When I look back at photos taken with my iPhone 6 which had no camera bump, in normal viewing they look just as good as those taken with my iPhone 16 with its big bump. I would much rather have a flush camera with a very slight loss of photo quality than these crazy thick bumps. Any serious photograph I do is with a real camera, not a telephone.
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Awe Dropping: Everything Coming at the September 9 Apple Event
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What not to expect:
Apple Intelligence with features approaching anything remotely close to what they demo'd 2 years ago.
Apple Intelligence with features approaching anything remotely close to what they demo'd 2 years ago.
Unless the Air is priced “reasonably,” I’m thinking of going to the base 17. I keep going down: after a couple years of Pros, I went down to the 16 Plus and didn’t find it lacking in any meaningful way. And I’m finding I’m starting to miss the form factor of the smaller phone (and the price). I’m curious how it’ll unfold, but I can safely say I’m no longer in the market for a Pro.
I thought we were talking about smartphone sales but now apparently we’re only talking about the sale of premium smartphones. The only reason people do this is to give a win to Apple
Agreed! But, I'm still very curious as to why this shape was chosen.
And it is a step away from the original dream: a smooth glass sheet without buttons, holes or extrusions.
That’s as ridiculous as talking about car sales and then comparing Ferrari to Ford and saying Ford is winning because they’re selling more. Ferrari sales should be compared to Lamborghini and similar brands, not Ford or Toyota.
My original post clearly mentioned Galaxy and Pixel for comparison (flagship to flagship). You’re the one who brought total sales into a discussion on flagships and tried to change the narrative for some unknown reason.
iPhone completely dominates the flagship smartphone market. This is an undisputed fact.
I hear that YT is very reliable. No fake news there! And any phone can fold if you bend it enough.
Had enough of Apple seeing TC licking Trump’s boots, that’s innovation! 🤣
It’s my 2 year cycle and I recently had a school event where I wished I had a telephoto lens. I guess it’s a pro for me this time.
Note the awkwardness of the "awe dropping" phrase. It's a tease. Remember the "TLA" ("three letter acronym") craze?
So what could "A-W-E" be an acronym for do you suppose?
So what could "A-W-E" be an acronym for do you suppose?
Average Weekly Earnings. It’s a profit warning in disguise.
AirPods Pro 1 was two days between announcement and release, AirPods Pro 2 was 16 days. My guess is that it’ll likely be closer to the latter.
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For me it will be OUCHI think that for many people it will be Aw instead of Awe
They’ve plateaued. Only things that might tempt me currently would be a noticeably improved IPP max, a gameable Apple TV 4K, a more Mac like iPad OS, and an affordable VR headset
Not sure how legit, but 8 GB RAM for the 17 Air makes sense to me, instead of the 12 GB RAM mentioned in the MacRumors article. 12 GB RAM would be reserved for the Pros.
There is also a mention of 128 GB storage for the 17 Pro, but that it has been "excluded", whatever that means. Maybe it will start at 256 GB, except for large volume corporate orders or something.
Well, I'm buying an iphone 17 variant despite Cook's kissing Trump 's ass. I'm not sure which. Cook's pathetic!
Yeah I agree with most of the comments about wanting better style and innovation in the next iPhone. But to the naysayers it’s not just about the hardware:
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Google ordered to pay $425.7 million in damages for improperly tracking smartphone activity
A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people's smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions.
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Am I the only one who is yawning about all this news? I used to look forward to the keynotes. I used to look forward to pure magic. It doesn’t happen anymore, at least not at Apple. They make good products. Predictable products. I miss the days when they would release something that you didn’t even know could exist, and you were speechless! I guess I’m just getting old.
No way I am getting one of these phablets. The regular 14 that I have is too big as it is.
Not a problem now but next year or the next I’ll want to upgrade. But there will probably not be a 5.8 inch again.
Not a problem now but next year or the next I’ll want to upgrade. But there will probably not be a 5.8 inch again.
The thing that kills me about that elongated bump is the cases. It looks awkward to my eyes. These are turning more and more into point and shoot cameras that happen to have a phone attached.