mrvirginia
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Now everyone can rest ez knowing that the XS line does have 4GB of RAM.
iPhone XS and XS Max Have 4GB of RAM, XR Has 3GB; XS Max and XR Have Larger 3,174 and 2,942 mAH Batteries
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Rafterman
macrumors 604
I doubt its an issue, as no other reports have popped up. Could be a lot of things - 3rd party charger, or simply a one-off bad battery.
ajollynerd
macrumors newbie
Nothing to add about the new iPhones, or about the article in general. It should read, however, "Fewer pixels, less power consumption."
TheShadowKnows!
macrumors 6502a
Ignored nothing, Futbol Guy.
Please read:
https://developer.apple.com/design/...-layout/#device-screen-sizes-and-orientations
"Size classes are traits that are automatically assigned to content areas based on their size. The system defines two size classes, regular (denotes expansive space) and compact(denotes constrained space), which describe the height and width of a view"
- Regular width, regular height
- Compact width, compact height
- Regular width, compact height
- Compact width, regular height
PORTRAIT ORIENTATION (ALL)::= all iPhones (regardless of physical size) are [compact width, regular height]
LANDSCAPE ORIENTATION (NON-PLUS, NON-MAX)::= [compact width, compact height]
LANDSCAPE ORIENTATION (PLUS, MAX)::= [regular width, compact height]
So, display resolution (ppi) does matter because information displayed is invariant.
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Zachari
macrumors 6502
Forget the breakthrough technology like the 8-core nueral engine, 4-core GPU, Dual 12MP wide-angle and telephoto camera, Wide-angle: ƒ/1.8 aperture, etc. But yes, the S iteration of iPhone is "peaking". I can't roll my eyes hard enough.
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falainber
macrumors 68040
Love? Now I finally understand what prevented Apple from adding oxygen saturation sensor, memory card, decent RAM, variable apperture and pen support. Too much love? For profits, perhaps.
The Back "Wide Angle" Camera's image sensor is very-likely the Samsung ISOCELL Fast 2L3.
It supports Full-Res 12 Mpx capture @ 120 fps, & includes 256 MB of Dedicated DRAM, enough to hold 7 Full-Res photos.
At least one other website is reporting that the Back "Telephoto" image sensor has NOT been Updated from the iPhone X OR 8+
As such, AAPL should have offered a version of the XS that does NOT include the Back Telephoto Camera at all, & priced that appropriately ($899 or lower) ... that would have been a better option than the XR, @ $749 OR $799.
It supports Full-Res 12 Mpx capture @ 120 fps, & includes 256 MB of Dedicated DRAM, enough to hold 7 Full-Res photos.
At least one other website is reporting that the Back "Telephoto" image sensor has NOT been Updated from the iPhone X OR 8+
As such, AAPL should have offered a version of the XS that does NOT include the Back Telephoto Camera at all, & priced that appropriately ($899 or lower) ... that would have been a better option than the XR, @ $749 OR $799.
falainber
macrumors 68040
The virtual points can't show information. I am not familiar with Apple API, but if it does make it so that the screen with much lower resolution (Xr) shows more information than the higher resolution screen that would be a major design flaw.
cmaier
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Lol. Memory card. Why not a floppy disk drive while they're at it?
That's true, Max and Xr show exactly the same things on screen, but Xr is only 2x while Max is 3x so you can feel the lower resolution unless you are far away from the phones.
Xs has the same ppi but lower resolution thus displays less stuff. I took some screenshots comparing Xs and Xs Max in iOS simulator and attached to a previous post. I didn't include Xr in the screenshots at is looked the same as Max
fourthtunz
macrumors 68000
Android is for people who can't afford a real phone.
cmaier
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They show the same amount of information (generally speaking). When you are coding, they have the same resolution. If you place a 40x40 image at location 0,0, it will take 40x40 pixels on old iPhones, 80x80 actual pixels on newer devices, and 120x120 on the top-of-the line. In each case, though, you are taking the same amount of space on the screen - you provide different images in each case so that for the 3x devices you get more details in the same amount of space.
For text, the text is smoother, but there's the same amount of it. etc.
Highly doubtful. But, I think its apparent Micro led is coming based off previous Rumors indictating Apple has been experimenting with Micro-Led. My guess is the earliest would be 2020/2021. It would also be dependent if Apple
Has the necessary suppliers aligned as well.
The most significant advantages being:
- Less power draw, which esquates to longer battery life.
- Two/three times brighter over OLED.
- Higher-resolution displays with better color gamut.
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We get more information about device specs from "Great Firewall" China than Apple Marketing.
https://www.apple.com/iphone-xs/specs/ still doesn't show battery capacity or RAM.
If these specs "don't matter" enough to mention, why does the XR have less RAM? They don't want you talking about it.
GoodWheaties
macrumors 6502a
Basically it has to do with iOS. When displaying lots of white at average brightness, OLED is not as efficient. It is not the magic bullet as so many claimed at least with current iOS versions.
spaceballl
macrumors 68030
Makes sense. The XR has way less pixels to push.
cmaier
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What the heck kind of logic is this? The XR has less RAM because it is a lower-end device, and engineering tradeoffs were made (for example, LED burns more battery than OLED, so one way to make that up is to reduce RAM, which reduces battery load).
The specs "don't matter enough to mention" because hardly anyone cares about RAM until they run into a problem with it, and most people will never run into a problem with it.
Would you like Apple to plaster their home page with technical details nobody cares about?
The Back "Wide Angle" Camera's image sensor is very-likely the Samsung ISOCELL Fast 2L3.
It supports Full-Res 12 Mpx capture @ 120 fps, & includes 256 MB of Dedicated DRAM, enough to hold 7 Full-Res photos.
At least one other website is reporting that the Back "Telephoto" image sensor has NOT been Updated from the iPhone X OR 8+
As such, AAPL should have offered a version of the XS that does NOT include the Back Telephoto Camera at all, & priced that appropriately ($899 or lower) ... that would have been a better option than the XR, @ $749 OR $799.
I was not surprised at all that the X was taken offline after a year of being announced because of the XR. They would have, and probably are currently with remaining stock at carrier's and retailers, neutered upgrades the XS as people would and probably expected to be able to just hop on a price reduced X from their older devices.
Mc0
macrumors regular
Dumb comparison you say. You should be getting your money’s worth. They should have put a bigger battery instead of reducing it.
falainber
macrumors 68040
The fact that Note 9 can have 1TB of storage (i.e. 2x of the largest iPhone storage) is nothing to sniff at. Unlike the floppy disk, memory cards today have access speeds that are fast enough to handle all media requests (music, photos and UHD video). I am pretty sure that memory card in Note 9 works much faster than iCloud in iPhone (and cheaper too).
cocky jeremy
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And it still won't last as long. They didn't put a 4000 mAH battery in to make the iPhone's battery life seem bad. They did it to try to stay on par with Apple.
cmaier
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Why? For what purpose? It's a dumb comparison because what matters is battery life given your desired workload. Nobody should give two ***** about the mAh. That's just a means to an end, and one of many variables. Dropping to 7nm for the SoC saves a ton of power, for example. Would you rather have 2x the capacity battery but consume it twice as fast? You are asking the wrong question by focussing on one spec for one piece of the overall solution.
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Yes, I am sniffing at it. It's stupid, it's an edge case, it's of little use to anyone, and it's hardly worth compromising the device for everyone else so that you can brag about a stupid capability nobody will ever use. The space that the card slot takes up is space that can't be used for other things. It's another source for liquid entry. It's creates all sorts of complications. If you want to use a card, use the lightning adapter, and don't saddle the rest of us with the burdens imposed by your useless demands.
I7guy
macrumors Westmere
iCloud doesn’t have to worry about damaged cards. In addition my phones gets backed up passively, not actively, which is great for me.
NIKKG
macrumors 6502
Dude, its 2018, times have changed. They don't even make Nexus anymore. Seems like alot of the Apple guys are still living in the past. Both Android and Windows are pretty darn good these days. Get a Note 9 and it'll make the iphones outdated.
How can Samsung put a 4000mah battery plus headphone jack and stylus and Apple can't?