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iPhone XS Max Apple is embarassingly behind Google now in Phone photography
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Cool feature or not, at the end of the day, it's still a Google phone, and most of us here know what kind of company they are.
Interesting what they pulled off, but to me that would get old real fast. I want my nighttime photos to look like nighttime photos, which these low light photos on the Pixel do not. But it's clearly a useful feature, like Smart HDR.
And, imo, this does not make the camera better. I still think for all around photography the Xs is better, which means the thread title is a bit hyperbolic.
And, imo, this does not make the camera better. I still think for all around photography the Xs is better, which means the thread title is a bit hyperbolic.
Not as irrelevant as you would like to think probably. "Apple sold eight million Apple Watches in the final quarter of 2017, the most since the product was introduced and the highest number of shipments in a single quarter for any wearable vendor, according to new estimates from Canalys and IDC." from Apple Is Officially Taking Over the Watch Business.
You have misinterpreted what I said. I want to use an iPhone, I really do. I am competent in IT. I have worked with IT for many years. In recent years I always buy flagships - where do you get 'cheap phones' from? I'm fed up with Google's data gathering shenanigans. I have moved my calendar and contacts away from Google, I use Firefox as my browser and Startpage as my search engine. I use an Android phone so Google still knows too much about me. I bought an iPhone to make a final escape.
If I can replicate most of the functionality I am used to I will try it again. For starters two things I use a lot. An Alexa shopping list and a nice agenda view of my calendar. How can I achieve this? I put Todoist in the widget pane but there seemd to be no option to have it display a particular list. By default it displays the top level todo list - so to use it while shopping I'd have to click on it and then select my list - which is no different to opening the app itself on my homescreen. The calendar widget was also not useful - I could not achieve the simple agenda view I wanted.
I'd like a calendar view in the iOS widget drawer like on my Android homescreen here:
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You get to the stage where you couldn't change your phone because you have too many other things that would break if you switched. It is pretty much accepted that Apple sucks you in to its ecosystem and tries to keep you there. If you have, say, Chromecast you can use that on either Android or iOS.
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I'd like a calendar view in the iOS widget drawer like on my Android homescreen here:
iOS does have a calender widget.
Is that all you can get - a what next widget? I want an agenda view - the next few days so I know what's ahead.
And how many iPhones in the same period? 100M? Probably more. The percentage of people that use both is in the single digits of the total iPhone users
Couldn't agree with this more.. competition keeps the cake fresh and moist.
So serious question - what is the point of night sight? When have you ever been looking at a dark alleyway and thought - man I really want an almost usable image of this?
This isn't going to work well for people because both the camera and the subject have to stay still for 5-6 seconds and if they move it will just end up a blurry mess.
It is a cool feature to show off, but in reality it is just a gimmick.
This isn't going to work well for people because both the camera and the subject have to stay still for 5-6 seconds and if they move it will just end up a blurry mess.
It is a cool feature to show off, but in reality it is just a gimmick.
Terrific post, I'm all in on Apple, but appreciate the services (and science) happening at Google.
Thanks for the quote - missed this outstanding post on the first read through
There's actually two different Apple Calendar widgets: 'Up Next' and 'Calender', the latter is more along the lines of the "agenda view" @scgf was asking about. I use Google Calendar and their widget is also a multi-day, agenda type view.
Well that depends on the person and situation, scenario they're in. May be awesome at Halloween for the kids..may be good for dark areas during New Year's Eve.. On the flip side, if there's some mischief happening, cops-lawyers-courts would be blessed to have such clarity upon them.
So the Pixel camera is better in some areas.
Mind you, quality aside, I would be more concerned that the risk of the location I am taking the images and in fact the images themselves being shared is higher with Android than iOS, even though I tell them not to share anything. Need to make up the revenue difference on their cheaper handsets somehow.
Mind you, quality aside, I would be more concerned that the risk of the location I am taking the images and in fact the images themselves being shared is higher with Android than iOS, even though I tell them not to share anything. Need to make up the revenue difference on their cheaper handsets somehow.
Never said I would switch to the Pixel. Just said that the camera is important to me.
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Again, I was only responding to "the camera is not important remark....I think more people value the camera than you realize. I love Apple would never jump ship but I would never buy a phone for it's emojiis, lol. The camera on the other hand has me and is the first thing I look at when deciding to upgrade or not now that I do not upgrade every year.
You might want to try widgets from some other third party calendar and reminder apps. For example, Agenda+ and Reminder+ both might do the type of things that you are looking for.You have misinterpreted what I said. I want to use an iPhone, I really do. I am competent in IT. I have worked with IT for many years. In recent years I always buy flagships - where do you get 'cheap phones' from? I'm fed up with Google's data gathering shenanigans. I have moved my calendar and contacts away from Google, I use Firefox as my browser and Startpage as my search engine. I use an Android phone so Google still knows too much about me. I bought an iPhone to make a final escape.
If I can replicate most of the functionality I am used to I will try it again. For starters two things I use a lot. An Alexa shopping list and a nice agenda view of my calendar. How can I achieve this? I put Todoist in the widget pane but there seemd to be no option to have it display a particular list. By default it displays the top level todo list - so to use it while shopping I'd have to click on it and then select my list - which is no different to opening the app itself on my homescreen. The calendar widget was also not useful - I could not achieve the simple agenda view I wanted.
I'd like a calendar view in the iOS widget drawer like on my Android homescreen here:
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You get to the stage where you couldn't change your phone because you have too many other things that would break if you switched. It is pretty much accepted that Apple sucks you in to its ecosystem and tries to keep you there. If you have, say, Chromecast you can use that on either Android or iOS.
I get tickled and mildly irritated when I hear of the ongoing "Apple should do this and do that to catch up with Android". They are both powerhouses in their own right and both bring something to the table that the other doesn't. Also both have their own following and fanbase. I think iPhone and Android are more divisive in todays society than Democrats and Republicans LOL
This guy is super funny.
I love my iPhone, but what those apps do is bs.
You need a tripod, exposure time is limited on iOS to 1/3 seconds.
You’d only get a crappy picture.
Apple can do that for years. Muhahahha.
You can’t even conceive to compare the results.
Pixel is the boss here.
Did forget the /s?. Apple since they went to 64bit on mobile side has been ahead of the cpu game. Probably a year or 2 ahead.
Guess maybe you can say that if you think them speed test of people opening 20 apps on YouTube is actually testing the cpu. Sureee but it’s not
I’ve already said the Pixel implementation is better. I just don’t think one feature means Apple is embarrisngpy behind when it comes to smartphone photography.
Great video comparison here. The Pixel3 really is bad! The microphone is truly appalling and the video quality well...
By Apple Insider... I mean pick a review that comes across as independent
Really though, go visit Android Central, it's full of threads just like Mac Rumours. A doesn't work, B is faulty, C is better than the iPhone etc...
Different forum and product, all the same threads, some happy with the Pixel, some not.