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Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 16e

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Post by forgotoldacc »

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.

Try disabling Bluetooth from within the settings. My iPhone and iPad would drain like 50% of their batteries overnight if I left Bluetooth on. Now they drain about 10-15%. Still a lot for devices doing nothing, but better than before.

The drop down menu doesn't actually disable bluetooth so that alone won't work.

Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 16e

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Post by wilg »

strunz wrote: post #690
wilg wrote: post #588

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Yes I know, that's why it's misleading and not wrong .

That isn't misleading at all.

Of course it is, it makes you think they're talking about the non-Max size class iPhones when in fact they're splitting hairs about a 5mm difference in screen size to make it sound more impressive.

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Post by apparent »

throwaway48476 wrote: post #448
apparent wrote: post #407

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You can record videos for later playback on the AVP, in case you care. There's also UWB and magsafe on the vanilla 16. And the dynamic island and the camera control button. But it's mostly little things, which many people probably don't care about.

No, no one cares about AVP.

Currently, this is roughly true. But there's a decent chance it will have a killer app within the next ~5 years, and then adoption will grow quickly. At that point, it would be nice to have a small library of videos/photos that were taken with the AVP in mind.

Regardless of the AVP's success, there will probably be some AR/VR device that becomes popular, and can read this format in the future.

Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 16e

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Post by apparent »

Nition wrote: post #663
apparent wrote: post #399

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This is a lot bigger. IIRC the mini is smaller than the old SE, and this is bigger than the mini. It's not a "plus" sized iPhone, but that would be skipping up two size classes. It has gone from small to regular.

To be absolutely clear, the mini is bigger than the first gen SE but smaller than the second and third gen SE.

Oh true. I guess we skipped those generations since there wasn't much difference compared to the regular iPhones that were out at the time.

Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 16e

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Post by apparent »

bdhcuidbebe wrote: post #443
apparent wrote: post #394

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How old is your phone/battery? When you say less than a day, do you mean 24 hrs or the period of time you're awake?

iPhone 13 mini, i mean 24 hours

I have found low-battery mode to be very useful. I also have background updates turned off for most apps, but this greatly extends my battery life. When traveling, I turn it on by default at the beginning of the day.

Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 16e

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Post by gkanai »

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…

for 3 and 4 the native apps support those formats but you may be happier with VLC which is available for iOS as well.

Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 16e

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Post by microflash »

Kinda disappointing on all three fronts I was hoping there could be some improvement: size, weight, price.

With medical conditions affecting my muscle strength, I wish phones would get a bit lighter. Glass sandwich form factor is unnecessarily heavy and fatigues my arms.

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Post by makeitdouble »

benoittravers wrote: post #656
makeitdouble wrote: post #533

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> 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?

This one: https://atp.fm/625

I must have been around the 1h20 time in the podcast

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Post by beretguy »

sdo72 wrote: post #279
deergomoo wrote: post #176

At this point there’s only really one thing I want from an iPhone and that’s an option for a 12/13 mini sized device again. Surely those phones didn’t sell so few that it’s not worth doing at all?

still using my 13 mini after 3.5 years, the battery is at 84%, still good for 1.5 day of light usage.

Still using my SE from 2016.
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