iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max • Hacker News Board

Re: iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max

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Post by preek » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:32 PM UTC

My browser has a count of 124 "PRO"s in the article[1], yet I gave up finding any information on how to earn money with an iPhone. I thought that's what professionals are supposed to do/be. I think that's also what the original Macbook Pros were about.

Seems to me that the semantics behind the word is changing. Don't know what it is supposed to mean now, though. Of course it is the best iPhone ever made. It's the most recent one. And even though that should be clear from the get go, they have always made that part clear in the all the keynotes before without having to add a 'pro' into what already is a weird statement.

NB: I'm a happy iPhone user since the 3GS and currently have an iPhone X.

1. http://screenshots.200ok.ch/screenshot_2019_09_10-2495e490.p...

Re: iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max

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Post by nicky0 » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:32 PM UTC

beamatronic wrote: post #150

kerbs wrote: post #139

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As long as you have a decent iCloud data subscription, all that 4k video quickly gets whisked away to the cloud. The 64GB on the device effectively houses installed apps and an effective cache of thumbnails and downloaded content. I have the 256 GB config and the needle basically never moves up from about 45 GB.

The problem with keeping it in iCloud is how do you get it all out of iCloud? Say onto Linux, or into another cloud like Dropbox or Google Drive?

Have a Mac running set to sync all iCloud content locally. From there you can manually access all media or automate sync/backup to some other service.

Re: iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:32 PM UTC

dan-robertson wrote: post #74

Perhaps one day they will add enough cameras to make the phone flat again.

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Re: iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max

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Post by gnicholas » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:33 PM UTC

baddox wrote: post #286

masklinn wrote: post #236

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That explains the lack of a 128GB option… not at all.

If they had a 128GB option you could say the same thing about the lack of a 96GB option. There are hundreds of billions of potential storage sizes in this range. Apple has to be practical and choose some very small selection of storage options.

Except they previously offered 128 GB phones (and still do).

Re: iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max

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Post by danw1979 » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:34 PM UTC

deergomoo wrote: post #347

iamnotacrook wrote: post #309

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People say they expect more, but what, exactly? Do people still expect more from a laptop? They're laptops - they've not changed in 15 years. They just get faster, smaller and more easy to break. Phones have caught up. Nothings happening except more megapixels, plus slightly faster CPUs so..i dunno...snapchat loads faster or whatever, or more lenses or whatever, plus the sort of twilight zone $999 = £1049 pricing in…

> plus the sort of twilight zone $999 = £1049 pricing in the UK I don’t know what the hell is going on here. Usually the lack of VAT in US prices explains weird conversions, but even factoring that in it comes to £970. Keeping it at £999 would be fine; to put it up by 50 quid is some serious bullshit.

> I don’t know what the hell is going on here.

Hedging their bets against the pound tanking in 7 weeks time ?

Re: iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max

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Post by likeabbas » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:34 PM UTC

jl6 wrote: post #86

This thread needs to lighten up. The 11 is an incremental improvement - is that so wrong? Who still upgrades their phone every year anyway? I bought my iPhone 8 two years ago thinking of it as a 5 year investment.

... I'm on the upgrade plan and plan to upgrade every year...

Re: iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max

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Post by lrem » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:35 PM UTC

noncoml wrote: post #115

jl6 wrote: post #86

This thread needs to lighten up. The 11 is an incremental improvement - is that so wrong? Who still upgrades their phone every year anyway? I bought my iPhone 8 two years ago thinking of it as a 5 year investment.

> I bought my iPhone 8 two years ago thinking of it as a 5 year investment. That's exactly what's wrong, that users don't feel compelled to upgrade. It's bad for business.

Good for the environment though, I'll take it.

Re: iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max

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Post by jaydouken » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:35 PM UTC

pkrefta wrote: post #41

Year after year of new iPhone's premieres I wonder for how long I'm going to use my iPhone SE - 3,5years has gone and nothing new for me on the horizon :( I don't care about missing jack, USB-C, cameras and other things - just make it smaller and it will fine by me.

How's the SE treating you in 2019? Trying to switch from Pixel to iPhone, but don't want to drop significant money until USB-C, which is rumored in 2020. Figured an SE might be good for me until then

Re: iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max

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Post by q3k » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:35 PM UTC

mike_d wrote: post #246

acd10j wrote: post #133

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But good for users. We will not generate too much electronic waste. Will save money and when finally when their is actually a time to upgrade due to actual hardware degradation, You can get nice bump in hardware spec.

Very little e-waste is generated by iPhone upgrades. Apple is using 100% recycled materials now, has a trade-in recycling program, and their is a robust resell market for older devices. I'd say the biggest e-waste offender right now is the server market. Enterprises are replacing entire data centers full of servers every 3-4 years because of depreciation and OPEX efficiency upgrades.

> Apple is using 100% recycled materials now.

For consumer devices? Very unlikely. Do you have a citation?

> has a trade-in recycling program

Just because you send something off to be recycled doesn't mean it actually ends up being recycled. It's much better off to not have to recycle in the first place at all (eg. by making your hardware easy to repair, which Apple is notoriously bad at).

Re: iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max

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Post by core-questions » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:35 PM UTC

techbubble wrote: post #318

mgolawala wrote: post #218

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While I agree with you and felt the same way as you, I found that it wasn't as big an issue once I bought a case for the phone. Once you put a case on the phone the camera bump completely disappears. I dont know what percentage of iPhone users go case-less with their phones, but I haven't seen one being used without a case.. and I have been actively looking for them. I say this as a person who used to go case-less wi…

I have never used a case and never will (just don’t like the bulk they add). I do use an edge-to-edge screen protector on my XS max and keep the phone face down so the camera lenses don’t get scratched or smudged.

Haven't smashed a phone yet? When you do, I bet you'll get on board with the case bandwagon