iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max • Hacker News Board

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

#11

Post by thecryptopapi » Mon, Sep 09, 2024, 6:47 PM UTC

"By far the best iPhone yet" "The thinnest display ever" "more scratch resistant" said no Apple CEO ever

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by rootusrootus » Mon, Sep 09, 2024, 6:47 PM UTC

ashconnor wrote: post #5

Shocked they are still using 128GB as the starting storage size.

I guess they have more information about usage patterns than we do. Anecdotally, I have a 256GB iPhone, and I use it consistently for a whole variety of things, and my usage is just under 94GB. I'd bet that my 'normal' family members use a good bit less than that.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by junglistguy » Mon, Sep 09, 2024, 6:47 PM UTC

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Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by throwaway290 » Mon, Sep 09, 2024, 6:47 PM UTC

haunter wrote: post #2

Probably gonna upgrade from my iPhone 11 to a 16 Pro, seems like a good time to make the jump (also I'd need a battery replacement anyway and I rather spend that money on the new phone)

I am also on 11. To be honest, I do not want to jump from LCD to OLED, for me it's a downgrade:(

(I often use it on low brightness in dim ambient light)

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by uladzislau » Mon, Sep 09, 2024, 6:47 PM UTC

Absolutely underwhelming announcement, I will hold for the next year

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by 5350-uiop-1130 » Mon, Sep 09, 2024, 6:47 PM UTC

every year the events get longer, the websites get bigger and more verbose and yet the products change less and less.

is there a word for this...marketing inflation in lieu of innovation.

apple used to be a tech company supported by marketing. now its a marketing company supported by tech.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by souvlakee » Mon, Sep 09, 2024, 6:48 PM UTC

The more I watch, the sadder I get. It seems they've gone in the wrong direction. They have nothing to offer regular phone users, so they're targeting "creative professionals" with fancy features.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by numbers » Mon, Sep 09, 2024, 6:48 PM UTC

Good updates to the video recording, event was okay...kinda boring. Airpods Max got no updates just color, why even mention them?

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by cube2222 » Mon, Sep 09, 2024, 6:48 PM UTC

I was planning to upgrade this year, and probably still will, but honestly, the differences between the base model and pro model this year are fairly limited.

ProMotion, Always-on display, a bunch more resistant to fall damage, and a camera that is better, but doesn't look like a lot.

I'm a bit worried about the Apple Intelligence features, as they've been very prominent on WWDC, but were fairly toned-down today. Not much of it was shown, and they're delaying their arrival (notification summaries look great though, as a "little thing that matters").

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by pistolpeteDK » Mon, Sep 09, 2024, 6:48 PM UTC

Interesting to see how they're marketing increasingly minor improvements as major breakthroughs. 16 Pro: Better camera, more zoom, dedicated camera button… isn’t that it? WiFi 7, faster ray tracing, USB-C/USB 3? Hard to imagine many people really need that.

Have we witnessed peak Apple?

Apple Watch: minimal updates. AirPods Max: new color. AirPods: some minor tweaks.