Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

The Best iPhone

notes.ghed.in

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

241–250 of 484 posts

Re: The Best iPhone

#241

Post by addled »

centilliard wrote: post #228

The best 'cheap' phone that was ever released in the US was the $499 Google Nexus 6P by Huawei in 2015. It was an octa-core phone that made Apple's dual core iPhone 6s (also released in 2015) look like an overpriced joke. The 6P's aluminum body was lighter and thinner than the iPhone 6s, its camera took much better pictures _by far_ especially in low light conditions (restaurants, evening travel, etc), the iPhone's o…

My wife enjoyed her 6P, then it died prematurely of bootloop. As did the warranty replacement one.

Got a double payout from the eventual class action suit.

Re: The Best iPhone

#242

Post by roneythomas6 »

centilliard wrote: post #228

The best 'cheap' phone that was ever released in the US was the $499 Google Nexus 6P by Huawei in 2015. It was an octa-core phone that made Apple's dual core iPhone 6s (also released in 2015) look like an overpriced joke. The 6P's aluminum body was lighter and thinner than the iPhone 6s, its camera took much better pictures _by far_ especially in low light conditions (restaurants, evening travel, etc), the iPhone's o…

I agree with your comment. The camera was really impressive and it was first nexus phone where the camera outperformed an iPhone. But I think the video quality wasn’t that great when compared to iPhone. Mine started shutting down prematurely in Canadian winter after more than a year of use. But Google replaced mine for free even after the 1yr warranty expired. Ended up with Pixel 2 which had even better camera than Nexus 6P. The first iPhone to outperform Pixel 2 for low light was the iPhone 11. But during those times the video quality really sucked on both Nexus and Pixel, which it still does to the day.

Re: The Best iPhone

#243

Post by eyelidlessness »

mjgerm wrote: post #184
eyelidlessness wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that falls squarely under “married to the software”? At least it was part of the spirit of I intended.

You have to admit that there is some gap between "I want the latest re-rounded corners on app icons" (which fits into that category neatly) and "I don't want 4 years of unpatched 0-days still open on my phone" (which I'd argue does not).

I don’t know why I have to admit this, but sure I’ll grant it. I don’t think the former is a reasonable characterization of “married to the software”, I think it’s a caricature.

Re: The Best iPhone

#244

Post by quickthrower2 »

Yes I chose the SE for my latest phone after the X packed up (it was a refurb and I think that was the reason).

Anyway the main things I like:

* Price per performance (Paid about US$482 for this from a discount retailer).

* No notch

* Older-style interface and gestures which I think are more user-friendly. E.g. double tap button to see running apps.

* A button!

What I dislike:

* When playing some games the screen seems more friction-y which can hamper precision.

Re: The Best iPhone

#245

Post by sgerenser »

hattmall wrote: post #220
eyelidlessness wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Am I cheap, poor, frugal or outdated to find it mildly funny US$400-450+tx are considered cheap phones nowadays? I can’t speak to whether you’re any of those, but I can say this. Anyone spending significantly more than that (I’m included in this category) is either: - Buying it for the quality of its camera (me again, not that I’m an especially avid photographer; I almost exclusively take pics of my pup) - Some mix…

So, are phones actually more powerful than computers? I know obviously there's a scale, but my understanding is that x86 stuff is an entirely different league than anything built for mobile. I wasn't really acutely aware of this until I started building some small form factor entertainment systems. After doing some research and testing I was getting far better performance out of old model x86 Chromeboxes than even th…

A15 in the iPhone SE is far faster than any atom-class CPU which is what you typically find in a chromebook. On JavaScript benchmarks it trades blows with 12th gen Intel laptop CPUs.

Re: The Best iPhone

#246

Post by williamjackson »

bironran wrote: post #223
williamjackson wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The iPhone SE, described in the article, has Touch ID.

Yeah, but “not latest tech”. Hard to swallow that.

I guess it depends on which “tech” specifically you care about. The jump from an iPhone 7 to the 3rd gen SE will probably feel amazing, considering it has the same SoC as all the iPhone 13 models. Sure, the SE doesn’t have the nice camera system like the high end models, but again, coming from a 7, it will be quite an improvement for you.

Re: The Best iPhone

#247

Post by thaumasiotes »

tomcam wrote: post #173
rpgbr wrote: post #23

I knew I wasn't the only one fond of small, cheap-but-great phones! :) Btw, this is my first post in English. I cover tech here in Brazil for +10 years and run a +9 years old independent, self-sustainable publication written in Portuguese. Now, I decided to give it a shot in another language, despite still feeling uncomfortable with my English. (I hope I haven't misspelled anything!) If you enjoyed this brief iPhone…

Your English is indistinguishable from that of the top 10% of writers or so. I had no reason to believe you are not a native speaker until you linked to your page with photo samples written in Portuguese.

> I had no reason to believe you are not a native speaker

"Now, I decided to give it a shot in another language" and "may I ask you to subscribe to my blog's newsletter or its RSS feed? They are both on site's footer." both read non-native to me; I'd expect a native to say "Now, I've decided..." and "They are both in/on the site's footer".

But I agree with everyone else that rpgbr's English is excellent, more than adequate to publish English-language journalism. It is extremely difficult to get all the details of a foreign language right every time, and in most cases it's not a standard worth reaching or worrying about.

(And if you do worry about it... practice is the best way to get there.)

Re: The Best iPhone

#248

Post by gnicholas »

massysett wrote: post #88
petercooper wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have luckily had the opposite experience. I've always had the biggest phone I could get (Pro Max and all the rest) but decided to try the 13 Mini after hearing so many good things. Given how fussy I usually am, it's been amazing. The pros outweigh any cons for me, but it seems the Mini is going the way of the dodo in future anyway and the SE really is a step too far down for me.

Just hold on to your current phone. I upgraded to the 13 mini from the 7 Plus expecting it to be faster. It isn’t. I’m still glad I upgraded because the mini is smaller than the 7 Plus while giving up only a little bit of screen size, and I can use it without a case because it’s not shaped like a bar of soap. But this showed me that phone performance is no longer a reason to upgrade, so I’ll probably hold on to this…

What do you do on your phone that the 13 mini isn't faster than the 7 Plus? I've had both of these phones — the 13 is my daily driver, and I have the 7 plugged into a TV as a media hub. While it isn't unbearably slow, it's noticeably slower than the 13 for pretty much everything.

Re: The Best iPhone

#249

Post by gnicholas »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #12

I bought a Mini with great excitement, thinking that it would take me back to the glory of the "my phone fits my my pocket and I can type with one hand" days. I kept it for 3 months, and then traded it in for a Pro. It turns out that the world has moved on. Web pages are getting harder to read on small screens. I had to squint a lot. The phone's short height means that it often doesn't charge "vertically" in Qi charg…

I love how pocketable my 13 mini is. When I first got it, I would be walking around and not remember if it was in my pocket or not — it's that light/small. My prior phone was an 11 Pro, which had a nice heft to it but was sometimes difficult to push into my pants pocket (especially when sitting). The 13 mini slides in easily, no matter the angle.

I do wonder if the battery will hold up over time, especially as I start going to conferences and other all-day events. It was a non-issue during the first year, when I was almost always at home.

Re: The Best iPhone

#250

Post by Forgeties79 »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #12

I bought a Mini with great excitement, thinking that it would take me back to the glory of the "my phone fits my my pocket and I can type with one hand" days. I kept it for 3 months, and then traded it in for a Pro. It turns out that the world has moved on. Web pages are getting harder to read on small screens. I had to squint a lot. The phone's short height means that it often doesn't charge "vertically" in Qi charg…

Hey as a film/television guy the max is a dream. Don’t discount it completely just because it’s not for you!
Post reply on HN