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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 xxs »

a_t48 wrote: post #36
xxs wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nowadays, I consider heavier -> better. Phones can be somewhat an exception, however it usually comes at the expense of battery, overall rigidity. There are exceptions - using lighter materials - notably Al, Mg alloys vs steel.

A lighter phone should mean less energy applied to your screen when you drop it.

Alternatively, it means a ticker, metal infused glass pane... or there is a shock absorbing layer to prevent all the stress to be distributed through the glass pane. If you take some tools - e.g. multimeters, dropping them from 2m height is a rather standard test for their build quality/durability. Not saying I'd expect most phones to survive that, yet it's quite common to prefer the minimalist, throw away devices.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by emmanueloga_ »

xena wrote: post #14
jrflowers wrote: post #11

This is a shame. I am going to have to migrate to an Android-based handset for the first time in 15 years because of this change.

How could this possibly be the deciding factor? I know this is Hacker News but that seems like the smallest possible thing to care about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by enoch2090 »

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

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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".

The points that you don't care about is not essentially the points that other people don't care about. If you are strong the weight may not matter, but otherwise there is a significant difference imposed on fingers & wrists. I at least know a few of my friends who care about this more than the fancy cameras & dynamic island.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by dijit »

bambax wrote: post #39

> One answer is that people are just more sensitive than we give them credit for being. A 9–10% drop in weight may seem like a small amount to our brains but a large amount to our hands. This has been my experience. I finally upgraded my Garmin Fenix 3 watch to a 7 (titanium). The 3 weighted 82g while the 7 is 73g. You would think the difference is negligible. You would be wrong. It changes everything. I used to be e…

Honestly I would make a strong generalisation here that in matters of dexterity, small changes are profound.

The "jump" in phone size from the iPhone 5 to the 6 was extremely jarring (and the 12 mini) to me, despite being "only a little bit larger" than the 5.

I think our hands are so used to fine motor movement that small changes can have substantial effects.

See also: the entire mechanical keyboard industry.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by baz00 »

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

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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…

Put a case on it with a lip around the edge. The JETech TPU clear ones are good. I dropped my 13 Pro down a mountain in central asia and it went ping pong ping pong like Homer Simpson falling off a cliff for about 20 seconds. There wasn't a scratch on it! I've dropped it face down a hundred times at least. Still looks like the day I bought it!

Also take it to Apple to get repaired, not some independent repairer that sticks crap parts on it. If that's too expensive buy AppleCare! At least you'll get a phone back that actually works.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by baz00 »

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

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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…

I have a 13 Pro, the small one. It lasts a day fine. Put a TPU case on it and it's not slipperly. I dropped it at least 100 times, once down a mountain in central asia. It's fine.

As for battery, stick a powerbank in your bag. Anker do some nice ones. I got 9 days out of one.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by politelemon »

xena wrote: post #14
jrflowers wrote: post #11

This is a shame. I am going to have to migrate to an Android-based handset for the first time in 15 years because of this change.

How could this possibly be the deciding factor? I know this is Hacker News but that seems like the smallest possible thing to care about.

It's satire. This article being posted on HN is a small unimportant and uninteresting thing. The reply is in the same vein.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by deniscepko2 »

bambax wrote: post #39

> One answer is that people are just more sensitive than we give them credit for being. A 9–10% drop in weight may seem like a small amount to our brains but a large amount to our hands. This has been my experience. I finally upgraded my Garmin Fenix 3 watch to a 7 (titanium). The 3 weighted 82g while the 7 is 73g. You would think the difference is negligible. You would be wrong. It changes everything. I used to be e…

Its interesting that the weight is such an issue. I have 13 pro it weighs a lot and i love it and the case actually adds some weight. Cant name all the reasons why i like it ( just a feeling i guess) but one reason is that i know for sure when the phone is in my pocket and i didnt forget it.

Re: iPhone 15 Pro facts and estimates

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Post by drcongo »

The most salient part of the entire article for me is this line: "[...] it’s also used in medical implants, so you know that skin contact won’t be a problem." - if I hold my iPhone 12 Pro for too long I get blisters on my palm.
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