious reasons, do a lot of controlled experiments with people. The next best thing is using "big data" collection over millions of people over many dimensions. Knowledge will benefit immeasurable.
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The extra ram is a great way to future proof the device, for starters. I remember how shitty the 4th gen iPod Touch ran with only 256.
True but considering iOS 8 works right back to the 4S I wouldn't be too worried. Plus most people are on two year contracts and upgrade after that.
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Especially surprising given how much they're pushing it to replace camcorders as well as DSLRs. I mean, how much raw HD video fits in just 16GB? Or even what's left over after half of that 16GB is filled with various apps and music? I miss when phones used to have easily accessible microSD slots.
"Even with only 16gb of storage, you can upload all your personal photos and videos to iCloud and never miss a shot again"