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Full Details of iPhone 12 Lineup Allegedly Leaked Ahead of Next Week's Apple Event
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Is anyone else a little bummed to have to buy the big phone in order to get the best camera?
Yes. The majority of people by their phones from a carrier, and they just go for the lowest storage model. I can guarantee you that at least 75% of the iPhone 12 that will be sold are going to be the base storage.
I honestly just don’t see the point of upgrading from my iPhone X. I’m not a photographer and only take utilitarian photos, so I don’t even take advantage of the single functional difference between the phones.
The iPhone X still has a great screen, is plenty fast, and has all the same features other than the cameras. Am I missing something? Is it just me, or has there been practically zero innovation in phones for the last 3-4 years or so, not just limited to Apple?
I may just save my money. I’m usually a fan of upgrading my phones, but the last couple years haven’t really been compelling.
The iPhone X still has a great screen, is plenty fast, and has all the same features other than the cameras. Am I missing something? Is it just me, or has there been practically zero innovation in phones for the last 3-4 years or so, not just limited to Apple?
I may just save my money. I’m usually a fan of upgrading my phones, but the last couple years haven’t really been compelling.
That’s the sign of a maturing market.
And sadly, most of the fields that Apple is in are relatively mature. Over the next years, upgrades to their existing lines are going to seem smaller and smaller and smaller.
Hell, it happened to the Mac in the mid 2000s. Pretty much since 2008 or so, it’s just been thinner, lighter, faster.
The iPod reached maturity relatively quickly. By the fourth GEN, people knew what it was, and they knew what they expected of it. After that, it was just diversification, and increasing storage and efficiency.
The iPad came out in 2010, and by 2013, it was relatively set in its ways. Again, just diversification and efficiency.
The Apple Watch is there now, where every year it feels like the upgrades get smaller and smaller.
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How boring. Seriously average. The biggest company ever known and this is as good as it gets?
What happened to the iPhone?
Don't get me wrong. I'm sure it'll be a good phone, but there isn't much to really want to make you upgrade.
New form factor? Fine.
Larger size option? Good.
Better cameras? Good. But there is a better camera every year!
5G? World's not ready.
I was really hoping for No notch or a pinhole or something much smaller than we have now and Touch ID built into the on off button. Promotion or whatever it's called would be nice but not a deal breaker for me personally. But this will be the 4th iteration of the same sized Notch. It's lazy.
What happened to the iPhone?
Don't get me wrong. I'm sure it'll be a good phone, but there isn't much to really want to make you upgrade.
New form factor? Fine.
Larger size option? Good.
Better cameras? Good. But there is a better camera every year!
5G? World's not ready.
I was really hoping for No notch or a pinhole or something much smaller than we have now and Touch ID built into the on off button. Promotion or whatever it's called would be nice but not a deal breaker for me personally. But this will be the 4th iteration of the same sized Notch. It's lazy.
No 120hz and no mmwave LOL Tim Apple. No buy thank you.
November? If it comes to it I would wait until January on my not-bad 2017 SE with flaky battery to get that 5.4. These are not tough times for me.
People are suffering, I'm not, in my permanent government position. A good roast chicken kind of fast food restaurant nearby on a nationwide franchise just went out of business. Out of business, permanently. The great cafe across the street did the same.
It's telling that the 6.1 Pro is $999 despite the price pressure of the 5G hardware. That's quite a concession, Apple.
People are suffering, I'm not, in my permanent government position. A good roast chicken kind of fast food restaurant nearby on a nationwide franchise just went out of business. Out of business, permanently. The great cafe across the street did the same.
It's telling that the 6.1 Pro is $999 despite the price pressure of the 5G hardware. That's quite a concession, Apple.
Again, the iPhone has been a mature product for at least the last eight years. The upgrades are going to seem smaller and smaller and smaller, until they’re basically just spec bumps like the Mac gets. don’t be surprised if by 2026 or 2027, they stop giving every iPhone a number, and just say that it’s got a new processor.
Well the new ipad is now £329/$329, the ipad air 4 is £579/$599 and the Apple watch SE at £269/$279 so it appears Apple have slightly lowered UK pricing to how it was in 2015, so hopefully the iphone 12 mini will be £699.
Tech like under display camera is damn hard and is simply not ready yet.
so while notch isn’t great until that tech is ready apple will keep it as it is.
This is exactly what I have been waiting for! I can't wait to update my old iPhone 8 to the iPhone 12 in blue!
Nah, I'm holding onto my 11 Pro. The only thing that would have really tempted me to upgrade is a 120Hz screen. Maybe next year.
I disagree. We aren't just going to get processor updates in phones in 6 years time.
There are several things Apple could do, but they have become so iterative under this CEO.
Apple needs to have pressure put on them. Sitting back and saying there is nothing that can be done only allows them to continue down this snail path.
If android don’t have this tech yet who will try this tech out first then you know it’s tough to do. It really is not easy to get right.
Even the S21 won;’t have it in 2021....fold 3 will but it will have less orders so they will test it on there first and appear on main phones by 2022.
I don't expect it, but I expect them to at least try. Keeping the same notch for 4 iterations in a row? That is seriously weak. For the Biggest company in the history of all known life in the every expanding universe to have the same annoying notch for 4 phones in a row... It's unacceptable!
But I'll quite possibly get one... damn me! But only for the larger size...
I like your thinking. I also don't believe the leak 100%.
the orange might be what the leaker is calling "gold"
Yeah, possible. I was just going off the current pricing for the 11 ($699/£729). But I'm looking at the 6.1" (the 5.4" is just too small for me with a notch as well) and minimum 128Gb storage. That looks like it's going to be pushing £850-900 and for such an iterative update I don't think it's worth it.
The Galaxy S20 FE is looking like a great deal right now, especially with all the trade-in values Samsung offer.