Agreed. I hope this smart connector is true, whether or not the headphone jack remains. There are lots of neat possibilities now that I think about it more, and I believe it would still allow for a waterproof design?
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Agreed. I hope this smart connector is true, whether or not the headphone jack remains. There are lots of neat possibilities now that I think about it more, and I believe it would still allow for a waterproof design?
We always assumed that the hardware for true wireless charging would be built in the iPhone.
With the addition of the smartconnector, Apple can release a case with the wireless charging hw built in the case instead of the phone and that the case will charge the iPhone through the smart connector.
With the addition of the smartconnector, Apple can release a case with the wireless charging hw built in the case instead of the phone and that the case will charge the iPhone through the smart connector.
I would be shocked to see a final design so similar to the 6. The new iPhone will have to be a different shape in order to please the look at me I have the latest iPhone 'crowd'
Since the true wireless charging tech is not effective enough, they could introduce a case with wireless tech, but also a small buffer/battery, and charging the iPhone through the smart connector with the small battery/buffer.
It has apple written all over it to release a case with wireless hw, instead of putting it in the iPhone itself.
They can charge extra for a case , so they don' t have to increase the price of the iPhone.
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NO HOME BUTTON
NO Audio Jack..
Thats it. it's settled
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Well ignoring the whole image sensor argument advantage that interchangeable lens cameras have, here is the reason smartphones won't kill them off.
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I don't think that works out correctly, unless they removed the home button but didn't make the phone any smaller. It doesn't appear to be wide enough to the 7+ but it would be too tall to be the 7 without a home button.
It looks like Apple is trying to compete with LG to see who can make the fugliest camera lens...
I'm not an iPhone user but I have always admired their design. I personally really like the 6/6s that everyone likes to poo on (although iPhone 5 was the best). But this...
It has to be fake right?
I'm not an iPhone user but I have always admired their design. I personally really like the 6/6s that everyone likes to poo on (although iPhone 5 was the best). But this...
It has to be fake right?
Agreed. We usually see a complete redesign every couple of years. Unless there is a crazy new color coming (like, for instance, an actual space gray...) there would be little to differentiate it from the 6. Also, it feels a little early for parts to be leaking like this.
Fair, I just want to be sure that the two things are not mixed. While the S7 looks very interesting to me for example (design and some specs), I'll never hurt myself buying a Samsung phone.
Anyone care to tell me why Apple would drop the headphone jack in order to make the phone slimmer, but then add a portruding dual lens camera. Doesn't make a great deal of sense if true, so...
Mac rumors add this NO HOME BUTTON
Maybe it's just me but that black screen has NO holes of any kind. Not even for an earpiece. So I am going to call that bogus. Charging port looks like micro USB as well. Can't tell.
Not to mention that while you can improve the sensor, in any given sensor generation, larger sensors can afford larger pixels, which means better low light performance. Certain kinds of photography cannot even be done on a small sensor due to the low light performance (astrophotography). Other kinds cannot be done because the camera on a phone simply lacks the ability to be controlled in certain ways.
But to answer the questions directly:
Many people still do. Just not directly. Who do you know uses Dropbox (or similar)? Google Search (or similar)? Then your use of computers still depends on these big monstrous clusters of CPUs. Even if you don't have one in your basement.
When the sedan appeared, did trucks disappear? No. The right tool for the job is still the right tool for the job.
Yes, it is hard to believe. Camera phones may democratize photography, but it doesn't make DSLRs obsolete. Far from it. Many of the technologies that smartphone cameras demand in order to not be terrible wind up making DSLRs that much better, or are derived from DSLR advancements. This isn't a case of catchup, they are evolving in parallel and learning from each other.
And I don't really agree with the premise that the progress of technology changes the size of the best devices. That metric is subjective. The progress of technology provides for more options, more access, and more democratization of technology. So the size of what is most popular, or most used changes (by the nature of more people being able to participate), but that may not even change what is best for a particular use. I use my smartphone camera, but I use my mirrorless DSLR to take photos that are impossible to capture any other way, except maybe on a Film SLR.