I’d prefer the form factor and weight of the new regular models. But I like the the AOD and 120Hz so I have a pro max.
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iPhone 16/Plus AOD and 120Hz refresh rate are not Pro features…
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If you‘re shooting professionally on a professional filming location, why aren’t you using Professional camera gear and doing it right!😂
Having features on some models and not having them on others is called product segmentation. Every manufacturer does it. Some of us disagree with which features are included and excluded from different products, but that's always the way it goes.
If a camera manufacturer offers two similar lenses but one has a faster maximum aperture than the other, then they are providing different products at different price points for different buyers. But complaining that the less expensive lens doesn't have all the features as the more expensive one is just silly. I don't buy a base model kit lens expecting pro features and quality, and the same goes with computers and phones.
Nope - very warm year around So Calif.
Never see range loss here even when the rest of the country is freezing.
EV's do best in warmer climate.
The difference is, I expect the faster lens to be more expensive. It’s a better lens. AOD and 120Hz in my opinion as well as other phone manufacturers put AOD and 120 on their base model and mid tier phones. They are not “pro” features. They are standard features these days.
Apple is free to do whatever they want. I’m as pro-capitalistic as the next guy I just disagree with them on these two features being limited to the pro models.
What? Why does your EV need a phone with AOD to unlock it?
As someone who doesn't care in the least about those two features, I'm fine that they're missing from some models. Different strokes. You buy the phone with the features you want, but don't expect all the phones to have all the features.
This is the equivalent argument of, “I don’t care if the government spies on my iCloud account because I have nothing to hide.” Whether you use them or not, just because you don‘t care for them, they should be on the base models. They are not pro features.
Really specious argument that conflates your personal desires for certain features with privacy protection and the government spying on your data. I don't know how anyone can think these are remotely comparable.
Just because you or anyone outside of Apple think a certain feature "should be on the base models" doesn't matter. It's how they segment their products in the market. Buy the phone with the features you want.
The point was, because YOU don’t care for 120hz and AOD, you don’t care if they are included in the base models. You should want Apple to do better, I do.
I do buy the products I want. Hence why I don’t own a base model IPhone.
Apple may see this and include these features into the future, for a small base price increment. (Was there an expectation of adding a feature set without an increase in price)
'Pro' is just branding, a way to get people to buy the 'real' iPhone in stead of the gimped basic one. It's a classic sales technique.
Pro is a marketing term so Apple gets to decide what is and what isn't "pro". So currently, they are Pro features. Next year, 120Hz ProMotion will probably come to regular iPhones if rumors are to be believed.
Pray do tell sir, madam, why dost thou electric chariot need thine device to be always on? 🧐
Or did you use this argument to convince your significant other you truly needed a Pro iPhone? 😋
Curious minds want to know.
Man, I must be the only person that thinks a dedicated button to camera control since cameras are one of the main features on iPhone is awesome. I like the placement of it, functionality seems cool, and I’m excited to try it out and have it next year on 17 Pro Max.
FYI - the placement of the camera control button is to subtly get you to start taking landscape spatial photos and videos for the emergence of Apple Vision as it grows in the coming years. If you didn’t know or realize that, now you do.
FYI - the placement of the camera control button is to subtly get you to start taking landscape spatial photos and videos for the emergence of Apple Vision as it grows in the coming years. If you didn’t know or realize that, now you do.
I do remember A/C as an optional upgrade on the Honda Accord DX back as late as 1988. A/C was not “pretty much standard” in the 1970’s, but it was prevalent on mid level trim and upper trim levels. Hell, I remember when a sunroof was an aftermarket option for a lot of cars, not something the factory installed.
The 120 hz doesn’t affect battery that much as it is variable down to 1hz
The funny thing is even with the pro phones it’s not always 120hz like if you scroll fast it drops to 80hz
It's called ProMotion, and only appears in products with Pro in the name. This is a marketing decision. The iPad got ProMotion way earlier than the iPhone and it still only appears on the top-of-the-line iPads.
“Pro” does not mean professional. It is now just a marketing term to make a more expensive version of a product appear more alluring. “Pro” is just a sticker label that is used as an excuse to charge more money. Companies (including Apple) select features that people will pay extra for, lump them all together, put a “Pro” label on it and charge more money.
Yeah, Apple is a marketing company first and foremost, and just happen to be a tech company producing stuff.