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Next Year's iPhone 18 Pro Already Rumored to Have Five New Features
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Back in the olden days I used to upgrade iPhones every year. Somewhere along the way I changed and now only update once my current iPhone doesn’t get iOS updates anymore. Went from a 7+ to a 14 Pro so I always like reading about the new models and their upcoming features so I know what I’m getting when the iPhone 20 is released.
Still with all the software processing going on, no one will know which phone you use to take a picture, nor will they care?
I'm not quite that extreme but I get it. The phone is much like various other tech in that it evolves a lot in the first few/several years (largely because the first ones sucked) then they finally reach "good enough". After that there are some nice improvements but rarely compelling enough on their own to warrant an upgrade. I went from yearly up to iPhone 4 then roughly every three years or so after. Three years seems to accumulate enough changes that for me it's worth an upgrade. So my next phone may be the iPhone 19 pro
Rumours of underscreen face id is becoming more and more of an urban myth. I am not that concerned eitherway as I tend to update my phones upon a design change.
So it is more feasible for me to buy a iphone 17 pro max this year, and wait another 5 years give or take for the next design change in
Hopefully by then the iphone will go full screen!
So it is more feasible for me to buy a iphone 17 pro max this year, and wait another 5 years give or take for the next design change in
Hopefully by then the iphone will go full screen!
Very true regarding marketing, but in this case it actually goes back to the time of video sensors used in the early days of TV. The cameras used vacuum tubes to capture images and the specs referred to the diameter of the round capture area. Only the rectangle-shaped area in the middle of the “circle” was technically used, covering about 2/3 of the area. Roughly the same ratio we see today for spec-to-actual physical size. Seems like that should have been corrected when we started making semiconductor sensors, but whatever 🤷♂️
No, it will just mean that Siri will have an upgraded/smarter response for you when she cannot help you. Haa!
"Hey Siri, can you please do ......."
Siri: "I would really love to be able to do that for you, but I STILL cannot help with such requests. Please wait while I refer you to a truly intelligent AI agent that can".
Agreed. I would be more willing to believe them if they were live keynotes with a live demo.
Vapourware. Apple will probably deliver one fifth of that (if any), do it badly, and delay the rest to iPhone 24. A bit like they did with the Apple modem that was rumoured years ago and now it’s only on the cheap iPhone because it’s inferior to the Qualcomm solution. Or the wireless charger that was cancelled completely. Or Apple intelligence (🤣🤣🤣). Or a completely portless iPhone. And the list goes on…
As opposed to a “real AI” response, “Let me see if I can steal an answer for that, and if I cannot find one I will just make one up”No, it will just mean that Siri will have an upgraded/smarter response for you when she cannot help you. Haa!
"Hey Siri, can you please do ......."
Siri: "I would really love to be able to do that for you, but I STILL cannot help with such requests. Please wait while I refer you to a truly intelligent AI agent that can".
Not sure whether an under the screen FaceID will materialize by the end of next year. As for the rest, expecting the yearly camera improvements along with a new chip.
We will see in September. It will definitely be an upgrade nevertheless but I guess the jump to the 18 makes more sense for me.
I'm honestly surprised a one inch sensor hasn't become standard by now. Given the resurgence of smaller cameras thanks to content creators, maybe it will happen.
Yeah. I do not know much either but was wondering how big phone would be with 1" sensor.
But in some years when technology of Fresnel/flat lenses mature we may see bigger sensors in even phones I guess.
Regarding aperture, I am not sure Apple would add cost to phone if it would bring zero effect.
Good stuff. Hilarious. But, in all honesty, candor and seriousness, Apple Intelligence is awesome. I seldom use it lol but it’s there and private when I need it. Apple is awesome. People say oh software is garbage and they don’t innovate blah blah. Bro! They have like 80 bajillion phones they have to keep stable…all while
Implementing a whole new (SECURE!!!) AI system…cut em some damn slack. They just released the greatest iPhone eva (16 pro max) what more do you want, Jesus goddamn Christ lol
no i think they tend to be credible when they're announcing they're raising prices.
Haha as a 16PM owner; if I see the next generation of phones get an upgraded Apple Intelligence, and the entire reason to buy the 16 was Apple Intelligence that never got released.. I am going to be pissed. I’ll probably just switch to Android and just be done with Apple all together.
Speaking only to the video side of things, a variable aperture would allow users like me to keep a preferable shutter speed (like 1/48 for 24p or 1/60 for 30p) without the use of a ND filter necessarily. It would also theoretically help the sharpness on the lesser sensors of the ultra wide and telephoto, assuming those aren’t brought parity with the main wide.