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Apple is ready, but I still don't think people want to wear something on their face. That said, I've put myself in timeout over Apple Watch - still wrist naked, but it's inarguable that it's a successful product line.
That 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
No one would watch the "Apple's getting rid of leather" video. And it would have seemed weak if their announcement was half the typical duration, signaling that there's not much new here.
Honestly for me the best part is the USB-C. Every year it's a new camera, new whatever, but USB-C is going to mean I can get rid of all these lightning cables. Not increasing the price is nice, I guess. Will have to buy more USB-C cables, though. (Technically the low highest end phone is higher, but higher spec, too). It comes with one USB-C to USB-C charging cable - not sure if it is a data cable, also. Pre-order Fr…
you'll still need to buy proper cables because of compatibility issues.
If you have two different connectors you invariably need at least two proper cables.
> Honestly for me the best part is the USB-C. Some people predicted that new iPhone will be completely portless and allow wireless charging only, just to not having to support USB-C out of spite. I guess we'll need to wait a year or two more.
I suspect lots of people who would be happy to shoot on a phone have upgraded to blackmagic specifically because you can just swap the card and keep rolling.
I'm honestly pretty excited for the Apple world to learn how hard pocket lint is to get out of a USB-C port.
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.
Sounds like the A16 just doesn't have the I/O block for USB 3. They are using the chip from the last generation for the base model. Though to put this in a realistic context, I am curious what percentage of iPhones have ever, over their usage lifespan, made a data connection over USB. I suspect that percentage is low single-digit percentages, and -- again speculating -- I would wager they are almost always by users w…
IMO, this was a pretty weak announcement. They spent so long talking about environmental stuff, like getting rid of leather, that it felt like they were trying to pad the presentation to reach a reasonable length. There were a few new things (more optical zoom, slightly smaller bezels), but these were all leaked in advance. I was also disappointed to hear that the satellite stuff is limited to 2 years. Is it going to…
I didn't see the announcement, but I saw this blurb on Engadget: > The company noted that while leather is popular for things like watch straps, it has a serious impact on the environment, particularly at Apple's scale. Is that actually true? I remember reading a few years ago that there was actually a big glut of leather: people still eat steak and hamburgers, and without a market for the cow hides then that materia…
I was waiting for “one more thing” to show a new LLM powered Siri. I am disappointed
I thought we were getting a better zoom lens? I guess not? I’d really get a lot of use out of 4 or 6x. I also wish they’d stop editing the pictures so much. It’s decided I should have gray hair even though I don’t in real life. Really strange. Oh and it destroys sunset photos. I get completely different colors than I see with my eyes for sunsets.
I have physical 10x zoom lens on my samsung. Its a massive advantage in almost any situation barring almost total darkness. I take of pictures where subjects are clearly visible and take most of the frame, compared to everybody else with phone who has tiny figures who go to smears when digitally zoomed. If for nothing else, i am not changing the brand, good pics of my kids are simply too valuable to us.
If Samsung can do it, I am sure Apple can do it even better. No clue why they dont.