Same design as iPhone 4
iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
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#652"The iPhone mini fits in the palm of you hand" lol. It's interesting that a reasonably sized phone is now a selling point in itself. In general i like keeping my devices for as long as possible - so when i jumped from the iPhone 6 to the iPhone 10, i was surprised to learn that the phone was hard to use with one hand now, extremely slippery and way, way heavier than my iphone 6. The mini seems like a good size for me…
I'm blown away that 5.4" is "mini". I'd pay decent money for a 4" phone.
The diagonal screen measurement is meaningless because of improved screen-to-body ratios. The iPhone 12 Mini is smaller than the 4.7" iPhone 6/7/8, despite having a significantly bigger screen.
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#653Earlier quoted context omitted.
It seems that now iPhone 12 uses same housing design as 12 Pro. I think Pro is almost only for camera upgrade (including LIDAR).
Those are, to be fair, pro photography and video features, that likely make a real difference only to pros and so-called prosumers.
Yes but previous iPhone "Pro" isn't just only for prosumers; It had OLED and different housing. Now Apple possibly switched Pro-line strategy as same as iPad and Mac.
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#654Let’s talk about the return of MagSafe! It seems...kinda dumb. Instead of plugging in a lightning cable, I can now stick a hockey puck to the back of my phone? The “safe” in MagSafe came from its “yankability” without sending your device flying. But if my phone is laying on top of a hockey puck...it’s gonna go flying if I trip on the cable. Why couldn’t we fill in the lightning port and use flush surface contacts, li…
There appear to be a lot of people who use those ring-shaped grip holders (or a Popsocket, which has a similar functionality) that stick to the back of a mobile phone. It appears you can have either MagSafe or the phone holder, but not both. Does Apple have a solution for this?
They discussed how it could work through silicon cases, I wonder if it would work with the Popsocket in flat mode
Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
#655Let’s talk about the return of MagSafe! It seems...kinda dumb. Instead of plugging in a lightning cable, I can now stick a hockey puck to the back of my phone? The “safe” in MagSafe came from its “yankability” without sending your device flying. But if my phone is laying on top of a hockey puck...it’s gonna go flying if I trip on the cable. Why couldn’t we fill in the lightning port and use flush surface contacts, li…
My phone always slides off the center of my wireless charger in my car and it stops charging without me noticing -- I would love to have this feature there.
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#656Very impressive technology: With those 4GB per second download speeds I can use up my entire month of data in 250 milliseconds. On a more serious note: what technology advancements will there be in the next 10-20 years that actually make 5G technology useful?
The theory here is nice, but who here on HN does actually get good unthrottled speeds on 4G now? Will carriers just magically stop throttling 5G after they sell it?
I get unlimited, unthrottled LTE + 5G for £24/month in the UK.
Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
#657Let’s talk about the return of MagSafe! It seems...kinda dumb. Instead of plugging in a lightning cable, I can now stick a hockey puck to the back of my phone? The “safe” in MagSafe came from its “yankability” without sending your device flying. But if my phone is laying on top of a hockey puck...it’s gonna go flying if I trip on the cable. Why couldn’t we fill in the lightning port and use flush surface contacts, li…
I also thought the usability of the charger was odd. It seems you would pick the phone up and if you didn’t grab and put down the charging disk, it would go clunk and hit the ground. Sort of like the watch charger will do if it isn’t in a holder. Except louder and more expensive to replace. This was actually shown in the “snap” video they showed where a phone was pulled away. I couldn’t understand, are we expected to…
Totally! Apple is amazing at getting the tolerances on magnets, hinges, etc just right, but I don’t see how you could get by without a suction cup or something on the bottom of the hockey puck.
A downside to wireless chargers has always been alignment. I always do a double take to make sure my phone is actually charging. Having the magnets guide the phone onto the coils is an improvement, I guess.
Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
#658Let’s talk about the return of MagSafe! It seems...kinda dumb. Instead of plugging in a lightning cable, I can now stick a hockey puck to the back of my phone? The “safe” in MagSafe came from its “yankability” without sending your device flying. But if my phone is laying on top of a hockey puck...it’s gonna go flying if I trip on the cable. Why couldn’t we fill in the lightning port and use flush surface contacts, li…
I also thought the usability of the charger was odd. It seems you would pick the phone up and if you didn’t grab and put down the charging disk, it would go clunk and hit the ground. Sort of like the watch charger will do if it isn’t in a holder. Except louder and more expensive to replace. This was actually shown in the “snap” video they showed where a phone was pulled away. I couldn’t understand, are we expected to…
Personally, I'm waiting for it to release before jumping to conclusions. It's possible it's weighted so this isn't an issue, or the magnet is just strong enough to hold it in place but make it easy to pick up. Apple's usually pretty decent about providing a nice UX for these kinds of things. But I do agree the watch charger is a weird thing that pretty much requires a stand to feel complete.
Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
#659Let’s talk about the return of MagSafe! It seems...kinda dumb. Instead of plugging in a lightning cable, I can now stick a hockey puck to the back of my phone? The “safe” in MagSafe came from its “yankability” without sending your device flying. But if my phone is laying on top of a hockey puck...it’s gonna go flying if I trip on the cable. Why couldn’t we fill in the lightning port and use flush surface contacts, li…
My phone always slides off the center of my wireless charger in my car and it stops charging without me noticing -- I would love to have this feature there.
True, the alignment help would be great. I had a Palm in like 2006 that had a magnetic wireless charging dock. Ended up modding a Galaxy Nexus to use it in the car.
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#660Earlier quoted context omitted.
Even the iPhone 6 is too big to use one-handed, and I have giant sasquatch hands. I got one from work when they first came out, and ended up sticking with my iPhone 5. I also really dislike the protruding camera lens, and now all phones do that. The phone can't even lie flat on a surface. Bigger is not better. I use a Pixel 2 right now, and it's the perfect size for my hand. It also has a protruding lens, but with a…
Don’t some Pixels have a sloping back instead of a camera bump so they can lie flat?
The original Pixel 1 did, but every Pixel since has featured a camera bump.