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Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by GloriousKoji »

post_break wrote: post #32

USB 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.

USB3 (on USBC) is actually asymmetric signaling so you need either a separate chip or digital logic to handle muxing the signals around which is extra cost Apple probably doesn't want to eat. The USB-2 pins on USBC are symmetrical so nothing extra required.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by codeflo »

vidoc wrote: post #149

Curious what's going on with the stance of presenters? If you look carefully they all stand in a certain way, with a space between their feet that appears to be constant.

They all have the same coach that tells them it looks energetic.

They also all have the same script writer, and they all *emphasize* *words* in the *same* *powerful* *exciting* *way*.

I'm old enough to remember that Apple presentations, while being clearly marketing exercises, used to be a lot more organic and flowing.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by NikolaNovak »

data-ottawa wrote: post #129
post_break wrote: post #32

USB 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.

On the topic of the mini being removed, they also removed the plus and 13/14 Pro models. I wonder if they had a lot of 13 Pro purchases after they discounted it last year, which they felt could have been 14 Pro purchases.

Boo.

Just like with some car manufacturers, if you want e.g. increased safety or radar cruise control, you also need $10k of leather seats and sunroofs; by removing previous Pro models, Apple basically adds a massive price premium to the zoom lens.

As this is honestly the only thing I would need from a new phone, my wife and I stay on our iPhone XR year after year. I just can't pay $1500CAD merely to get more optical zoom than my existing phone :-/

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by SirMaster »

I understand why they did it.

But just my perspective on it, I will have to replace all my lightning cables with usb-c, and the usb-c ecosystem seems like a nightmare to me from what I have seen.

This would be my first usb-c device.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by 0xakhil »

I think the omission of usb3 is because of the reuse the Apple silicon from last year which doesn’t have the builtin usb3 IP. Let’s wait for next year’s non-pro models to see if they are really cheapening out.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by alainv »

Are all the display options using PWM now? I’ve been staying with the XR because the XS caused headaches for me. Curious if they’ve gotten their frequency up to a bearable level.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by XTHK »

brap wrote: post #142
flippy_flops wrote: post #45

I 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?

I think the last thing people want is a voice assistant that babbles on and on forever when asked a simple question. I really hope that when they release something, the responses will be 5% of the endless stream of words ChatGPT & others produce.

I will remind you that most every parent and child both want this, albeit for totally different reasons.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by sixQuarks »

lprd wrote: post #27

I miss Jobs. These prerecorded presentations are soulless and almost embarrassing at times. Happy to see USB-C on the iPhone (thanks EU) and no price hikes.

Felt like I was watching a presentation made with AI actors. The long pauses, PR-driven language, it was all so sterile and politically correct. Very cringe.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by shiftpgdn »

bambax wrote: post #151

> USB-C is going to mean I can get rid of all these lightning cables Bought a Motorola G6 in 2018 for €199. It takes "fantastic" photos, and came in a "stunning new" (!?) color of black(ish). It's pretty much indestructible, runs Firefox with uBlock Origin, and it's "better for the environment" because every year you don't buy a new phone, the environment is happy. It also has USB-C, and a 3.5 jack.

Android is notorious for aging out phones much faster than Apple. You could use 8+ year old phones with the latest security updates up until very recently.
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