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iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Limited to USB 2

Someone check my math please....

If you were to transfer your entire 256GB storage via a 17 Pro, it would take about 25 seconds optimally.

If you did the same on a 17 air, it would be about 9 minutes.
 
IJustWannaTalk said:
So you want them to increase the price so the thing most people seldom do is slightly faster?
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I want many things that Apple just doesn’t seem to be able to deliver, and value for money happens to be one of them. The thing is already overpriced, we’re pushing for thunderbolt 4 speeds while you happily pay a thousand bucks for a phone that now after 4 years finally has a 120hz screen across the board and USB 2 transfers speeds.
 
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johannnn said:
Who transfers files to the Mac? Only YouTubers I guess, that buys the Pro phone anyway
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People who prefer encrypted local backups. People who have local media libraries. People who prefer to use actual computers to edit photos and videos. There are plenty of reasons non-YouTube people still transfer files.

Not everybody has the same workflow, requirements, knowledge, or budget. Some people may not be a "professional" and this phone is Good Enough(tm), but they still want to edit their photos and videos. Some people may not be able to afford to pay rent on Apple servers to store terabytes of data. Some people may worry about the privacy implications of trusting servers outside of their control with their static data. Everybody is different with different priorities. It's annoying to dismiss people because they don't do things the way you think they should be done. (Not specifically directed at you but all of the people in this thread who are dismissive of those who might want to do the seemingly inconceivable and plug a phone into a computer.)
 
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thiscatisfat said:
I want many things that Apple just doesn’t seem to be able to deliver, and value for money happens to be one of them. The thing is already overpriced, we’re pushing for thunderbolt 4 speeds while you happily pay a thousand bucks for a phone that now after 4 years finally has a 120hz screen across the board and USB 2 transfers speeds.
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So you just want such, without an actual use case?
 
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filchermcurr said:
People who prefer encrypted local backups. People who have local media libraries. People who prefer to use actual computers to edit photos and videos. There are plenty of reasons non-YouTube people still transfer files.

Not everybody has the same workflow, requirements, knowledge, or budget. Some people may not be a "professional" and this phone is Good Enough(tm), but they still want to edit their photos and videos. Some people may not be able to afford to pay rent on Apple servers to store terabytes of data. Some people may worry about the privacy implications of trusting servers outside of their control with their static data. Everybody is different with different priorities. It's annoying to dismiss people because they don't do things the way you think they should be done. (Not specifically directed at you but all of the people in this thread who are dismissive of those who might want to do the seemingly inconceivable and plug a phone into a computer.)
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And you think these kinds of people are not buying Pros?
 
filchermcurr said:
(Not specifically directed at you but all of the people in this thread who are dismissive of those who might want to do the seemingly inconceivable and plug a phone into a computer.)
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Every iPhone can still be plugged into a computer and have the files transferred, though.
 
I can't get excited about this. I can't even remember the last time I've plugged my phone in for any reason. Not even to charge it. Videos/Photos can either airdrop, or even better nicely synched through photos so they are in the library and can be used by any application. I don't even have to do anything for it.
 
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Apple_Robert said:
I don't think it is an issue for 95%+ of the iPhone user population. It is only a big deal to the usual complainers on MR and the YT creators who fret over a few seconds extra.
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Yea
IJustWannaTalk said:
Could someone explain to me why this is an issue?

This is clearly a phone not aimed at Pro users.
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Because Apple stopped making something in the past (Airport Base Stations, iDVD, Final Cut Pro7) that they enjoyed using, so that means Apple MUST be on a curve to irrelevance. Because it doesn’t appear to be happening on it’s own, they’ve taken it upon themselves to hasten it.
 
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Does Air USB 2 support wired fast charging? Thus any difference between 16 Pro wired charging vs 17 Air wired charging?
 
Kottu said:
If Apple had gone fully wireless with the iPhone Air, it would have been a bold move. But choosing to stick with a technology from the year 2000 is an even braver decision.
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And one of a few reasons I won’t be buying an iPhone Air. Not at $999. Thinness is nice… but with all the other compromises, I’ll pass at that price point.
 
LOL Apple do not care they are the biggest stock buy back in the world ..... stop buying the AI Features ????
 
I think more than any other year … marketing the iPhone Air “The thinnest iPhone ever. With the power of Pro inside” … is really pushing it … since it doesn’t have ProRes, ProRaw, even the same GPU count as the Pro models this year. The marketing is objectively false. It would be like marketing the MacBook Air as the thinnest Pro they’ve made.
 
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Unregistered 4U said:
Yea
Because Apple stopped making something in the past (Airport Base Stations, iDVD, Final Cut Pro7) that they enjoyed using, so that means Apple MUST be on a curve to irrelevance. Because it doesn’t appear to be happening on it’s own, they’ve taken it upon themselves to hasten it.
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Man, I really do miss Airport and Expresses. Great UI, decent coverage, didn't look horrible.
 
Ignoring all the rage in the comments to point out that the early iPad Pros did USB 3.0 over lightning.

People need to stop saying lightning was limited to USB 2 speeds.

For the Air my guess is it’s a thermal limit. For the regular iPhone it’s possible the controller only supports USB 2.

Not the best spec, not something I’d defend Apple for. But in my experience most people are buying cheap USB-C cables that only support USB 2 anyway and I’m sure that’s the logic they use, too.
 
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zaidbaby said:
says the guy with m4 as dp.
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I can buy whatever I want whenever I want. If a product strikes my fancy for whatever singular (or more reason) I get it, regardless of what others may do. If I was chasing specs as your retort tried to suggest, I wouldn't still be using a 12" MacBook, 11" MBA, or have bought other products that clearly overlapped one another.

Your retort failed. It also didn't address the proper context of what I was responding to with my post.
 
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