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Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by lm28469 »

1123581321 wrote: post #747
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.

That was fun and interesting when your entire grandparents history fitted in a 100 pages album

Now that you have 40000 selfies with silly faces and 25000 pictures of burgers it's going to be way less interesting

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by tuatoru »

callalex wrote: post #210
laweijfmvo wrote: post #24

So did they just give up on Blood-Oxygen sensing on the Watch? Thought it might be a good time to update my Watch 6 (black titanium) to a 10, since they brought back the black titanium, but they just have no answer for the blood-oxygen lawsuit?

It’s been really crappy the entire time it existed, so it’s not a big loss. I have my watch on quite snugly (but not too tight), and fairly high on my wrist, and the stupid thing only takes maybe 3-5 measurements per DAY. Also, it cannot take measurements while exercising, or even moving.

It takes more frequent measurements in "sleep" focus mode (Settings > Focus.)

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by lm28469 »

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…

Ironically the only photos I connect with are the ones I took (and I'm still taking) with my dad's 35mm slr from the 80s. It's the one he used to take all my childhood pictures and I'm confident I will be able to take pics of my kid(s) with it.

I shoot maybe one roll of film a month on average, so about 400 pics a year, 1/10th are keepers, that's 40 good pics per year and I remember where I took every single one of them since I started this in 2018.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by thebruce87m »

makeitdouble wrote: post #517
arcticbull wrote: post #274

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If the iPhone would have true user-swappable batteries, their business would collapse. Battery replacement costs at Apple are $69-99 and offered all the way back to the iPhone SE 1st Generation. That's the all-in cost where you bring it in, they open it up, swap it out, and give your phone back to you. An OEM battery for an Android phone is like $50. Budgeting $69-99 once every 3-4 years hardly seems like it's goin…

> iPhone SE 1st Generation To note, that's a regional thing. It seems to stop at gen2 for Asian countries for ex. > Budgeting $69-99 once every 3-4 years iPhone batteries become subpar way faster than that, especially the older models who get more strained as they bear the heavier OS. Once every year and a half looks more realistic to me.

iPhone 11 here and no battery complaints

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by Tade0 »

beretguy wrote: post #695
raydev wrote: post #424

For fun, revisit the iPhone 6 announcement thread on HN[1], coincidentally posted 10 years ago today. I love going back to these to see how people responded. The more things change... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8292029

A lot of people complaining how big the iPhone 6 generation is. I’ll continue using my SE 1st Gen with 4 inch screen for as long as I can.

My SO was using one until it started behaving erratically.

It's the little iPhone that could and it's such a shame that its most recent replacement - the iPhone 13 Mini is both such a brick in comparison and did not have a successor.

What's worse there's hardly any choice nowadays in the sub 70mm width, sub 150g weight category. I guess people collectively resigned themselves to holding their devices with both hands.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by selfmodruntime »

Loranubi wrote: post #794
mgh2 wrote: post #709

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> Most people don't buy the pro and they're desperate for selling points in the regular model. "Pro Max currently accounts for nearly 40% of new model shipments" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386700 You misunderstand the business case: she is not the target demographic/user, filmmakers are (as seen on the presentation). Apple's product marketing is 2nd to none. To break it down: iPhone 16 is for photographer…

That doesn't make sense. 99.9% of iPhone users are not photographers or filmmakers.

Oh but they are. They just aren't doing it for money. My mother buys new iPhones almost exclusively for the camera.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by benterix »

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.

It's not entirely true: apart from hardware measures, they also use software to enforce phone upgrades.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by can16358p »

paxys wrote: post #82

Smaller notch? Touch ID? Better battery life? Faster charging? Larger default storage? Nope, let's skip all that and spend most of the event talking about video recording. Is anyone here actually excited about the features they just announced? Or are people simply upgrading because they get the latest iPhone every year or two by default?

I personally don't care about smaller notch (wouldn't say no of course, but not dealbreaker)

Battery life is more than enough for me almost every day.

Why on Earth should I downgrade to Touch ID when using Face ID?

I cared about the camera and improved ultra wide angle, 5x telephoto (my current one, 14 Pro Max has 3x) and 4K 120FPS HDR are enough for me to upgrade.

I agree that the general improvements could be better though: nowadays it's mostly software/AI stuff, and I'd definitely would like to have better camera/better display upgrades instead of just software stuff.

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by ksec »

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 think She will notice one thing, and that is battery life. The new OLED, new SoC, new Modem, along with slightly better battery all means that you should be getting 20-30% more battery life when all things being equal.

But what you said is true I think a lot of people would be happy with the upcoming iPhone SE, which is basically a iPhone 14 with single camera, Apple modem and A18. On the assumption that the Modem isn't too bad. ( Not too sure if it will be 8GB or 6GB memory, which could mean getting Apple intelligence support or not )

Re: iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Post by leokennis »

lm28469 wrote: post #821
1123581321 wrote: post #747

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

That was fun and interesting when your entire grandparents history fitted in a 100 pages album Now that you have 40000 selfies with silly faces and 25000 pictures of burgers it's going to be way less interesting

I take photos liberally.

Then on a weekly basis I delete all the duplicates/failed shots/boring photos.

And then on a yearly basis I select the ones 10-50 photos that evoke the best memories and emotions.

Those 10-50 are the ones that I print and put in a separate album in the photos app to look at regularly. The rest I store “just in case”.

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