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Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by eviks »

jm4 wrote: post #542
IgorPartola wrote: post #284

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The real advancements majority of users would notice: - Get rid of green text when messaging Android phones - More battery life. - Better camera (arguably already achieved) - lesser issue but fix the stupid bugs with storage/duplication with pictures and messages. I am already paying for a TB level plan with iCloud. How can my phone possibly run out of storage? That’s it. All the AI stuff is marginal at best and usel…

How about getting rid of that stupid back button in the top left corner when an app opens another app? It drives me crazy seeing it every time I click a link in a message. It's the most useless thing. There's already a good app switcher. What is the point of the back button?

It's worse than useless - I sometimes mistap it and switch the apps

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by GlenTheMachine »

wferrell wrote: post #728
mithr wrote: post #349

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I don't know that I completely agree. To some degree, sure — most folks probably don't notice the year-to-year updates in e.g. computing power. But my 70yo mother, who is pretty far from being technologically savvy, uses continuity every day to copy one-time-use codes from her phone to her computer, even though she'd have no idea what the term "continuity" means in this context. She notices that it's easier to snap b…

Genuine question - how do you get 1Password to stop re-asking for the typed in password. It is a pain in butt.

Settings->Security->Face ID. Set to "on".

By design, 1Password always makes you re-authenticate every time you lose focus on the app. But Face ID (or Touch ID) makes reauthenticating a lot less painful.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by eviks »

mulmen wrote: post #700
iteratethis wrote: post #258

I'm conflicted. It's absolutely stunning what smartphones can do these days and Apple makes an excellent product. It feels ungrateful and cynical to keep calling new models "boring". The reality though is that normie needs were accomplished several generations ago. I'll use my girlfriend as a sample of such user. She can't tell the difference between LCD and OLED nor would she notice Pro-motion. You can add a million…

I am an engineer at a big tech company. I’m not a “normie”. Even for me the new features aren’t compelling. They don’t really help me do anything I actually want to do. They don’t solve a problem or scratch an itch. And features change so often and so drastically I don’t really care to learn. I used to have an optical zoom but now I have super wide angle. My Fidelity widget used to show my balance but now it doesn’t…

How can you call it "solved" when such basics as text editing are broken?

The dishwasher comparison is also way off, the level of dishwasher interaction is primitive and the frequency thereof is very very low, so it's much easier to tolerate bad design

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by user_7832 »

strongpigeon wrote: post #307

I’m probably in the minority, but a thing I’d love to see is a much stronger flashlight. It’s silly, but the flashlight is something I use almost daily and having a more powerful one would be quite useful.

Not really what you're looking for, but a dedicated "proper" flashlight today easily has 1500-2000 lumens. It's a far cry from those old AA maglights, and frankly it's absolutely worth it if you need a torch for even 10 minutes a week.

I have a Sofirn SP35 (USB-C charging, standard 21700 battery) and for about $40 it can be brighter than a car's low beams. r/flashlight's recommended lights is a solid place to start.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by amatecha »

iteratethis wrote: post #258

I'm conflicted. It's absolutely stunning what smartphones can do these days and Apple makes an excellent product. It feels ungrateful and cynical to keep calling new models "boring". The reality though is that normie needs were accomplished several generations ago. I'll use my girlfriend as a sample of such user. She can't tell the difference between LCD and OLED nor would she notice Pro-motion. You can add a million…

I seriously wish I could just use my iPhone 3GS still. I mean, maybe with a slightly newer iOS than it supported, but otherwise, for me that was the perfect form factor, and it was such a "focused" product back then.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by scarface_74 »

cssanchez wrote: post #614
mithr wrote: post #349

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know that I completely agree. To some degree, sure — most folks probably don't notice the year-to-year updates in e.g. computing power. But my 70yo mother, who is pretty far from being technologically savvy, uses continuity every day to copy one-time-use codes from her phone to her computer, even though she'd have no idea what the term "continuity" means in this context. She notices that it's easier to snap b…

That's so cool! I had no idea about universal copy/paste and I struggle a lot with one time codes across devices since I don't have universal iMessage set up for privacy reasons. I usually just send them to myself via telegram for simplicity. Thank you for posting all these tips.

You realize Telegram is less secure than iMessage?

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by benoau »

hug wrote: post #729
benoau wrote: post #629

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Really interesting observation, but I would say there are still moments that can delight like we restored an old iPhone of my partner's and came across videos and live photos of our oldest when they were a toddler. Whether this is actually worth the many, many thousands we have spent on our smartphones to preserve rare moments that matter amongst many that really don't is another question. If smartphones never had ca…

This comment seems completely at odds with history and how people actually acted prior to the smartphone revolution. Film camera sales proceeded on a steady incline from their invention until the introduction of the digital camera. Digital camera sales increased year on year for every year of their existence prior to the introduction of the smartphone. Approximately everybody wants to have photos of their precious me…

> Approximately everybody wants to have photos of their precious memories

I guess the idea is all your memories are precious. What the parent poster said certainly resonated with me: most of them are not.

Writing is also a big part of history, which also gave us the ability to preserve our most special events since over 6,000+ years ago. This is the first century that isn't permeated with unknowns because few made any deliberate attempt to record things - and we had the option to paint on a cave wall for 10,000s of years before that too.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by creakingstairs »

baggachipz wrote: post #287
iteratethis wrote: post #258

I'm conflicted. It's absolutely stunning what smartphones can do these days and Apple makes an excellent product. It feels ungrateful and cynical to keep calling new models "boring". The reality though is that normie needs were accomplished several generations ago. I'll use my girlfriend as a sample of such user. She can't tell the difference between LCD and OLED nor would she notice Pro-motion. You can add a million…

I've been working in tech for 25 years, and I'm sure I hardly use any of the new features. Camera? Click, maybe crop it or turn it into a loop if it's funny. I play some games on it. I browse some social crap on it. I occasionally tell Siri to set a reminder. That's... about it. I'm really not sure what else I'm supposed to be doing.

I’m on the same boat as you. I do most of my productive work on my computer. But I started teaching kids recently and realised that kids do EVERYTHING on their phone these days. Write essays, edit videos, play games, make musics etc. A lot of them can’t type well on their keyboards and it’s the main source of frustration for kids when learning coding.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by danbala »

usaphp wrote: post #285

I love how ridiculous the scene to showcase Apple's Intelligence ability to tell you what bread the dog was. Instead of simply asking a women what breed her dog was - he had to open a camera app on his iPhone, ask a women a permission to take a photo of the dog, wait until the AI gives him an answer...

plays to the normal tendency of humans not to want to interact with other humans.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by steve_adams_86 »

dmix wrote: post #164

> Featuring a new 48MP Fusion camera with a faster quad-pixel sensor that enables 4K120 fps video recording in Dolby Vision, these new Pro models achieve the highest resolution and frame-rate combination ever available on iPhone Every iPhone generation makes YouTube video quality slightly better as it’s what a lot of people use. That plus social media. Camera quality is quite amazing these days

I’ve been blown away by the 15 Pro’s camera quality. I still use my camera for more serious photo taking, but the phone is kind of my default for throwing content together because it’s so flexible and the quality is basically good enough to go live with. I didn’t expect this at all. It has been a really pleasant surprise.
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