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Gurman: Apple Considering New High-End iPhone Alongside Pro and Pro Max
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Did I say anything else? iPhone had the same functionality, integrated in one button. Apple invested lots of efforts in usability and simplicity. It cared about details. Babys were able to use it without any further explanation.
re:Ives thank everything he left, the obession with thinness was absolutely wrecking Apple's laptops - especially give how hot the Intel chips ran. Apple Silicon itself in Macs is a pretty solid piece of work too, the Apple Watch post-dates Jobs by 4 years, if he was involved it was only early on, and it looks like the big new category being introduced this year is AR/VR. Also the iPhone itself, to bring this comment on topic, has evolved pretty considerably from the 5, which would have been the last one Jobs was directly involved in prepping production engineering and design for.
As far as phones in particular go at a certain point a product category is going to stabilize and get relatively incremental updates, that's the way of things. The tech and sector mature and for another people get used to their workflows and devices - especially for something as critical as a phone is these days - and *expect* incremental changes, not radical ones that upend their daily routines.
Also worth pointing out that the past few years have seen some seriously unstable global supply chains, COV19 obviously but also Tsunamis, wars and conflicts, political upheaval, etc. That's slowed down evolution or broken the function of, well, everything hardware related and more (agriculture comes to mind, which then in turn effects everything else down the line, people have to eat), not just phones and computers.
I dunno, I find my 13 Mini runs cooler than my 8 did - what I upgraded from. I used to get overheat warnings on my 8 using it a lot on hot days, havent ever had that on the mini.I really want to agree with you as these phones are unwieldy.
But having the 13 mini, it’s thermal regulation was baaaad. Constantly getting hot.
And Apple’s “MOR CAMERA!!” Bumps just aren’t reasonable on the mini size.
The bump I'll grant you, it would be so much nicer flush, the bump is annoying.
Does the world really need a phone that is MORE EXPENSIVE than an already existing $1100 phone? The US needs a law prohibiting the sale of any phone for more than $500 (inflation adjusted). If your proposed design can't be made for that price, it probably involves features that don't deserve to exist.
No the world does not, but I'd argue "the world" needs a solid sub-$400 iPhone the size of the iPhone 13 mini or SE.
Some of us aren't filming movies with our iPhone.
Some of us don't care what others think about which model iPhone we have.
I’m glad I have over a year to start saving up. Sounds like it could be an amazing device.
Apple needs to focus on big phones and stop making anything under 6 inches.
My money is on Apple continuing to grow and prosper. You aren’t the first naysayer to sing the death knells for Apple, you won’t be the last, and you all bet against Apple to your own detriment.
The issues is that foldable smart phones have many downsides compared to a candy bar for factor will little to no moving parts. Rollable smart phones look more interesting compared to foldable ones but again its durability is questionable. Even the present iPhone when dropped or dropped many times will chip, crack shatter, scratch the screen and body now add in a two motors to roll that display and the frame and it’s AppleCare+ 💰💰💰 and a nightmare to repair.
Another issue is does it roll vertically or horizontally and if someone is holding it and forgets that’s it’s expanding it would ruin the rolling mechanism, then there is the issue of a case and screen protector, etc etc. This adds up to total cost of ownership it may look good in promotion videos but in reality it’s problematic.
iPhone pro pro plus. It doesn't do anything more useful, but that's not the reason you want it.
The iPhone 15 and 15 pro will still be around for users desiring a more affordable option.
REALLY!? Apple’s iPhone line up is already convoluted. This is what happens when your so focused on making money. They need to simplify the lineup not make it more convoluted.
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No law, keep laws out of letting people choose what they want to buy
If the Ultra is going to get a bigger screen, it should at least support the Apple Pencil.
Agree, I just need a phone for communication calling, quick lookup, car gps, and basic camera for documenting (accident, receipt, documents).
I don't care about phone photography or film... I got a dedicated camera for that.
I get it. It's hard. But are you seeing what I'm seeing? 19 forum pages with 90% people wanting less choice for themselves?
I'm just making an observation here. Yes, "no choice" is still a choice. But then whenever we give up our choice, then we're really just "lazing out" and letting somebody ELSE make that choice for us. Henry Ford is said to have claimed that a customer may have their car in any color. As long as it's black.
Whenever I fly to Detroit, Philly, New York, or Chicago, everybody was wearing grey. And driving silver cars. Maybe grey and silver are the new non-choice choice? But then again, maybe schooling fish and flocking birds have survival down and we're right to emulate it. If you look and act like all the other smelt or pigeons, then you can't be picked out as easily by predators.
Me, I still like choice. When it's mine to make.
Isn't every red iPhone still Product Red? I just checked their site and it states Product Red near the red iPhone.
