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Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design

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Post by runjake »

7v3x3n3sem9vv wrote: post #302
runjake wrote: post #270

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I am sincerely jealous of your tolerance skills. I'd love to have the tolerance to jump to a de-Googled Android phone and bypass FAANG's walled garden. I've tried many times.

What didn't you like? Been using LineageOS on an old OnePlus I had and I'm enjoying it the last few months. Especially knowing it's not doing anything weird without my approval.

It just required too much finicking with. With an iPhone, it's been a phone/camera and I don't need to spend any time messing with it.

I ran (and contributed to!) LineageOS^WCyanogenmod for years and years. It was great.

I can see myself returning to LineageOS (or similar), as iOS is getting quite buggy and I am put off by the wealth of gestures. It seems like whenever I use the iPhone, I accidentally swipe into some other screen. It's like slipping on banana peels.

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Post by touisteur »

widowlark wrote: post #262
touisteur wrote: post #183

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Ouch, true, underhyped even. I had this simple, stylish enough for me, just heavy enough watch, sold with 10 years battery. Not only did it take lots of damage (daily driver, never removed it but for cleaning) but the battery lasted 15 years then died a bit later. That was 100eur well spent.

Casio is a sleeper, they don't over extend and they are the best at what they do (which is to provide durable, cheap digital watches)

And graphing calculators. And audio synth. ;-)

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

postalrat wrote: post #190
forgotmypw17 wrote: post #77

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I think it's so that you can hold the iPad comfortably without accidentally activating something on the screen.

Sure. Make it all screen and blank on the pixels on the edges. Then when you want the full screen they light up.

Sorry, that makes too much sense to ever be implemented correctly.

Source: Galaxy S7 Edge user.

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Post by nicbou »

stevenhubertron wrote: post #298

I am happy with this announcement I traded in my iPad Pro V2 to order a new iPad mini today. I can use it in my overlanding rig and read books when I get to the camp site. This product announcement fits my specific needs well.

What's your overlanding setup? I always used my phone plus OsmAnd. I go on a motorcycle, so I need a waterproof device.

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Post by dboreham »

geodel wrote: post #163
dboreham wrote: post #134

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Haven't been to Scotland then.

Yeah, the place that proudly claims to be producer of most mediocre whiskies in the world. To be fair no true Scotsmen would do such thing.

Marketing for Scotch is done by people in the local markets and is not representative of the true Scotsman.

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Post by ksec »

paxys wrote: post #78
tpmx wrote: post #51

From the macrumors keynote feed comments: These keynotes are ****ing uncanny. Plays like a Black Mirror episode. Don't know why. Nailed it.

They always come off as overproduced.

Tim Cook's era. Steve Jobs Keynote is still the Gold Standard.

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Post by ksec »

Corrado wrote: post #307
jnsie wrote: post #52

Is it just me or are these latest announcement events lackluster and over-produced? I'm not judging the devices (going to pick up the watch series 7) but the events themselves are tough to sit through.

I agree and found myself wondering what Steve Jobs would think of these events. I think he might like it in that they would be "perfect" as he was notoriously fastidious about these types of events. However, he might also not like the "sterility" that seems to accompany them; he was a showman and liked to work the crowd.

>I agree and found myself wondering what Steve Jobs would think of these events.

Likely Junk. And every day it is edging towards more like Google or Microsoft. While Google and Microsoft are trying to do keynote in Apple's fashion.

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Post by top_sigrid »

cageface wrote: post #92
runjake wrote: post #72

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It does seem ass backwards. Google scans your content for CSAM on their servers. And they scan your content for demographic and advertising data and god knows what else. I do not see your logic here. It appears to be an ill-decided knee-jerk reaction.

The difference is Android gives you options. If you’re locked into iOS you’ve got no recourse if you disagree with Apple’s decisions.

So what's the option of Google not scanning every content you have on their devices (I mean they even scan all your emails in Gmail)?

With Apple's CSAM you have an actual option which is just to not use their iCloud photo sharing.

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Post by anm89 »

dang wrote: post #304
anm89 wrote: post #6

I love how everything has to be a "revolutionary breakthrough" with apple. Wow the 73rd version of the 19th variation of the ipad gets better performance. What a break though.

No doubt it's annoying, but please don't post unsubstantive comments to Hacker News.

Just saw this.

It generated hundreds of comments of discussion on Apple's advertising practices. I don't view it as unsubstantive.

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Post by dang »

anm89 wrote: post #319
dang wrote: post #304

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No doubt it's annoying, but please don't post unsubstantive comments to Hacker News.

Just saw this. It generated hundreds of comments of discussion on Apple's advertising practices. I don't view it as unsubstantive.

It was snark (which is against the site guidelines) and didn't add any information. That makes it unsubstantive. Please don't post like that to HN.

The comments it generated were mostly not particularly good, and the resulting thread was of lower quality than we're trying for here.

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