I was hoping they would move to SCSI. I understand it would change the dimensions somewhat, but it's ridiculous that in 2023 I cannot connect my iPhone to my Quadra 800.
Then we could daisy chain multiple iPhones into the one connector for charging!
iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
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#712I wonder if you'll be able to connect a harddrive to the phone via USB-C and send all your photos to your harddrive. (even if the process took a Mac to help facilitate) That'd be the best feature as people have all so many photos and at this point they have to live on the cloud. But whether they admit it or not, the cloud can be buggy and it's very common to lose photos or videos if that's the only place they live.
Looks like this is supported: https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/external-storage-devi...
Wow this is big.
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#713Apple, I don’t want a giant phone that I have to carry in my hands. Make another mini version that costs less than $2k and you can have my money. I already have an iPad or several laptops that I can do “big” things on.
See, the thing is, the market for that just isn't that big. You're a vocal minority.
Apple needs to make phones in big quantities for their economies of scale to function, but the market for small phones is small enough that it only makes sense to produce one every few years. (source: one of their yearly reports, IIRC)
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#714It'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 new base Pro Max is the same price as the equivalent previous model: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/12/iphone-15-pro-pricing/
They basically eliminated the lower 128GB model.
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#715Gutted that the iPhone mini is essentially dead. I don't want a phone any bigger. I'll hang onto my 13 Mini for as long as I can, hopefully they will update the SE to basically be the new Mini.
The small phone in general seems dead. Android phones don't even have good small options anymore. I'm hoping that folding phones are here to save the day in a "the king is dead long live the king moment" as screens have become so big, they're now overflowing to being small again.
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#716> A huge leap forward for iPhone Marginal improvement presented as huge leap forward. If only words had to mean something > with a gorgeous new design featuring a durable, color-infused back glass Didn't the iPhone 2 have a back glass? What's durable about a back glass, aluminium doesn't break.
Aluminum unfortunately is incompatible with wireless charging. While I would forgo the latter for the former, Apple seems to think the market won’t. So we're stuck with the glass sandwich. The alternative would be plastic, which Apple doesn't want to do anymore either.
Plastics are compatible with wireless charging. There are plastics that would hold up much better than glass, are lighter, probably cheaper, just better.
Its crazy that people have accepted glass as a "premium" material. It's probably about the worst possible choice.
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#717I may be an odd on out here, but I'm not a fan of the move to USB-C. I don't care about data speeds or charging speeds. I don't even care about durability of the cable as they can be replaced. I care about durability of the charging port on the device and every USB-C device I've ever owned has become "loose" over time. This includes my iPad Mini, so I don't believe Apples has found a solution to this. Meanwhile, I ma…
Did you ever try scraping the bottom of the USB-C port with a bobby pin? I find over time pocket lint gets squished at the back of the port and stops the cable fitting in as snug. For some reason it seems to be more of a problem with USB-C ports than lightning ports.
This! I've fixed so many broken and flaky USB-C ports by simply cleaning the gunk at the bottom.
I find that a plastic flossing pick works really well. (I'd be hesitant to use anything metal like a bobby pin.)
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#718So the only compelling reason to upgrade from the 14 is...USB-C, where people are saying the 15 (non-Pro) runs at USB2 speeds? This was one of the most lackluster Apple launches in recent memory. I long for the day when Apple actually innovated on this product line. Now they're simply treading water and only making good changes when forced to (EU requiring USB-C). I will give credit where it is due for Apple -- the M…
Apple products have always been overpriced, don't make excuses for it in previous years. And this mindset of upgrading every year is quite diseased.
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#719Gutted that the iPhone mini is essentially dead. I don't want a phone any bigger. I'll hang onto my 13 Mini for as long as I can, hopefully they will update the SE to basically be the new Mini.
The small phone in general seems dead. Android phones don't even have good small options anymore. I'm hoping that folding phones are here to save the day in a "the king is dead long live the king moment" as screens have become so big, they're now overflowing to being small again.
The only reason I can see for the ubiquitous big phones is addiction, which is widespread now. If you're using your phone all the time, yeah the bigger screen makes sense so you can do more on it. If you're only pulling it out rarely for a few necessary things, better if it fits in the pocket easily.
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#720I can't understand why they invest so much in gaming. Gaming on such small devices is too uncomfortable, both for your eyes and your posture. In addition, with cloud gaming you can basically run any PC/Console game on any device provided a good-enough connection (eg. Nvidia NOW, Xbox cloud gaming etc)
Mobile gaming is about 10x the size of the PC and console markets.
And 90% of money spent on mobile is for some sort of virtual item slot machine.