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Can somebody explain why a lens with f1.8 is not able to provide the depth of field effect on itself?
> "Up to 5hr. of battery life on one charge" How the fuck is it acceptable to completely remove the jack and replace it with this 'superior' technology?
Not because there's anything wrong with the 6! Ivan Krstic's talk about Apple platform security at Black Hat was probably the best talk of the whole event. Nobody is delivering seamlessly integrated chipset-up-through-application security the way Apple is. Forget about in mobile devices; I mean, in computing, period.
I'm excited to learn what else is coming there!
The adapter is useless for me since it doesn't allow power to be supplied so my long drives are now problematic. I guess I'll have to take that into account on buying the next car.
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I never got to the point you are at because I could never get over the USB jack. It took 30 fucking years and a lot of blood sweat and tears but finally finally there is a global, universal, cheap and simple charging standard that just works. You can find a USB port anywhere and there are extra cables everywhere and life is just slightly better all around. Except for Apple.
Well, mini USB, then micro USB, then USB-C, then... I have to change my cables every 5 years, not exactly "a" global standard.
I still can't get over the headphone jack. Apple does have a good record of abandoning technologies at the right time (floppies, CDs, Flash, etc) but the biggest difference is that those technologies were all on the downward slope of their popularity when Apple made the move and all had solid replacements available at the time. The headphone jack is just as popular today as it has ever been and it is still more conve…
> "but the biggest difference is that those technologies were all on the downward" Most of my friends are using bluetooth headphones nowadays.
I still can't get over the headphone jack. Apple does have a good record of abandoning technologies at the right time (floppies, CDs, Flash, etc) but the biggest difference is that those technologies were all on the downward slope of their popularity when Apple made the move and all had solid replacements available at the time. The headphone jack is just as popular today as it has ever been and it is still more conve…
I can't get over the headphone jack either. Another dongle to loose. Tons of headphones obsoleted. Can't charge while listening. Laggy audio. more batteries in the world. They're ok with a bulge for the camera but not headphones? I work in a lab and a phone with headphones is standard equipment on the commute and work (for at least part of the day). I would seriously move off iOS if I was making music with it. If onl…
Honest question - Aren't IPhones already pretty water resistant? Unless getting dunked in water, I haven't heard of anyone having any issues with water damaging their IPhone.
You can dunk the iPhone 6 in water. They are fairly water proof, but it is not part of the product specification. Now they consider the waterproofing good enough to guarantee it.
Well, no, since liquid damage isn't covered by the warranty, there is no actual guarantee. There is a claim (and maybe a third-party certification) of meeting a particular standard, but that's different from a guarantee -- its marketing with no risk of having to pay out money if the performance isn't up to snuff in practice.
A guarantee puts warranty money where your marketing mouth is.
I still can't get over the headphone jack. Apple does have a good record of abandoning technologies at the right time (floppies, CDs, Flash, etc) but the biggest difference is that those technologies were all on the downward slope of their popularity when Apple made the move and all had solid replacements available at the time. The headphone jack is just as popular today as it has ever been and it is still more conve…
I can't get over the headphone jack either. Another dongle to loose. Tons of headphones obsoleted. Can't charge while listening. Laggy audio. more batteries in the world. They're ok with a bulge for the camera but not headphones? I work in a lab and a phone with headphones is standard equipment on the commute and work (for at least part of the day). I would seriously move off iOS if I was making music with it. If onl…
This confuses me too. The camera wart is ridiculous, and I bet if they made the device just that slight bit thicker they'd have room to retain the 3.5mm jack.
The other possibility is that the headphone jack makes water resistance that much more difficult. Maybe they think it's worth it?