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iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by kanbara »

sbrother wrote: post #5
addaon wrote: post #2

When I got the iPhone X, it was the first time that I thought the design was "good enough" for my purposes. (I had previously had an iPhone 1, 4, and 6S.) I could imagine further improvements, but I didn't really feel a desire for them. Unfortunately, I managed to destroy it during the iPhone 13 generation. Since I use my phone extremely heavily, and am not particularly cost sensitive, I assumed that I would go with…

Be careful with the satellite SOS feature. I accidentally left my 14 pro on the roof of my car when way outside of cell reception in rural Utah; it fell off and triggered the crash-triggered SOS feature. Wasted a bunch of emergency responder's time, which I felt awful about. Manually triggered SOS is great but I think enabling the crash triggered one is irresponsible.

people who’ve been saved due to automatic crash detection would beg to differ

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by masklinn »

keyle wrote: post #4

I look forward to seeing the difference from the X! ... And then wrap a huge ass ugly cover on it and never feel it again. /s

Probably won’t feel any: the issue this corrects is that the Pro models got much heavier with the 13 gen breaching 200g, this change brings them back to something more reasonable. The X is 174g, the 11P/12 are ~190, the 13P/14P are ~205g, the 15P is back down to 187.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by the_other »

jojobas wrote: post #31
masklinn wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People actually care, this got investigated because early reviewers “felt” the phone was much lighter than it actually is (which is quite welcome). The lower moment of inertia is the cause of that difference.

Reviewers are not just "people", they are people desperate to squeeze out as many words as possible praising and nitpicking the product in exactly the ordered proportions. I refuse to believe anybody at all cares about how light or heavy their phone weighs or how light it "feels".

> I refuse to believe anybody at all cares about how light or heavy their phone weighs or how light it "feels".

My vision’s poor, so I hold everything closer to my face than the average, to get a better look. For items with a lot of text (or other reasons for prolonged near-face use), this can put a small yet noticeable strain on my wrists, elbows and shoulders. You’d think that years of repetitive phone ise would have built up small muscles to compensate, but it hasn’t. I would definitely appreciate a light phone.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

#44

Post by gxs »

keyle wrote: post #21
Gigachad wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to do this, but then I realised I only ever drop my phone because it has a case on it. Now I have it bare and never drop it.

I've never dropped my phone. But my wife has dropped hers many times. After the 2nd screen repair the phone has never worked properly, and the face ID stuff stopped working. All in all repairers couldn't do anything about it. That's why I think it's worth putting a cover on it. I also hide my ID in mine (between cover and phone) so that I do not have to wear a wallet... And my kids occasionally handle my phone, I don…

Not sure who you went to, but the mall repair guys do a terrible job of telling you that the repairs never leave your phone the same.

Truetone for example, 100% of the time will start working, that one is for sure on top of the random things that’ll break, sometimes the phone also gets way heavier.

I learned that lesson the hard way which sucks - my iPhone 12’s internet speed was great, but after I had to upgrade it because of the screen, the 13s was shit and Apple never did anything about it - story for another time I guess.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by gnicholas »

addaon wrote: post #2

When I got the iPhone X, it was the first time that I thought the design was "good enough" for my purposes. (I had previously had an iPhone 1, 4, and 6S.) I could imagine further improvements, but I didn't really feel a desire for them. Unfortunately, I managed to destroy it during the iPhone 13 generation. Since I use my phone extremely heavily, and am not particularly cost sensitive, I assumed that I would go with…

I also found the 13 Pro to be too heavy, and since the mini had all the features of the regular 13, I went with the cheaper/smaller mini.

Apple missed the chance to sell me a phone that costs 50-75% more because it was just too much of a brick. And I say that as someone who has had other Pro iPhones in the past, and is generally an Apple early adopter.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by jojobas »

masklinn wrote: post #37
jojobas wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reviewers are not just "people", they are people desperate to squeeze out as many words as possible praising and nitpicking the product in exactly the ordered proportions. I refuse to believe anybody at all cares about how light or heavy their phone weighs or how light it "feels".

> Reviewers are not just "people", they are people desperate to squeeze out as many words as possible praising and nitpicking the product in exactly the ordered proportions. Nice IMAX you got there. > I refuse to believe anybody at all cares about how light or heavy their phone weighs or how light it "feels". Oh yeah, it’s really unbelievable that people would care about the weight of something they carry and move ar…

>Nice IMAX you got there.

Sorry, what?

10%/19g reduction is about as little as few coins or variation of a t-shirt weight, it's beyond negligible. Drinking an extra glass of water will weigh you down tenfold. What would you say about moment of inertia? That people twist around with phones all day?

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by sidkshatriya »

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #32
sidkshatriya wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You want to shift to Android because you want higher moment of inertia and/or higher weight in your phone ? You would be a dream customer to many phone companies. Or perhaps you say all this in jest.

My daily driver weights nearly half a kilogram and has a 13,200 mAh battery that literally actually truly lasts for four days of mixed use on a charge. I also have an iPhone, but be fucked if I can keep hold of it, it's so light I can seem to actually get a grip on it for longer than about two minutes at a time. I've had my eufges phone for over a year and still haven't broken the screen. I mate dropped his, same bra…

> My daily driver weights nearly half a kilogram and has a 13,200 mAh battery that literally actually truly lasts for four days of mixed use on a charge.

> I also have an iPhone, but be fucked if I can keep hold of it, it's so light I can seem to actually get a grip on it for longer than about two minutes at a time.

Your half-kg phone has trained your motor neurons in such a way that they are not prepared when you hold a ~100g phone. I suggest mixed-interval training. Use both phones regularly (you mention the half-kg one is your daily driver). An anti-slip silicone case for your iPhone should also help.

When I hold an iPhone, it sometimes feels heavy to me. I would say my experience is more representative of the general population than yours.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by AdamN »

jojobas wrote: post #31
masklinn wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People actually care, this got investigated because early reviewers “felt” the phone was much lighter than it actually is (which is quite welcome). The lower moment of inertia is the cause of that difference.

Reviewers are not just "people", they are people desperate to squeeze out as many words as possible praising and nitpicking the product in exactly the ordered proportions. I refuse to believe anybody at all cares about how light or heavy their phone weighs or how light it "feels".

?? that's the exact reason I didn't buy an iPhone 13 Pro. A heavy phone is really annoying and paying more for it is even worse.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by teaearlgraycold »

sbrother wrote: post #5
addaon wrote: post #2

When I got the iPhone X, it was the first time that I thought the design was "good enough" for my purposes. (I had previously had an iPhone 1, 4, and 6S.) I could imagine further improvements, but I didn't really feel a desire for them. Unfortunately, I managed to destroy it during the iPhone 13 generation. Since I use my phone extremely heavily, and am not particularly cost sensitive, I assumed that I would go with…

Be careful with the satellite SOS feature. I accidentally left my 14 pro on the roof of my car when way outside of cell reception in rural Utah; it fell off and triggered the crash-triggered SOS feature. Wasted a bunch of emergency responder's time, which I felt awful about. Manually triggered SOS is great but I think enabling the crash triggered one is irresponsible.

I sometimes feel like the only person that never drops or misplaces their phone in these ways.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by tome »

theGeatZhopa wrote: post #30
keyle wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never dropped my phone. But my wife has dropped hers many times. After the 2nd screen repair the phone has never worked properly, and the face ID stuff stopped working. All in all repairers couldn't do anything about it. That's why I think it's worth putting a cover on it. I also hide my ID in mine (between cover and phone) so that I do not have to wear a wallet... And my kids occasionally handle my phone, I don…

How is this a reason "After the 2nd screen repair the phone has never worked properly, and the face ID stuff stopped working. All in all repairers couldn't do anything about it" for putting a cover on it.. its already broken. It won't get anymore better. Or, you feel ashamed and cover it with the cover so no one can see?

His phone isn’t broken.
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