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Full Details of iPhone 12 Lineup Allegedly Leaked Ahead of Next Week's Apple Event
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I see your argument. But, looking at it from my position, I'd say not a hope of the carrier doing so.
We are not going to get 5G for ages yet. The idea that they'd charge me more when I can't even use 5G would have me rushing to change carrier. If in, say, three years 5G does arrive, I can't see them upping the cost just because my phone has the technical capability of using 5G. (Though there is an outside possibility they could add a cost for actually using 5G.)
Why is it foolish? It will sell very well overall. If people want the phones they will buy them.. There is a phone for different price points.. All the way from £399 to likely £699 to £1300
Apple didn’t get to be a $2T by making basic mistakes of not manufacturing product their target demographics want. So I agree subjectively there are better phones for an individual than an iPhone. Apple is not looking for those demographics nor are they crying over “spilled milk”.
Seems like they have found out the hard way of what works.
No it won't. No real upgrades and way overpriced. These will be the worst selling iPhones in the past 5 years.
I don’t think the iPhone will ever use a USB, after they end the lightening connector, I expect them to go with no connector...
T-Mobile won’t charge more for 5G. Version I hear plans to add a $10 monthly fee... ATT, I don’t know, I’m sure one can google it.
We won’t know the true success of iPhone 12 until maybe about Spring going into summer. If you start seeing a lot of Twitter and instagram selfies with the new phone, then that means its doing well. If you are still seeing iPhone 11s and iPhone X series, then, it likely means, even the narcissist aren’t convinced.
Will we be expected to carry a charger around with us? One that takes from vehicle power, mains, USB (A or C) and outputs whatever fields are required for wireless charging? (Worse to have to carry four chargers with us!)
The obvious answer is to embed a wireless charger into phone cases. So the case has the USB-C socket - or even USB-A and USB-C - and the phone itself has no sockets.
I need a new home charger (my existing multi-socket USB-A charger just stopped working the other day). Will wait another few hours before deciding which way to jump.
Well, they are a burden that they shouldn't have to deal with, and it is unrealistic to expect people to "do it correctly".
To pretend like it's as simple as "if only people would do x this would be over" is peak arrogance and is the kind of nonsense that is used to polarize people against others who know that reality is far more nuanced than that.
No. LOL. It’s not unreasonable. Asking people to cover their nose and mouth is a lot easier than having to people to chew with their mouth closed, was their hands with soap, not touch strangers without permission, cover their face when they sneeze, flush, shower regularly, avoid going in public for no reason.
Either people can choose to do it correctly or they can choose to be regulated into the grave. It would be a shame to have to forcesomeone to do something they should already be doing.
Seriously can't express enough frustration about the "size = quality" idea Apple can't seem to get away from. I get why they do it, but it's so lazy. It's the same with automakers only offering standard transmissions in bare-bones base models that don't even have CarPlay. I want a manual therefore I don't want a nice car? I want a small phone, therefore I must want a non-premium phone? Ridiculous. At least we have the regular Pro, but it is honestly kind of an awkward size. Almost too big for one-handed, but too small to comfortably two-hand.
For at least some things, a larger device gives more space so allows higher specs. Trying to fit four large cameras and a four-day battery in the smallest device could well simply be an impossibility.
I'd invert your argument and suggest a bare-bones Max. At correspondingly lower price. One of the particular groups who might appreciate them is those with impaired vision. If you only want, even need, the size so you stand a chance of reading the screen, seems ridiculous to have to pay for the extra spec. level of the Max.
Why can't I get a full cargo bed in my new subcompact car?!?
Your comparison doesn’t work, but thanks for playing.
Depends what the real life experience is? If it is anything like what was promised for 4g, I won’t bother upgrading. There is a worry iPhone 12 won’t support 700mhz, as a result only three in the UK has amp 700MHz coverage
Hmm, no. Wearing worthless cloth masks for daily activities is not practical. At all. To suggest otherwise is bizarre. Also to suggest 'the grave' is the other option shows a complete lack of understanding or knowledge.
Carry on.
Your medical degree included a lecture on how barriers don't reduce fomite exposure?
I agree that the size = internal space would apply to some things, but none of that applies to these phones. Their batteries are able to grow with size to power the larger screen, and everything else is on the same PCB. This is especially true of the Pro/Max. There is no reason beyond a marketing decision to not put the identical camera module from the Max into the Pro.For at least some things, a larger device gives more space so allows higher specs. Trying to fit four large cameras and a four-day battery in the smallest device could well simply be an impossibility.
I'd invert your argument and suggest a bare-bones Max. At correspondingly lower price. One of the particular groups who might appreciate them is those with impaired vision. If you only want, even need, the size so you stand a chance of reading the screen, seems ridiculous to have to pay for the extra spec. level of the Max.
Also, yes, the inverse is also definitely true. They are also really twisting the knife by including 100% of 12 features in the Mini, but then stripping a major camera improvement out of the Pro. Did they learn what customers want, or not???
Correct. Wearing masks properly has value over not wearing them correctly. Good. So now that we are no longer discussing the value of masks, we can get back to the point. If people wore their masks like they were asked than than we would be in far better shape than we are. It's not unreasonable to ask adults to put the good of other ahead of their own mild discomfort. The problem isn't that they are not 100% effective. The problem is that people treat that as an excuse to do whatever they feel like.