You know quality vs. quantity. Apple does not like adding useless features just for marketing,
https://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/23/apple-ceo-tim-cook-upcoming-products/
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Apple Researching Temperature, Pressure, and Humidity Sensors for Mobile Devices
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You know quality vs. quantity. Apple does not like adding useless features just for marketing,
https://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/23/apple-ceo-tim-cook-upcoming-products/
Samsung did all these first but once this iPhone hits the market expect Apple to sue Samsung for infringement on their design.
Of course Fanbois who have been saying such features in a phone such as the Galaxy S4 are pointless will at that point be praising Apple for their innovation and be proclaiming that any phone without these features is crap, and will also be claiming that Samsung merely copied Apple.
Seriously though, introduce a user-replaceable battery and an SD slot and I would probably come back to the iPhone.
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So what you're saying is that you do care. . .
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Features that you find useful, others might find pointless. Perspective of individualized needs, my friend.
Of course Fanbois who have been saying such features in a phone such as the Galaxy S4 are pointless will at that point be praising Apple for their innovation and be proclaiming that any phone without these features is crap, and will also be claiming that Samsung merely copied Apple.
Seriously though, introduce a user-replaceable battery and an SD slot and I would probably come back to the iPhone.
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So what you're saying is that you do care. . .
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Features that you find useful, others might find pointless. Perspective of individualized needs, my friend.
I was actually going to respond until I read that nothing can be "awesome" unless Jesus himself is involved.
I'm into amateur meteorology. I know this information is readily available in one of the many weather apps on my phone. But having real time, accurate sensors built into my device would be very cool. And even if they aren't included in the 6 (which I doubt they will be) it won't be too long before they are.
Pilots care what the temperature and humidity and air pressure is.
Okay, it's an edge case, but then so is the iPad being used as a flight bag, and people brag on that all the time
Yeah, I don't need the weather inside my pocket. I'm good with that. I need the weather at 10,000 feet on the side of a mountain. Or an accurate barometric pressure reading as a storm approaches. That's what i need. And I'm actually hoping that a wireless, hand held anemometer isn't too far off.
And if you think the deluge of Flashlight apps was bad, just wait til the deluge of weather station apps pops up when a unit (iPhone 7 perhaps?) comes out with this.
I was actually going to respond until I read that nothing can be "awesome" unless Jesus himself is involved.
Your
(I hate those things) suggests you have jumped to a conclusion too quickly: "There's another religious nutter." As I pointed out to somebody else who responded to this, I am not in fact religious, but I certainly would be full of awe were such a thing to happen. However, I am not expecting it to. Awesome was used by the person to whom I responded, in the form of slang, but not according to its strict definition. Confusingly for people who use the word simply in place of "great or cool", one of its synonyms in the English language (perhaps as opposed to the American teen film version) is "dreadful", which is a term that would be lost on many, in that context. I care about the English language, and try to use it properly.Samsung did all these first but once this iPhone hits the market expect Apple to sue Samsung for infringement on their design.
Of course Fanbois who have been saying such features in a phone such as the Galaxy S4 are pointless will at that point be praising Apple for their innovation and be proclaiming that any phone without these features is crap, and will also be claiming that Samsung merely copied Apple.
Seriously though, introduce a user-replaceable battery and an SD slot and I would probably come back to the iPhone.
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So what you're saying is that you do care. . .
Yes because they're the ones that still allow me to make my phone my phone
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Features that you find useful, others might find pointless. Perspective of individualized needs, my friend.
Yes which is why Samsung for me seems to be the only functional brand for me since I can increase the battery and storage capacity myself.
Lol...I have my share of weather instruments. Listen, I don't want a full fledged weather station on my phone. I just think it'd be really cool to have a few weather related sensors in my phone. And it's not a matter wishful thinking, cause it's only a matter of time before we have them.
This is hardly new stuff. I've had a wristwatch for over 10 years (Suunto Observer) with a pressure sensor and thermometer in it. The pressure sensor can work either as an altimeter (if you assume constant sea-level pressure) or a barometer (if you stay at constant altitude).
Heck, I had a Casio watch back in about 1990 with a thermometer on it!
Heck, I had a Casio watch back in about 1990 with a thermometer on it!
Seems pretty cool, seeing as the iWatch is getting. Closer to release, these patents might come into work, unlike some of the other Apple patents which never get used!
Now that the new
iPhone is out: What sensors are included after all? I haven't heard any definitive info about that.