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2019 iPhones to Include New 'R1' Sensor Coprocessor Codenamed 'Rose'

I"m curious if this new motion/location thingamajig can work out the difference between me walking (with phone in pocket) and me cycling. I do love the fact it racks up my "steps climbed!" stats as I cycle up a hill, but I'd prefer it to know the difference.

Also, as someone mentioned, I'm also curious to know whether one needs a new phone for these new tile things to work. If so then you'd all better hope you lose your stuff in the rich neighbourhood! Drop it near me and you'll never see it again :)
 
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Bawstun said:
Yes, 0.00005% of you. The same percentage that cared about 3D Touch and why Apple is dropping it to save money on hardware costs and going with a longpress haptic touch instead. This isn’t a feature very many people are ever going to find useful.
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The difference in your post, 3D Touch actually was a hardware feature that was integrated for personal interaction with the phone, the R1 processor is an internal component that no one would have an understanding of what it probably does anyways. I get what you’re saying, but totally two different scenarios here. Plus, we don’t know the tangible benefits what the R1 would offer, so let’s just reserve those judgments. Just sayin.
 
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The Apple Tile will most likely be UWB only and work with the Apple Phone 11 and higher devices. You might say that excludes a lot of iPhones from utilizing it but in 4 years everyone will have a UWB Apple Phone and it will be a mute issue. Apple is always looking forward and as we know they throw older technology under the bus as soon as they can.
 
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adrianlondon said:
I"m curious if this new motion/location thingamajig can work out the difference between me walking (with phone in pocket) and me cycling. I do love the fact it racks up my "steps climbed!" stats as I cycle up a hill, but I'd prefer it to know the difference.

Also, as someone mentioned, I'm also curious to know whether one needs a new phone for these new tile things to work. If so then you'd all better hope you lose your stuff in the rich neighbourhood! Drop it near me and you'll never see it again :)
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My guess is they profile the different forms of transport by considering the pattern of speed, heart rate, and accelerometer bumps (steps), plus pressure for height.

e.g. if you're travelling at 3x typical walking speed with just a moderate heart rate it's a good chance you're cycling

Without heart rate you can use the accelerometer bumps to see if you're taking steps or rolling smoothly
 
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JosephAW said:
The Apple Tile will most likely be UWB only and work with the Apple Phone 11 and higher devices. You might say that excludes a lot of iPhones from utilizing it but in 4 years everyone will have a UWB Apple Phone and it will be a mute issue. Apple is always looking forward and as we know they throw older technology under the bus as soon as they can.
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Moot
 
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JosephAW said:
The Apple Tile will most likely be UWB only and work with the Apple Phone 11 and higher devices. You might say that excludes a lot of iPhones from utilizing it but in 4 years everyone will have a UWB Apple Phone and it will be a mute issue. Apple is always looking forward and as we know they throw older technology under the bus as soon as they can.
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Yet another remark for which there already exists reporting to the contrary.
 
I like how we’ve gone from “the new iPhone can do this and that”, which means something, to “the new iPhone has the new R1 processor”, which means zero
 
Khedron said:
My guess is they profile the different forms of transport by considering the pattern of speed, heart rate, and accelerometer bumps (steps), plus pressure for height.

e.g. if you're travelling at 3x typical walking speed with just a moderate heart rate it's a good chance you're cycling

Without heart rate you can use the accelerometer bumps to see if you're taking steps or rolling smoothly
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That makes sense. I don't wear a watch so there's no HRM but the accelerometer should, as you say, be able to tell them apart. My 6S can't but let's see what these new phones can do!
 
More tracking features even when not in line of sight of GPS satellites.
 
Is this then the 2nd of two Co-Processors being added to Apple's A-series processors ?

Word of the "Matrix" Co-Processor leaked a few weeks ago ... that one very-likely for CPU-based color space conversions ... e.g., from P3 (captured from the camera) to P3 PQ or P3 HLG.

iOS RAM Mgmt is extremely poor now, vs even a few years ago.

So, the Co-Processors "potentially" provide a HUGE benefit !
 
ugcop said:
It all just means that from now on, in addition to listening to you and tracking you the camera will be watching and mapping the inside of your house. Defeat it with black electrical tape over the lens and tinfoil hat on your head.
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I bet Apple could make some very shiny, very accurately folded tinfoil hats.
For the small price of 49.99 plus taxes. 59.99 for the smaller ones and 69.99 for the XXL versions, for the knuckle-heads ;-)
 
maybe the Health App will be able to track steps more accurately now, like a $20 pedometer does with ease
 
Maybe the new phone will fix the rubbish LTE signal on the XS Max modems
 
adrianlondon said:
I"m curious if this new motion/location thingamajig can work out the difference between me walking (with phone in pocket) and me cycling. I do love the fact it racks up my "steps climbed!" stats as I cycle up a hill, but I'd prefer it to know the difference.

Also, as someone mentioned, I'm also curious to know whether one needs a new phone for these new tile things to work. If so then you'd all better hope you lose your stuff in the rich neighbourhood! Drop it near me and you'll never see it again :)
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I thought the offline tracking would utilise iOS 13 and therefore the vast majority of iOS devices in a few months. You are right, the offline tracking won’t be much use if it relies exclusively on iPhone 11 hardware for the first year. I’m hoping this isn’t the case, as Find My will be much more useful with offline tracking, iTile or no iTile.
 
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Relentless Power said:
The difference in your post, 3D Touch actually was a hardware feature that was integrated for personal interaction with the phone, the R1 processor is an internal component that no one would have an understanding of what it probably does anyways. I get what you’re saying, but totally two different scenarios here. Plus, we don’t know the tangible benefits what the R1 would offer, so let’s just reserve those judgments. Just sayin.
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Hard to reserve judgment when it’s going to pimped as the greatest thing since sliced bread during the keynote. just look at the rumor coming conveniently a day before the keynote as a way to increase interest.[/QUOTE]
 
I figured it would be for the camera. Maybe the competitor for Google's Night Sight.
 
JosephAW said:
The Apple Tile will most likely be UWB only and work with the Apple Phone 11 and higher devices. You might say that excludes a lot of iPhones from utilizing it but in 4 years everyone will have a UWB Apple Phone and it will be a mute issue. Apple is always looking forward and as we know they throw older technology under the bus as soon as they can.
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You've misunderstood what's been said about this... It would probably use UWB and standard BT / WiFi as a fallback so every old device can use that.
 
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