Not expecting much for ip15. Especially, if rumors are true with ip16 having another tier of devices. Need to have some kind of difference between devices.
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use siri
„take a picture“
„make call“
etc.
this works for me with gloves, helmets (faceid) etc
I gave my son gloved for Christmas that have iPhone compatible finger tipsIntroducing Apple Finger Cots. (Exclusively made for the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max) Available: September 2023.
No more gloves. But you will be needing this. It's much more efficient! They are very popular in Asian markets.
With always-on display you will see the notification.And a prescription for millions of "accidental silences"....
"Sorry honey, I had no idea the dog was killed, run over by a car. I didn't know you kept calling. Didn't hear the phone ring. I had no idea the phone was on Silent since this morning."
I think it was because Apple could not implement it on the iPads. They wanted to have similar features across the board and within the ecosystem. Logical yes but I don't think it was a good decision.
It was a step backward. I wish Apple had at least left it alone exclusively for the iPhone Pro Models. More info is below.
Editorial: Apple's removal of 3D Touch is a backwards step for 'Pro' iPhones | AppleInsider
Apple's iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max are exceptional new devices, packed full of new features. While there is much to like on the new phones, the absence of 3D Touch is a step backwards.appleinsider.com
3D Touch was amazing, far better than the current crappy software implementation in apps. 3D touch in games for example was amazing, in driving games it worked like an accelerator or analogue trigger, press the screen gently and you drove slowly at a constant speed, the harder you pressed the faster you went and it didn't take much extra force either. With the watch it was far easier do dismiss notifications, I could force touch anywhere and dismiss, now I have to scroll to a cowing dismiss button.
Now that kind of subtle control in apps or games is impossible to do without the extra hardware, removing 3D touch is the stupidest thing Apple did in a very long time.
I don’t know how I feel about this. Seems like this will be a problem for cases and winter gloves. I hope they leave the silence switch.
Yup. Obviously, I don't mind that these are rumors. It's in the name of the site. But call it what it is, speculation or an educated guess. We don't know anything as a fact at this point.
More I read about the 15 rumours, less I'm excited. How will cases or gloves work with this?
I might just go with the 14-Pro instead of trying to get my 8-plus to hang on for another 10 months.
I might just go with the 14-Pro instead of trying to get my 8-plus to hang on for another 10 months.
What we know about iPhone 15.
- it will be Apple’s most recent smartphone.
- it will be #15.
- it won’t be cheap.
- they’ll rave about the camera…and it can make phone calls.
- it will be Apple’s most recent smartphone.
- it will be #15.
- it won’t be cheap.
- they’ll rave about the camera…and it can make phone calls.
It's a hardware feature that most users weren't using (from my experience), as well as the fact that most (if not all) functionality has been replicated without the hardware. Having the extra components in the phone just adds complexity that is not necessary, more expensive and more difficult to manufacture/repair.
It's the same argument for having both TouchID and FaceID in a phone - having two hardware components that essentially perform the same function is not a good use of the limited space and resources inside a compact device.
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Sounds kinda cool & fun, I look forward to trying out my iPhone 15 Pro Max (or Ultra) for 2 week when it arrives! 🤞🏻
You forgot "it's our most (insert highly praising adjective, but omit the word 'expensive') iPhone yet and we think you're going to love it"
Well if they do go that way, I think we can say that is a complicated engineering solution to a problem no one was having.
i am sure apple will have thought of that.
but likely i guess a case will be design to be opened for that area for the buttons to be used.
for gloves i dun think it can be helped. since touch id one also cannot use with gloves.
to be frank, it is users to make it disappear.
i recalled when they first introduce 3D touch, many youtubers or users commented that they did not actually use the feature and say that the feature is redundant. however, when apple actually takes it away, then you guys commented the other way.
I bought a pair of leather gloves that have small capacitive areas at the fingertips, and it works near perfectly. I’ll have to try them with the 15 Pro Max/Ultra when it comes out. 😉
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This is a bad idea especially with how Apple’s software is getting buggier and buggier. You at least need a reset button. I can see it now. Your iPhone freezes or starts acting weird and all you can do to reset it is to wait for the battery to die.
Hopefully Apple’s engineers are aware of this, if it fails on Apples’s most expensive & premium iPhone, Apple’s stock will likely be hit hard… 😉💴💴💴👀