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iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by ploum »

esotericsean wrote: post #179

Curious what other devices people have that use USB-C? The only one I have is my Nintendo Switch. So for me, this is mostly an inconvenience having to get new cables for my phone. I'll miss Lightning.

My laptop is USB-C.

Everything else I have is micro USB: my phone, my ereader (PocketBook), my reMarkable tablet, my bluetooth headset, my bike GPS, the lights of my bike, my portable batteries.

I fear the day I will have to replace all of those with USB-C because, currently, I can travel with only one small charger (as long as I don’t take my laptop).

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by donatj »

codeflo wrote: post #195
donatj wrote: post #180

I'm honestly pretty excited for the Apple world to learn how hard pocket lint is to get out of a USB-C port.

Harder than getting it out of a lightning port? Because that's not too easy either.

Much. Most of the USB-C port is full rather than empty making it hard to get anything other than a very thin sewing needle in there.

A toothpick is way too thick to fit which seems like an oversight.

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Post by matchbok »

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 phones need replaced much more often than iPhones, due to how slow they get and lack of updates. There is a reason the resale value of iPhones is 2-5x any Android phone.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by Matl »

SirMaster wrote: post #184

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.

> the usb-c ecosystem seems like a nightmare to me from what I have seen.

Compared to lighting it only has advantages, faster charging, more universal.

It's only a nightmare because you can carry almost anything over USB C incl. DisplayPort etc. which is not always clear if it's supported or not

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Post by scarface_74 »

shiftpgdn wrote: post #190
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.

Actually, Apple released a security update for iPhone 5s (2013) earlier this year.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by gnicholas »

abraxas wrote: post #67
gnicholas wrote: post #26

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 wonder how much worse accidental UI interactions will be due to smaller bezels. I alredy despise phones that I have to pick up _really_ carefully not to engage some completely unwanted gesture.

Yep, I see pretty much zero reason to go with the 15 Pro, other than to avoid the terrible colors of the 15. The Pro Max gets the better camera, but the smaller Pro seems like a lousy deal — especially if the smaller bezels result in more accidental touches.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by paxys »

CephalopodMD wrote: post #205
jmkni wrote: post #113

Gutted that the iPhone mini is essentially dead. I don't want a phone any bigger. I'll hang onto my 13 Mini for as long as I can, hopefully they will update the SE to basically be the new Mini.

Three most baffling thing about it is I see this comment in almost every iphone thread. I know so many people irl who have the same opinion including myself. If there are any Apple execs in this thread: please listen to your customers! We are screaming for a flagship mini!

Apple is listening to its customers – by way of sales data rather than a few comments on a niche techy forum.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by htk »

The only big limitation of the Lightning connection for me was video output (limited resolution and compressed signal). I hope the USB-C on the 15 Pro gets rid of this limitation.
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