usb c is garbage. It may be common, but it has atrocious compatibility. It's less durable than lightning , and hard to plug in. Thank European socialists for imposing a worse product on everyone.
Somebody forces you to buy this phone?
iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
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Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
#132USB 2.0 on the 15 is kind of a joke considering it came out in April of 2000. 60hz, USB 2.0, getting a bit dated. I know a bunch of people will excuse it but at that price I think it's not ideal. Oh and RIP 13 Mini, you'll be my phone until I can't use it anymore I suppose.
> RIP 13 Mini I wish I had been warned so I could have grabbed one before it was gone.
You can still buy one from other retailers
Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
#133Am I wrong or is iPhone 15 usb-c is usb2 just with a different connector. Seems to me like only the pro is getting usb3 even though usb3 was first released in like 2008. Update: confirmed in iPhone specs page.
Maybe it matters to you, but I can't remember the last time I used cabled data transfer capabilities on any phone. As long as fast charging is supported (which, I'm sure it does), 99.9% of users won't care at all.
I am a bit surprised there isn't a Thunderbolt controller in the Pro, though. Seems like they already have the IP since it's part of the iPads already.
Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
#134I am absolutely baffled that Apple (and others) haven't updated their smart assistants with a competitive LLM. With Apple's privacy shtick and their mobile GPU efficiency, I was convinced we'd see something today. What am I missing?
There were zero rumors about LLM from Apple being announced today. It wouldn't be the time and the place for such an announcement.
Such a feature would be included with iOS 18 and that's not going to be talked about until next June's WWDC 2024.
Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
#135I am absolutely baffled that Apple (and others) haven't updated their smart assistants with a competitive LLM. With Apple's privacy shtick and their mobile GPU efficiency, I was convinced we'd see something today. What am I missing?
When they talked about Siri on-device on Apple Watch 9 they briefly said Siri had a ‘new transformer model’ and talked about improved dictation accuracy.
Honestly was half expecting more along those lines as part of the new chip announcement for the iPhone 15 Pro, but apparently not.
Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
#136I am absolutely baffled that Apple (and others) haven't updated their smart assistants with a competitive LLM. With Apple's privacy shtick and their mobile GPU efficiency, I was convinced we'd see something today. What am I missing?
Reliability, probably? Apple is not going to allow for hallucinations.
Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
#137I am absolutely baffled that Apple (and others) haven't updated their smart assistants with a competitive LLM. With Apple's privacy shtick and their mobile GPU efficiency, I was convinced we'd see something today. What am I missing?
Because they can't control it not talking extremist stuff, and that would be used by media and normies for months
Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
#138That whole presentation could have been 30 minutes shorter. It's a product announcement not an investors meeting. Show me the products. Make a sustainability PR as a separate piece. Get your name in the news twice. Seems strange
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Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
#139I was waiting for “one more thing” to show a new LLM powered Siri. I am disappointed
Same. Siri is slightly better on ios17 but still isn’t as good as it could be if it used an LLM
Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
#140USB 2.0 on the 15 is kind of a joke considering it came out in April of 2000. 60hz, USB 2.0, getting a bit dated. I know a bunch of people will excuse it but at that price I think it's not ideal. Oh and RIP 13 Mini, you'll be my phone until I can't use it anymore I suppose.
Has the EU legislation factored in the USB-*(D?) might come next? Hopefully it doesn't slow down adoption of new technology. The main downside instead of buying a lightning cable that always work we now have to decipher the 10 minor variations of USB-C's various speeds/power now with zero consistency in naming schemes or amazon titles.
The iPhone is literally the last hold out for USB C. I'm pretty sure every modern Android phone supports USB PD and I think the EU is requiring PD charging as well, but nothing on connectivity speeds.