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Apple Debuts iPhone 16e

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Post by kstrauser »

hyperpl wrote: post #639

I have a (regular) Pixel 8 and given that this is smaller and finally has USB-C I'm very tempted to try to jump to Apple again but I'm curious about the following: 1. Is there a terminal equivalent like termux? 2. Is there an open source wireguard client like the official wireguard client for Android? 3. Is it possible to upload mp4 videos to it to watch offline? 4. Is it possible to upload some of my mp3 collection…

1. Not really. There are some good SSH clients that I'd recommend instead.

2. I use the official Wireguard client.

3. Yep.

4. Yep.

5. People grouse about it, but iCloud works brilliantly if you use it with other Apple gear. There are also the usual suspects like Box, Dropbox, GDrive, etc.

Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 16e

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Post by enragedcacti »

arijun wrote: post #609
enragedcacti wrote: post #313

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I'm sure the modem contributes, but IMO the battery life is probably mostly from just having a bigger battery due to the new internal design (and maybe chemistry changes). The new design moves the frame's structure into the middle of the sandwich, making it more rigid and allowing them to make the frame thinner to pack in more battery. Lots of people are mad about losing magsafe but in magsafe phones the magnets sit…

I don’t understand—if the frame is in the middle why can’t the MagSafe go on the outside?

It could, but as it is all the components are directly against the back glass. The magnets have thickness so the phone would have to be thicker or the battery would have to be thinner for everything to fit.

Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 16e

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Post by kstrauser »

adamsb6 wrote: post #627
kart23 wrote: post #574

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read the fine print > The last month’s payment for each product will be the product’s purchase price, less all other payments at the monthly payment amount

Aha, 59900 % 24 = 20. Still interesting this is one of few products offering zero interest financing.

Yeah, I've used that for the last few models. I'd just as soon use their money over mine.

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Post by ksec »

layer8 wrote: post #606
ksec wrote: post #428

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I am actually optimistic that we might get the mini again now the 16e is priced at $599. There is a space for Mini at $499. Part of the problem with Mini was its battery life. It seems 16e is improving on exactly that. Although I think it wont be 5.4" again since it was too small compared to the rest of the line up where it is usually 20% bigger screen to next size up. May be 5.6" or even 5.8" as the original X.

I don’t think there is space, because the production costs of a mini model aren’t substantially lower. Remember that when the 12 mini launched, its price was the same as the 11, and the regular 12 got $100 more expensive.

The mini did exactly and precisely bump up the whole product range pricing. So the regular iPhone 12 got to $799 instead of $699. A 16e Mini will make the 16e product range starts at $499.

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Post by benoittravers »

makeitdouble wrote: post #533
bustling-noose wrote: post #225

Think of the QC modem as an API and that API is limited to what QC wants apple or anyone else using their modem to do. The firmware is pushed by QC and then apple can use it to update it’s modems of QC when it does it’s now updates. Now with C1 that API is designed at apple and in a way that their soc team wants to get the best battery life along. So the modem can be turned off / on updated request data signals etc i…

> Would love a 5G MacBook with a data plan. I thoroughly enjoyed the ATP podcast discussion on this. Sounds like the base assumption is Apple is incapable of having decent tethering even as they control the whole ecosystem, including special protocols in-between their product they design 100% from hardware to software. But somehow pushing the modem in the MacBook solves this...because Apple is then good at managing t…

Do you have a link to that podcast about 5G MacBook?

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bdhcuidbebe wrote: post #381
Retr0id wrote: post #284

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But how many hours of video playback?

My iPhone today last for less than a day while I dont watch any video on it, In fact, i barely use it currently, and it still drains batteries in no time. And yes, I disabled most background services and location services and run screen on low brightness - all the popular hacks to reduce battery usage.

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Post by rescbr »

seec wrote: post #527
rescbr wrote: post #328

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I'd say it's a nice platform to test on before bringing it to flagship models. Same thing with the new modem.

They did the modem because it's actually cheaper for them. They already bought the Intel division and had engineers work on it for over 5 years, so it's already sunk costs at best. Since they came up with a working design, it is FOR SURE cheaper for them to use it than to buy something from Qualcomm. I'm a bit suspicious about this, because if it was truly great, they would have waited longer to advertise it as a mus…

I wouldn’t say it’s suspicious. I think it is a good plan to get telemetry from real world usage.

Since Apple owns the whole stack, they can iterate faster too.

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Post by be_erik »

wiredfool wrote: post #440
reaperducer wrote: post #435

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My iPhone today last for less than a day while I dont watch any video on it, In fact, i barely use it currently, and it still drains batteries in no time. Odd. I wonder if you have some apps updating in the background a lot. Both my personal and my work iPhones are two-years-old, and both will last several days even with audio streaming. I put my work phone in its drawer last Thursday, and when I took it out on Tuesd…

Tailscale and Wireguard absolutely murder the battery if the network is down/flakey.

Agreed. I so wish this was fixed. It’s so bad.
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