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iPhone 11 Pro Pro is not Professional
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6GB hopefully is the minimum. For the super high price of this phone, just be nice for future proofing.
In the UK it's short for Proper Expensive.
iPhone 11: £729
iPhone 11 Proper Expensive: £1049
iPhone 11 Proper Expensive to the Max: £1149
iPhone 11: £729
iPhone 11 Proper Expensive: £1049
iPhone 11 Proper Expensive to the Max: £1149
iPhones run an iPod MP3 player class OS. If you ever want iPadOS features you'll need up to 6GB like on the current iPad Pros but preferably more for working on larger data files and future proofing. Or inversely, if you strip down a desktop OS and remove split window foreground multitasking, remove background multitasking, run a minimal desktop UI where you can't place home screen icons anywhere, etc. you can run it on a 2GB desktop/laptop with lesser CPU. That's not optimization but rather stripped down. Optimization is requiring less resources to support the same features which isn't the case here.
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MP3 player OS? LOL. Good one. Joke of the day., thanks for that.
Honestly in terms of RAM, I was sure there were users with iPadOS on 2 GB devices with great experiences, just like they have right now. Our Air 2 is running iOS 12 very nicely. Sure, safari tabs reload when you have many open, but other than that...?
I agree iOS is similar to a calculator OS, not a true operating system for a mini computer.
It feels and looks so dated like something from a decade ago.
It feels and looks so dated like something from a decade ago.
I find it funny when people are like it needs 6gb or 8gb or ram but then never explain what they need it for. I’m not trying to suggest people don’t need it just that I’ve never seen/heard anyone articulate why they need the extra ram.
I’m much more interested in the experience the phone offers which, to me, the pro offers a better experience thanks to the OLED display and extra camera. Do I think that’s objectively (if there is such a thing) worth the extra $400-$500 Canadian they’re asking? No I don’t, but for me as someone who loves phones it’s worth it. I rarely recommend the high end iPhones to anyone except hardcore tech enthusiasts or Apple fanboys and that’s fine, the 11 and XR exist for most people that just want a phone that works.
I’m much more interested in the experience the phone offers which, to me, the pro offers a better experience thanks to the OLED display and extra camera. Do I think that’s objectively (if there is such a thing) worth the extra $400-$500 Canadian they’re asking? No I don’t, but for me as someone who loves phones it’s worth it. I rarely recommend the high end iPhones to anyone except hardcore tech enthusiasts or Apple fanboys and that’s fine, the 11 and XR exist for most people that just want a phone that works.
Pro doesn’t mean that at all. Apple is using the term ‘Pro’ to create a separation of what they believe the consumer will ultimately recognize as the newest iPhone with the latest features, more specifically, the triple lens camera. Also, Pro is for Productivity, which Apple is probably continuing this naming due to the iPad and Mac line sharing the same titles.
Putting it this way it sort of reminds me of that GTA San Andreas clothing brand, Pro Laps.
Please reply with what EXACTLY, Precisely Pro means to you.
Hell anyone else chime in as well.
What does the new trigger word of year mean to you. And why do you have that feeling?
Some folks are really hung up on that word. I think Apple did it merely to differentiate between the iPhone 11 and the two higher-end models.
The term Pro is merely a word to highlight the differential between 2 phone offerings bearing the same series number of 11.
Microsoft seems to do well marketing their Surface Pro pad-let with minimal specs, so I guess Apple is keeping pace.
Microsoft seems to do well marketing their Surface Pro pad-let with minimal specs, so I guess Apple is keeping pace.
Really? It's silly to actually try and describe what a pro machine should have?
We're human beings, we language to guide us. If you call something "pro" it should mean something, and not just be for marketing.
Most people would tell you that a "pro" machine should not come gimped right out of the box with 64gb of memory. Most people will tell you a pro machine needs to have a connection port that is compatible with 90% of pro equipment.
Apple fans need to stop being so ridiculous in defending this company.
You know was well as I do, pro is alluding to professional, not productivity....
And yes, “pro” models are those with better features than non “pro”
Pro is not Professional, Max is not Maximum. 11 is not the eleventh iPhone. What else?
There is no point to argue over a product name.
There is no point to argue over a product name.
FWIW I still think MacBook Pro is a terrible name, PowerBook was better.
I say that all the time, don't you?
"I got a lot done today, I was so Pro ..."
(Your other assertion, is - of course - quite correct)
Yeah because Pro now a days always literally means for professional users, like with the PS4 Pro, obviously only for professional gamers
It's just a word
It's just a word
