Apple could add something useful instead of the camera button nobody asked for. Like 16GB of RAM, the X80 modem, and a 1-inch main camera sensor. The hardware on the iPhone is quickly falling behind if they don't add these things. But Apple probably doesn't care. It's all about the money!
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Thanks for this. Not that I care, or agree, but it's fun to see people come up with ideas about Apple design.
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It’s not difficult to add these things. Any manufacturer can do it.
Yeah sure buddy, just add a one inch camera sensor no big deal.
Oh? What’s that? Now people are pissed off at the Canon EOS sized camera bump necessary to utilize a sensor that size? Damn.
Well, at least we got rid of the camera button. Oh what did you say? The people who hated losing 3D Touch are annoyed that the camera button, which they had started getting used to, is now gone? No problem, if you need to take a picture in a hurry just swipe down from the top corner that your thumb can’t reach and press the camera icon on the screen, it’s instant!
Thank god I have 16GB of RAM now, my iPhone 16 Pro Max was so sluggish, just chugging along, it was embarrassing!
So, what are you saying? The camera button is useless. The entire phone moves when you press it. Is that good?
Why only 16GB of RAM? Why not 32GB? 64GB? Why doesn't Apple add a full mechanical zoom lens that comes out 3 inches?
Why not? I’d love a full optical zoom that could go to 300mm.
32GB is a bit much at the moment. 8GB, on the other hand, is too little. Apple intelligence will require more than that for newer features in, say, 2 years from now?
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Do any of those features necessitate the removal of the camera button? They shouldn't be changing the design for the sake of changing the design.
They could save some money by removing it, which then could be spent on more useful things like RAM, for example.
iCamera is a more appropriate name for the product; the fact that it can do the same things a Nokia 3310 could do is a nice feature, but it’s basically like the calculator app at this point.
The fact that these $1000 cameras had no button in them to instantly open the camera until now is kind of nuts.
Well you have some contrarian soul mates on this forum that are coming at the iPhone from different angle. Namely that they will never, ever, use LLM AI and it shouldn't be on the phone at all. So who wins?
Why not use some of the other 48 different ways to open the camera app instantly? A few lines of code is all that it takes.
In terms of CPU / GPU, they're at least 2 years ahead of the competition, if not 3. At least we have that.
How did you get to that conclusion?
I laugh at these posts, why? Some of these comments will argue about the lack of “innovation” and when it’s introduce then it’s not enough or just a “gimmick”. No winning with these types. Apple Intelligence has not even been released but these same comments are taking about the future possibility of it.
We see this with the iPad where the hardware is more capable than the OS for many many years, yet Apple has not even utilized the HW potential completely. 16GB on an iPhone 😂😂😂
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You can compare the new Samsung Galaxy S24 from this year with an iPhone 14 Pro from 2 years ago on Geekbench and the "old" iPhone beats it both in single-core (44%) and multi-core (10%).
It's been happening year over year since quite a few years actually.
Yep, and despite being an All New Design™ the desktop Snapdragons with the Oryon core ended up falling in the same 2-3 years behind range.
Yeah I do like 1" type sensors on the Xiaomi 14 Ultra and such, and the camera bump isn't really any more obstructive than what we have now. Apple shouldn't fall behind in this regard.
My 15 pro is constantly refreshing apps/webpages, it's insane they didn't increase the RAM
Ok, I’m in Safari right now, and see a fleeting moment I want a photo of. Can you tell me a faster way to open the camera than the camera button?
Do you honestly believe the iPhone is limited by cost?
No keep the button. I wanted it on mine since they were available on Sony Xperia phones.
I believe they want to keep the cost in a certain range. That’s why they saved money on the cheap X71 modem instead of the X75.