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Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by websap »

Nevermark wrote: post #664

John Ternus, and his co-presenters, still presented with the now institutionalized Apple-voice: obviously-rehearsed, emotionally-flat, robo-replay. They spent their time practicing to recite, instead of talk, to people. So hard to sit through. I had assumed that was a genuine, if not inspiring, reflection of Cook's controlled non-spontaneous personality. Relative to Steve's emotionally-rich casual-coded excited-to-sh…

Steve Jobs built sand castles at Apple, these guys are building Kings Landing.

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by wildekek »

MPSimmons wrote: post #235

Why do they insist on every new phone being bigger than the phones before them? I don't mind folding. I think it's cool, and a nice way to get a useful space. But I have big hands, and I can't use my iphone 17 now without two hands. This is even wider before unfolding. Who wants bigger phones? Who is like, "damn I wish I had a tablet that I could fold up and still barely fit in my pocket"? I want smaller phones. The…

People in their forties with money and declining eyesight who refuse to wear reading glasses until they really have to. (Me)

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by kvnhn »

PSA: Spoiler alert for the show Silo in some of the demo shots.

Product demos spoiling TV shows… What a time to be alive.

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by apublicfrog »

MPSimmons wrote: post #235

Why do they insist on every new phone being bigger than the phones before them? I don't mind folding. I think it's cool, and a nice way to get a useful space. But I have big hands, and I can't use my iphone 17 now without two hands. This is even wider before unfolding. Who wants bigger phones? Who is like, "damn I wish I had a tablet that I could fold up and still barely fit in my pocket"? I want smaller phones. The…

> Who is like, "damn I wish I had a tablet that I could fold up and still barely fit in my pocket"?

Me! Sounds great. Ideally a full fold up laptops or some sort of HUD, but I'll take a pocket folding tablet for now.

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by evoluketion »

Price is just pure insanity.

50% more than the Z Fold 8, and still several hundred dollars more than the Z Fold 8 Ultra.

Who is this actually for? It's not for the average consumer that's for sure.

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by dwrodri »

hankbond wrote: post #180

At some point these phones are powerful enough that we need to be able go get a desktop experience that can run macOS. Why is a 600 dollar neo more capable for productivity than a 2000 dollar iphone with a much beefier chip?

Canonical was simply 14 years too early, but we are rapidly apporaching this vision: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/02/ubuntu-for-android-c...

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by notatoad »

Nevermark wrote: post #664

John Ternus, and his co-presenters, still presented with the now institutionalized Apple-voice: obviously-rehearsed, emotionally-flat, robo-replay. They spent their time practicing to recite, instead of talk, to people. So hard to sit through. I had assumed that was a genuine, if not inspiring, reflection of Cook's controlled non-spontaneous personality. Relative to Steve's emotionally-rich casual-coded excited-to-sh…

It’s been a while since I watched an Apple presentation, but I caught a bit of this one. And I spent the whole time trying to figure out who it was for - the presenters didn’t seem to express any genuine excitement about the products, and it didn’t convey any useful information that couldn’t be better shared by just posting the slides.

The only thing I can see is that it generates some clips for the presenters to share on their LinkedIn pages. I assume there is prestige in being selected as a presenter, and the rest of the show serves its purpose simply by existing.

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by dyarosla »

evoluketion wrote: post #796

Price is just pure insanity. 50% more than the Z Fold 8, and still several hundred dollars more than the Z Fold 8 Ultra. Who is this actually for? It's not for the average consumer that's for sure.

A first gen product like this is for early adopters and wealthy individuals who status seek

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by c0decracker »

One thing I always wondered about Apple specifically is how do they actually coordinate so many layers of integration -- materials, hardware of various kinds, manufacturing, software. How is that done on like day-to-day basis?
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