Bumping up storage in preparation for port-less iPhones. Maybe 14 range?
edit: Sorry, just read point about potentially 1 model being port-less.
edit: Sorry, just read point about potentially 1 model being port-less.
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iPhone 13 to Include 1TB Storage Option and LiDAR Across the Board, Says Wedbush Analyst
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Every year they say the notch is shrinking
I’ll believe it when I see it
I’ll believe it when I see it
LiDAR is the single most useless future the iPhone has for an average user. Im yet to find any real benefit except from slightly better focused photos. Really, please explain how I can use LiDAR daily or even weekly for something that is actually useful?
Not me. I think I am done paying a $1000 a year to get the latest and greatest model.
I thought all apps that use AR automatically utilize LiDAR? AR is just more accurate on those devices with LiDAR in it? Could be wrong of course.
Useful, perhaps.
But I can't say I've ever had "focusing" problems with an iPhone.
And my last iPhone was a 6S Plus... a dinosaur.
I have a 12 Pro Max today and the pictures are great! But I don't know how much of that is due to LIDAR.
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same here, might improve images but I cannot tell and I have no use case for all this AR stuff either. Guess I do not buy enough furniture to require specific design ideas
still waiting for the big MUST HAVE of AR in general not just talking about Apple. Most trial and "error" apps I have tried make you look like a fool and are just a gimmick, adding nothing. Just look how many people (don't) use AR on Pokemon Go
thatd be nice, but I doubt it. 128GB remains very serviceable and Apples generally not hugely generous on the base model storage. If they stick to three storage tiers I’d expect 128, 256/512, 1TB.
For the middle I think 256GB is more likely than 512GB too. Most customers likely don’t need 512GB so I can’t see them pushing that too broadly yet, and I can’t imagine they’d get many takers at all on a 1TB model if they had a 512GB there. I reckon they’d go with 256 as the second tier and wave the carrot that for the extra money you get to quadruple the storage from the 2nd to 3rd tier. 256GB is low enough that such an upgrade looks super appealing.
But that’s just my guess anyway.
There is a native app called "Measures" and it works perfectly without LiDAR.
I tried it on an iPhone 7, XS, 12 and 12 Pro Max and all results are almost exact same.
Lidar is still a gimmick at this stage we need third-party developers to work on this but they need a lot more people and devices with LiDAR to have any decent $$$ incentive.
This is why Apple must add Lidar to the whole lineup to improve significantly its initial niche audience of users
I could always use the extra storage. I am one of the few people that still have a large lossless music collection which keep a good portion of on my phone. Add in the photos/4k videos and it adds up pretty quick.
Accurate focusing in low light is huge.
Also...when Apple announces their AR glasses and applications, the technology and apps will find its way into iPhones with a LiDAR sensor
I find Touch ID frustrating in the winter. The cold causing my hands to dry out and couple that with needing to wash my hands frequently, my finger tips become like sand paper. Even with hand lotion Touch ID has a hard time reading my finger prints. Many times I am left needing to enter my iOS passcode or an app password. I even rescan my fingers, for Touch ID, which temporarily helps.
I'd agree if not for the fact even without lidar their competitors are better at low light.
Not sure what you're trying to say, but iPhone's (with LiDAR sensor) focusing performance in low-light (and even dark) environments is outstanding.
If you have taken a low light shot indoors you have used the LiDAR.
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