Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max

Post by iLoveOncall » Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 7:44 PM UTC

stephc_int13 wrote: post #130

highwaylights wrote: post #3

The most interesting part of this to me isn't the titanium or the camera (impressive as it looks), it's the GPU. They made a point of saying that the GPU had been completely ground-up re-designed, and I assume they're intending to keep scaling that up over the next few iterations. They didn't talk about it for very long, but that the phone is able to convincingly run AAA games, even at playable if not great frame-rat…

Most smartphones are already faster than the Switch. The quality of games on a platform is not directly related to its technical capabilities or SDK, but to the business model and platform incentives. Apple has fueled a race-to-the-bottom followed by an almost forced transition to f2p, and they benefited immensely in the process (30%), but I think that most gamers and indie devs are not satisfied.

Post by GeekyBear » Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 7:45 PM UTC

ksec wrote: post #125

GeekyBear wrote: post #31

The most interesting thing to me is that switching to a new SOC process node gives you the option of bumping up performance or reducing power draw, and it sounds like Apple has once again chosen to reduce power draw. It seems like other vendors have been going the "push performance no matter what it does to power draw and heat" route for a long time now.

>and it sounds like Apple has once again chosen to reduce power draw We will have to see. They have a 10% performance increase and I am betting there will be 5% coming from Clock Speed. And it is not like Apple could push power draw any further as they have maxed out single core power draw. Unlike other competitor ( ARM / Snapdragon ) which has a much lower single core power draw figures and hence they try to push as…

Post by pretext-1 » Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 7:46 PM UTC

edandersen wrote: post #116

USB-C supporting writing ProRes video and photo files directly to external storage is something I did not see coming. That's Apple actually undercutting their own storage upgrades... what is going on?

Post by lotsofpulp » Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 7:47 PM UTC

ghaff wrote: post #68

danhor wrote: post #32

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AAA-like titles were previously tried at the beginning of the App Store, mostly ports of older titles. Most Indie Games would also run fine on most Smartphones, but never succeeded. Stuff that sold great on the Switch. I think the lack of "official" nice, high-quality, hasslefree Gamepad, continuing cooling-issues and especially the expectation of consumers for low prices on Apps results in the Market for "real" game…

>Apple tried to counteract it with Apple Arcade, but that hasn't worked out. I'm not really a gamer but I get Arcade as part of a bundle and it doesn't really wow me. I sometimes look at "Best of..." lists and try a few out on a plane flight and I'm mostly meh.

Post by zamadatix » Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 7:48 PM UTC

llbeansandrice wrote: post #120

drdaeman wrote: post #61

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If I got it right, 5x optical zoom is only available in 15 Pro Max, not the normal-sized 15 Pro.

What's the damn point of having the base line and the "Pro" line if some features are still going to be locked behind a larger (more expensive) device? I'm considering upgrading but I don't want to carry around a Max sized device. I doubt it will fit in my pockets even.