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Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by technojunkie »

steelframe wrote: post #603

I used to care about my photos a lot. After accumulating a few decades worth of photos I've gotten to the point where I don't care about my photos at all. I used to obsess over megapixel count, portrait mode, FPS, lighting, and so forth, because I used to think that these amazing images would be priceless in the future. Well, the future came and went, and to me they actually ended up being worthless. At one time I ca…

I could have written all of this myself. It exactly mirrors how I progressed to the same conclusions. Very well said!

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by steve_adams_86 »

I really hope next year they bring back Touch ID and throw it on the action or camera button.

I’m using my action button, I like being able to assign it to ProCamera, but it’s not as useful as it could be. I miss Touch ID.

I’m not sure why but Face ID fails for me quite often. Maybe 25% of the time. I have to make a real effort to ensure it works. Straighten out my glasses, hold the phone up and look straight into the camera, ensure good lighting, etc.

Though sometimes it will randomly work in nearly pitch black conditions. How the hell? I miss Touch ID.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by mandeepj »

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…

> If the iPhone would have true user-swappable batteries, their business would collapse

You can still take your old iPhone to a local electronic store or that phone stall at your nearby mall and get that dying battery replaced or check this one https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+15+Battery+Replacement/1...

Yeah - a battery replacement wouldn’t collapse a mere $3T juggernaut

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by lobochrome »

benoau wrote: post #629
steelframe wrote: post #603

I used to care about my photos a lot. After accumulating a few decades worth of photos I've gotten to the point where I don't care about my photos at all. I used to obsess over megapixel count, portrait mode, FPS, lighting, and so forth, because I used to think that these amazing images would be priceless in the future. Well, the future came and went, and to me they actually ended up being worthless. At one time I ca…

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…

Yeah agreed kids are the difference. Everything else is either dabbling in being an artist - which most people are not - or noise.

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Post by evilduck »

look_lookatme wrote: post #721
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.

Just a data point, I have a $800 watch (Garmin Fenix 7 Pro Sapphire) that has a built in LED flashlight, including a red hue. I bought it to have backup GPS in off grid situations and for health and activity tracking, but tbh the feature I would never want to give up is the flashlight. I use it all the time and it’s, frankly, invaluable. I’m not sure if other smart watches have good flashlights, but they should. I al…

Apple Watches also have a "flashlight" feature, including a red light mode for SOS and running modes, but they just turn on the screen to full white or red output with some brightness controls. It's not a dedicated LED emitter like yours appears to be but it's sufficient for finding things in the dark or not tripping on something.

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Post by hu3 »

steelframe wrote: post #603

I used to care about my photos a lot. After accumulating a few decades worth of photos I've gotten to the point where I don't care about my photos at all. I used to obsess over megapixel count, portrait mode, FPS, lighting, and so forth, because I used to think that these amazing images would be priceless in the future. Well, the future came and went, and to me they actually ended up being worthless. At one time I ca…

I went the opposite way.

I used to not take photos because I never went back to see them. And even if I did, one the best moments to review THAT photo is when I am talking to someone else about a related memory.

Now with Google photos, if we are talking about that one time when I was a kid driving a tractor, I search for tractor in photos app and presto, like magic the conversation about that memory has a nostalgic photo to boost the moment.

Family loves it!

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by 1123581321 »

steelframe wrote: post #603

I used to care about my photos a lot. After accumulating a few decades worth of photos I've gotten to the point where I don't care about my photos at all. I used to obsess over megapixel count, portrait mode, FPS, lighting, and so forth, because I used to think that these amazing images would be priceless in the future. Well, the future came and went, and to me they actually ended up being worthless. At one time I ca…

When you get older, the photos aren’t for you, they’re for the descendants of you and your siblings, and their communities during funerals etc.

It sounds like you needed a healthy correction from too much sharing and organizing, but just a few shots will be treasured.

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Post by _gabe_ »

akira2501 wrote: post #490
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…

> It feels ungrateful and cynical to keep calling new models "boring". The church of American consumerism is so galling to me. This is a trillion dollar corporation that famously involves itself in tax schemes to avoid paying the face value rate that any other smaller corporation would have to pay. You feel "ungrateful" or "cynical" because they aren't innovating? Good lord man. Get out of that church.

A more optimistic reading of that sentence is that OP respects the accomplishments the engineers were able to make, but they aren’t impressed. I tend to agree with your sentiment, but reading the whole original post in context does not give me the same take away that you got :)

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Post by eightysixfour »

baby wrote: post #660

I just made the switch to Android last week following the release of the pixel fold 9 pro. I couldn't wait for Apple to release a fold, they took too much time, and every new iPhone just looks like the one from 5 years ago. I haven't had an Android phone in something like 10 years and I really think that Apple is about to start losing its monopoly due to the folding phones. They're the main (only?) reason to move to…

The rumors point to next year.
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