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Good, good, good... the regular iPhone 13 are getting LTPO displays as well. Great! We’ll probably see always on notifications on the lock screen as a feature for all the iPhone 13 lineup, including the mini. Perfect!

It was worth it the wait. Now please include Touch ID and make this gen one of the more significant leaps on iPhone history.
 
iPhone Users: But, but. We don't need all these gimmicks....
Apple: Updates devices with these "gimmicks".
iPhone Users: This is the best thing since sliced bread!
As an iPhone user, that had a Motorola five years ago, I’ve always missed some kind of notification led on my smartphone, and I think Apple is late to implement this, but yeah, I’m really happy they are implementing an always on notification system. Better late than never, I guess.
 
I have an iPhone X and 2017 iPad Pro with Promotion and I can’t tell the benefit or the difference when browsing or scrolling. Smartphone features have become so insignificant. When the iPhone launched in 2007 the big deal is you email anywhere, browse the Internet like you could on a desktop, do email and carry around your music in your pocket and watch videos on. It pretty much ticked the important boxes with exception to the glaringly missing copy and paste. Subsequent iterations improved the experience: 3G, video Recording, Retina display, notification shade, LTE, larger screen, Touch ID, 64 bit performance and improved user experience with Face ID and all screen UI and of course, the camera. I think since the iPhone 4s the camera has been remarkably good.

But iPhone XS and later, it’s kinda become niche features or Pro features as Apple calls them. Apple seems to have been sucked into the world of Android and looking for continued growth. Their hands are kinda tied anyway; if they don’t respond Android might get that revenue. It’s a tough position for Apple to be in.
 
By the way, Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Oxid, or LTPO, is an OLED display backplane technology developed by Apple.
Ha? Apple doesn't create any screen hardware. Samsung does. Samsung has this tech in their S line right now that does this. Apple is just waiting on Samsung to allow other makers to use their tech.
 
I still don't really get the hype for 120Hz on a phone. I definitely notice the difference on my iPad vs my 7 Plus, but drawing with the Apple Pencil is about the only time it feels worth it.
Same here. I don't really notice it much on my iPad Pro. I guess it helps w/ the drawing. I don't notice on my Samsung phone much either.
 
I would like to see Apple get to a point where they can make their own screens and won't have to sub it out.
Kinda silly to ultimately be supporting your No 1 competitor.
I guess that's why they are always copying each other too.
No charger? Fine. Let's both do that.
Locked phone with no battery access? Fine. Let's both do that.
They both dominate the world.
What an ass backwards way of thinking. You act like Apple just straight up buys Samsung phones. Samsung does make other components other than consumer electronics. They are good at what they do.

The mental gymnastics you people will do to keep that hard-on for hating on Samsung. Like, let it go already.
 
So after we get a 120hz display, all that's left is getting rid of the notch and adding a USB-C port. Maybe adding touching ID back and 16GB of ram? Is there anything left for Apple to innovate? 😆
Apple is no longer in the bleeding edge tech business. Just a copy and paste company right now. Let other companies be leaders in innovation. Until someone knocks them off, they'll keep at this pace. Plus their fans don't care and in the end, money talks.

Thank goodness for other companies that pushes tech further and innovate.
 
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What an ass backwards way of thinking. You act like Apple just straight up buys Samsung phones. Samsung does make other components other than consumer electronics. They are good at what they do.

The mental gymnastics you people will do to keep that hard-on for hating on Samsung. Like, let it go already.
I don't get it either. It's not only screen, but batteries, rams, n many other small components. There are only 4 major cpu builder in this whole world. TSMC, Intel, AMD and Samsung. How the hell is Apple going to pull this off?
 
I wish they’d bring 120Hz to the 13 Mini but I assume battery life is the issue there. Looking to trade my 11 Pro for the 13 Mini or maybe 13 Pro.
 
Good right-up on LTPO

”As Apple owns the patents to LTPO, Samsung worked on its own display tech that apes LTPO but doesn’t force Samsung to cough up patent fees. And the tech in question is HOP. Standing for Hybrid-oxide and Polycrystalline silicon.”

 
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