Fascinating, I did not think lidar was the reason for poor window/ Thru net/mesh shots on my 14 pro. My lidar 10/10 value comes from the measure app.
I don’t think so. I live in New York and rarely if ever see anyone with a caseless phone.
Why does it have anything to do with being an American? Is that like saying that non Americans are too ignorant to notice a difference in metal material? I can 100% tell the difference between metals I’m holding and I do know some are more appealing and more comfortable than the other too. This is the reason high end jewelry is made out of more expensive metals and also the reason countries fight over rare earth metals. Coins are a great example of the difference in metals. They’re likely the most touched metals in the world and most are made from the same material. Corrosion resistance, wear resistance and longevity is likely the reason.
Aluminium is better at heat dissipation than titanium. Apple have explained that and, alongside the Vapor Chamber, temperatures have lowered significantly when comparing the 17 Pro to the 16 Pro.
Aluminum is a great material to make a phone out of. For once Apple prioritized function over form. I can’t believe all the prima donnas complaining the iPhone doesn’t “look or feel premium.” We get to reap the benefits of speed, power, battery life, camera performance, etc because they switched to a new form factor which required aluminum to make it happen.
I care most about speed and cameras. But the 15 pro max cameras aren’t bad enough for me to compromise on that cheap aluminum look and feel. So i think I might be returning my air and sticking with the 15 for now
Agree and well summarized - there's a phone model for just about everyone - well done Apple.
Oh how I miss the T610/616. One of the very few phones I ever broke during a drop. 🥲
Whoa the T610!!! haha I remember having that phone and it was such a modern fun phone at the time. Also the Nokia 3390.... talking about battery life! hahaAgree and well summarized - there's a phone model for just about everyone - well done Apple.
I just don't understand why humans are so resistant to changes - like the new Air.
Nor do I not understand why people would bash on other models making their model / color / capacity a better choice.
Is the Air too new of a technology or change in form factor so threatening to their rigid mentality ?
For someone like me, the Air is perfect - no tradeoffs, no compromises, no loss of features because I don't use the iPhone like everyone else.
5 days and loving the Air - no complaints at all after 3 decades of cell phone use from the old Motorola brick cellular until now...
Motorola StarTac and that Ericsson t28!Agree and well summarized - there's a phone model for just about everyone - well done Apple.
I just don't understand why humans are so resistant to changes - like the new Air.
Nor do I not understand why people would bash on other models making their model / color / capacity a better choice.
Is the Air too new of a technology or change in form factor so threatening to their rigid mentality ?
For someone like me, the Air is perfect - no tradeoffs, no compromises, no loss of features because I don't use the iPhone like everyone else.
5 days and loving the Air - no complaints at all after 3 decades of cell phone use from the old Motorola brick cellular until now...
The titanium was just the rails and the rest was aluminum. The vapor chamber is to make it more efficient inside an aluminum body. It needed an entire island to cram all internals inside an already chungy phone. It got wider, taller, thicker, heavier, and added a giant island. Its a downgrade in materials
Due to the unibody construction of the new design, titanium couldn't be incorporated, as the entire chassis (other than the Ceramic Shield) is formed from aluminium.
Apple pushed into "premium" materials like stainless steel (and eventually titanium) as a way of justifying the higher price tag they were pushing into as well. Turns out those materials were even less practical in the long run than what they were using before.
That's not correct. The aluminum unibody construction is best for thermal performance, as it has always been in every Apple product where the concept is used. The vapor chamber adds another layer on top of that for maximizing sustained performance.
I believe it’s more like 70%, but the hilarious part is cases are a giant insulator so the furthest the heat dissipates is throughout the phone, which the vapor chamber facilitates but the aluminum outer casing not as much. An aluminum mid plane with a titanium outer band with the vapor chamber may very well have performed nearly identically to the aluminum unibody when both encased in rubber and plastic.
That's actually nice to hear. I haven't held them myself, but the difference between my previous 16 Pro Max and my wife's 15 Pro is dramatic.
