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Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by whalesalad »

dylan604 wrote: post #14

That whole presentation could have been 30 minutes shorter. It's a product announcement not an investors meeting. Show me the products. Make a sustainability PR as a separate piece. Get your name in the news twice. Seems strange

For the last hundred years tech journalism orgs like macrumors, the verge, appleinsider etc have been producing "the apple keynote: all you need to know in 10 minutes" videos. if you care about the presentation, watch the live stream. if you are a grumpy grumpster in a hurry don't watch it and wait for these videos to come out on YouTube shortly thereafter

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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the_other wrote: post #278
bombcar wrote: post #11

Honestly for me the best part is the USB-C. Every year it's a new camera, new whatever, but USB-C is going to mean I can get rid of all these lightning cables. Not increasing the price is nice, I guess. Will have to buy more USB-C cables, though. (Technically the low highest end phone is higher, but higher spec, too). It comes with one USB-C to USB-C charging cable - not sure if it is a data cable, also. Pre-order Fr…

> It comes with one USB-C to USB-C charging cable - not sure if it is a data cable, also. This is why USB-C is a user-hostile spec.

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Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by Kirby64 »

GloriousKoji wrote: post #181
post_break wrote: post #32

USB 2.0 on the 15 is kind of a joke considering it came out in April of 2000. 60hz, USB 2.0, getting a bit dated. I know a bunch of people will excuse it but at that price I think it's not ideal. Oh and RIP 13 Mini, you'll be my phone until I can't use it anymore I suppose.

USB3 (on USBC) is actually asymmetric signaling so you need either a separate chip or digital logic to handle muxing the signals around which is extra cost Apple probably doesn't want to eat. The USB-2 pins on USBC are symmetrical so nothing extra required.

Standard USB3 on USB-C does not require any muxing. It's only muxing if you need to do displayport, alt modes, etc etc.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by Retric »

yodsanklai wrote: post #653
bombcar wrote: post #11

Honestly for me the best part is the USB-C. Every year it's a new camera, new whatever, but USB-C is going to mean I can get rid of all these lightning cables. Not increasing the price is nice, I guess. Will have to buy more USB-C cables, though. (Technically the low highest end phone is higher, but higher spec, too). It comes with one USB-C to USB-C charging cable - not sure if it is a data cable, also. Pre-order Fr…

Now if they can put back a jack port...

You can get an adapter for audio jack to lightning or USB-C port. But, I almost never see anyone use one over Bluetooth.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by xpe »

faeriechangling wrote: post #633
nowooski wrote: post #342

It's pretty wild that Apple has held prices down the last few years in the face of elevated inflation. I decided to calculate the inflation-adjusted price of every iPhone ever, and the 15 line are some of the most affordable (in 2023 dollars). Full table and charts are here: https://www.perfectrec.com/posts/iPhone15-price But the take aways are: - iPhone 15 is cheapest base model since the OG iPhone in 2007 - 15 Plus…

The iPhone is improving less and less generationally and faces stiff competition. Regarding the regular iPhone, I haven't seen Apple be this far back in display tech in such an expensive product since 2017 when the MacBook Air was still using a 1440x900 display. The pricing of the 15 pro is pretty remarkable to me considering apple is paying for titanium and 3nm silicon this time around. It's also interesting how App…

> The iPhone is improving less and less

it is hard to buck the S-curve : https://www.open.edu/openlearn/nature-environment/organisati...

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by ptmcc »

mettamage wrote: post #54

Does anyone have any clue how long I have to wait for a replaceable battery? IIRC the EU has made it happen that tech giants need to conform to this.

The EU rule doesn't necessarily mean swappable like old 90s phones, just that it is "easily" replaceable without glues and specialty tools.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by SergeAx »

dahwolf wrote: post #420

The entire announcement is an exercise in masking that they're running out of ideas. Excessive lectures on environmental footprint. Lots of cultural/humanitarian story telling, a pile of non-relatable tech info where they only briefly showed the embarrassing "up to 10% faster", dull/static presenters with their fake excitement. Even the Pro model, typically the only model where they might add some actual features of…

There's no ideas, there's nothing else to improve here. We don't need nothing new in phones for several years now. Except maybe more battery life, but it is out of Apple's control.

I am writing this from 5 years old Android phone, and all I really need now is a fresh battery.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by _8j50 »

bombcar wrote: post #11

Honestly for me the best part is the USB-C. Every year it's a new camera, new whatever, but USB-C is going to mean I can get rid of all these lightning cables. Not increasing the price is nice, I guess. Will have to buy more USB-C cables, though. (Technically the low highest end phone is higher, but higher spec, too). It comes with one USB-C to USB-C charging cable - not sure if it is a data cable, also. Pre-order Fr…

Why does everyone like usb-c? It is inferior to lightning. With usb-c, the connector on the device can break or come loose (male), with lightning the male connector is on the cable, so easier to replace and maintain long term!

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by Hermitian909 »

sharkjacobs wrote: post #604

> So the only compelling reason to upgrade from the 14 is... Your brain has been rotted by product marketing and tech consumer hype fanaticism. If your phone is a year old then the only reasons to buy a new one are - you make a living developing software for that phone - you make a living writing about that phone - you are a hobbyist or enthusiast who loves phones and wants to spend disposable income on them

I think this is the parent comment's complaint, no? Go back a decade and the rate of improvement in phones meant there was reason to be buying a new one every year (just like computers in 90s). Now that innovation is slow, it's just this year's update to a consumer good rather than a leading edge of a tech revolution.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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Post by _8j50 »

Why does everyone like usb-c? It is inferior to lightning. With usb-c, the connector on the device can break or come loose (male), with lightning the male connector is on the cable, so easier to replace and maintain long term!
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