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Apple Debuts iPhone 17

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Post by mrheosuper »

prmoustache wrote: post #155
runjake wrote: post #101

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My ancient Canon Rebel camera, I think a T3i, takes stunningly detailed photos against even my iPhone 15 Pro. But, I never have my Canon and it's too bulky to carry around everyday. I do carry my iPhone everywhere I go. And so, the capabilities of my iPhone camera are more important. I imagine this is the same for the overwhelming majority of people.

Having said that you also have the midway option with large sensor compact cameras. A ricoh GR III/IV with an APS-C sensor is heavier than a smartphone but not overly so and more compact as it actually fit a pocket. A Canon G9X is even lighter with a 1" sensor.

> and more compact as it actually fit a pocket

People not gonna let their phone at home and carry the camera only. Having separate camera means you have to carry 2 devices at the same time.

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Post by fsflover »

mrheosuper wrote: post #213
smlavine wrote: post #191

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Out of curiosity, how often do you use your bank's app? I don't have my bank's app on my phone. Pretty much nobody ever gives me paper checks, and all of my employers have strongly encouraged/required direct deposit as part of the usual onboarding process. If I want to check balance or move between checking/savings, I use their website. I have a debit card, and my (Android) phone has tap-to-pay built-in.

not GP, also not in US, but i use app bank to do everything related to banking. It's kind of a must now.

Do you have to do that on the go? Can you keep a dedicated phone at home?

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Post by simmerup »

Tankenstein wrote: post #119
tra3 wrote: post #26

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How so? That would be great either way.

Foldables need to have very thin construction as when folded, you essentially have two phones on top of each other. There's speculation online that the air was launched off the back of their internal foldable R&D.

Which is mad becausw the Chinese are already making super thin foldable phones for consumers

Another area where we're falling behind in tech

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Post by nik736 »

drumhead wrote: post #147

I've got a Pixel, this new iPhone hasnt got anything that convinces me to move to Apple. There's nothing compelling there, not technologically or aesthetically. Yes its more powerful, but what do they do with that power but play games? Until some new application emerges where that much power is needed I'll stick to the cheaper phones.

The Pixel is not cheaper. When comparing the Pixel 10 to the iPhone 17, the iPhone offers double the storage for the same price, while having all other iPhone features.

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Post by mrheosuper »

fsflover wrote: post #222
mrheosuper wrote: post #213

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not GP, also not in US, but i use app bank to do everything related to banking. It's kind of a must now.

Do you have to do that on the go? Can you keep a dedicated phone at home?

Yes we have to, our bank app support QR payment.

And while we have something similar to Venmo, we don't see any good reason why should we use them. Back transferring already happen instantly.

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

sbinnee wrote: post #184
matesz wrote: post #24

I’m still using iPhone 12 mini running iOS 26 beta and it’s good enough. OS is definitely not polished, some of the design choices don’t even make sense but in general I believe it’s the right direction - spatial + maxing out visual looks. Being able to turn Liquid Glass off to sth like flat design would be nice but this probably won’t happen. Now when it comes to the event itself, it felt so cartoonish.

I switched to 12 mini about a year ago from 1st gen SE because it broke down. I agree that it would be more than enough for years to come. I cannot agree more on the event video. It looks like a pure TV ad for a full hour long. Also, it used to cover more diversity in terms of presenters. Where are they now? I want to hear lovely accents from people all around the world.

Every event has been a fairly transparent ad. I think for this one, they may not have had as big a variety of people to choose from. Apple has always been big on diversity; long before it was fashionable.

In this one, I noticed that the presenters all stood very still; more still than in previous ones.

It looks like they were all green screen, and the video composer was just very good. I was impressed by the woman standing in grass. It looked fairly “natural.”

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Post by eikenberry »

erikw wrote: post #32

I'd be curious to understand their rationale for not making a small, reasonably priced phone like the iPhone SE used to be. I probably will be leaving the iPhone ecosystem the next time I have to buy a smartphone (even though I use a Mac, iPad, and Airpods, which all work together really well) because I'm uninterested in using a large phone. Thinking through my own use case, I just use my phone for messaging, maps, a…

You won’t find anything smaller in the android ecosystem without sacrificing security. The smallest android phones with good security are the same size as the base iPhone model.

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Post by dijit »

mrheosuper wrote: post #218
Jtsummers wrote: post #162

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> if it wasn’t for the fact that the 12 and 13 mini were larger than the iPhone 6 and 6S which for many people was too large. I don't get why people make statements like this. 6: 2.64 (W) x 5.44 (H) x .27 (D) 6s: 2.64 (W) x 5.44 (H) x .28 (D) 13 mini: 2.53 (W) x 5.14 (H) x 0.30 (D) The only dimension in which the mini was larger than the 6 or 6s was in depth, and that was just barely. It was smaller otherwise. It did…

no way the 6/6s smaller than 12mini/13mini. The 13mini is like 5s, but with notch-screen and no home button

No, its not.

https://imgur.com/a/iphone-mini-vs-iphone-5-vs-iphone-6-case...

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Post by mrheosuper »

dijit wrote: post #228
mrheosuper wrote: post #218

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no way the 6/6s smaller than 12mini/13mini. The 13mini is like 5s, but with notch-screen and no home button

No, its not. https://imgur.com/a/iphone-mini-vs-iphone-5-vs-iphone-6-case...

Thanks, has been a while since i last hold the 5s, so forgive my mistake.

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Post by pachico »

Macha wrote: post #138

I'm actually considering buying myself an iPhone for the first time. I have basically two priorities when buying an phone: 1. Freedom. I should be able to build and run apps on it without the platform holder having a barrier on it. 2. Privacy. The phone shouldn't be an object to track me for better ad sales or any other purpose. Of course, priority 1 has until recently always led to Android while priority 2 has alway…

I wasn't aware about how bad the situation was for devices, in general, about privacy until I installed a Pi-Hole in a Raspberry and used it as DNS service at home.

It's really surprising the amount of data that tries to leave the premises, and this just the one that I block with a mid-range security ban list.

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