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iPhone 13 Rumored to Include Always-On Display With 120Hz ProMotion, Astrophotography Capabilities, Stronger MagSafe, and More
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What does an Android phone objectively better than an iPhone that makes a difference in 100s of millions of iPhone users lives? Placing icons anywhere isn’t a benefit nor is pen or DeX. Curious how many Android useRas or Samsung users utilize split screen, a pen, or DeX? Split screen multitasking is the only one I’ll give you.
Consumers: We want better cameras to shoot the stars!
Cook: OK you got it - astrophotography cameras coming up! But it's going to cost you!
Consumers: No we meant Hollywood celebrities and Dallas' NHL team!
Cook: OK you got it - astrophotography cameras coming up! But it's going to cost you!
Consumers: No we meant Hollywood celebrities and Dallas' NHL team!
Not to mention battery waste.
120 Hz display? Talk about dumb. WHY? Who cares what the refresh rate is on a phone display?
Sad to see Apple caving to clueless dweebs on gimmicks like this, but hey they did it with wireless charging. The problem is that with Apple, it stops being harmless when they start eliminating useful features and degrading their products for the sake of said gimmicks.
Pathetic. Instead of 120 Hz, how about an audio output on your MEDIA-CENTRIC PHONES, Apple. DUHHHH
Long live the notch that makes Face ID the greatest biometric system on planet earth and the universe. ❤️👀📱🔓
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If always on is a toggle in settings, why not, if you can’t turn it off - I’d say it’s a useless feature for a lot of people.
and for MagSafe - maybe if it significantly improves efficiency, but we will never get an efficiency number from Apple...
and for MagSafe - maybe if it significantly improves efficiency, but we will never get an efficiency number from Apple...
This is iOS, you have nothing to worry about, iOS 15 and the efficient most powerful chip on planet earth the A15 bionic beast. = best user experience and battery life in the business. 😎
Good point, you don't need 120hz on the smoothest and most stable operating system on the planet.
The iPhone has been as smooth as butter since the first iPhone. 😋🧈 120hz won't even be that noticeable on a iPhone when its already silky smooth, android on the other hand needs even more than 120hz.
Magsafe on the phone is probably not something I'm ever going to use since the charger seems way bulkier and less convenient than just plugging in a Lightning (hopefully USB-C) cable, so I'm curious just how much battery life we're losing due to the space those magnets take up.
I don‘t think LTPO is necessary for 120Hz, as it isn’t for the current iPad Pros, and it wasn’t for the iPhone 12 Pro lineup, which was at the verge of receiving this feature, which was cancelled at the last moment.
LTPO is a lower power screen technology, needed for the always on technology or to lower consumption overall, not specifically for the high-refresh rate Pro-motion feature. The iPhone mini could use that lower consumption to offer better battery life.
I don’t shill for Apple. I’m rough on them if the screw up.
I’m also a Apple user because the ecosystem is amazing. All your statements are true. But I bet Apple will nail all those items you listed. They do things right the first time they do it, most of the time.
If the main purpose of a phone was to make telephone calls everybody would buy a Nokia 3310.
Judging by what people are buying these days, “the next big step” better have a huge screen and a six lenses camera.
I was merely stating some facts. I didn’t say that these other phones were better than the iPhone. Like you I also an Apple user for the ecosystem. Even though Apple might be late to the game on some features. Features alone are not what makes me purchase a phone it’s the whole package.
Finally! I’ve been waiting since iPhone X for an always on display. I just hope they release a Mini with this feature.
The OP has a point, though: Having features just for checking a bullet point on a spec sheet does not make sense. Apple did not get a good reputation for user experience and resale value of their devices from being bleeding edge everywhere and everytime.
One advantage - amongst others - is that introduced features have a good chance to be supported for a longer period of time. If you want to be the first to bring a new feature, chances are that you still have problems impairing user experience and perhaps needing to break compatibility the next year, due to some necessary fixes.
Sure there is a risk of coming too late to a party, but so far Apple seems to make a good job in finding the balance between innovation and feature stability.
Which makes it even more frustrating. This info is deemed valuable enough to warrant space on the tiny watch screen with the built-in weather complication, but not even an option on the iPhone with 10x the screen real estate. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Any particular reason you use a iPhone, then? I personally don’t find myself wanting any of these things. What exactly is so beneficial about 120hz displays? What will I be able to do with my iPhone I can’t do now.
Keep your phones and use that money to take your wife on a nice mini vacation close by.Awww! I wanted to keep my 12 Pro Max for awhile. But this feature I REALLY want. lol. This will be a year to test my ability to value my bank over my wants.