iPhone 17 Pro Max Seriously, Apple, you put a MacBook chip in this thing… what, to open Notes faster?

[casperes1996]

I’m not asking for desktop software. I understand your point, but iOS still doesn’t have any apps that can fully utilize all this power. For now, it’s just wasted performance, in my opinion.

Year after year, I don’t really see any difference in iOS fluidity compared to the 14 Pro Max…

Do you see much difference in fluidity between an M1 Pro and an M4 Pro MacBook Pro? Both do render basic animations on the desktop as smoothly as possible. Not having huge year to year differences is a sign of maturity and it’s positive. You can hold on to stuff longer.

 

[iPadified]

So why put a MacBook chip in an iPhone if iOS is still so limited? Just for the longevity of the phone?

Because right now, we have a rocket… but it’s stuck on the ground.

What would you have wanted to do with all this power?

Apple could open the door to real “pro” apps — Final Cut, Logic, Xcode… — but for now, nothing is happening.

Maybe they could focus now on pro-only apps to unlock more features and actually make the most of the smartphone’s power.

Extra camera features are nice, sure, but we’re still just circling around the same stuff

All Macs and iPads runs on a beefed up version of an iPhone chip. There is no such thing as a too fast computer/phone etc. Only means you can keep the device longer and who is sorry for that. Smartphones have plateaued in development (well Macs and iPads as well).

 

[wanha]

So why put a MacBook chip in an iPhone if iOS is still so limited? Just for the longevity of the phone?

Because right now, we have a rocket… but it’s stuck on the ground.

What would you have wanted to do with all this power?

Apple could open the door to real “pro” apps — Final Cut, Logic, Xcode… — but for now, nothing is happening.

Maybe they could focus now on pro-only apps to unlock more features and actually make the most of the smartphone’s power.

Extra camera features are nice, sure, but we’re still just circling around the same stuff

I think this is a case of technological evolution where processing power keeps improving, but there isn't an obvious outlet (i.e. use case) for it yet, but this capability accumulation will eventually enable completely new things to emerge.

This isn't just about Apple, but about the industry in general.

 

[Ctrlos]

Because we can pretend all we like but a phone is still a phone. Given the choice there can;t be any sort of professional who would prefer editing video, images or CAD files on an iPhone over a PC or Mac. I used to think that Samsung Dex was really clever until I realised I was only ever using it for the novelty over a local computer. If you have an existing monitor, keyboard and mouse you're not using them exclusively with a phone. A reason I went with the iPhone Air is because I don't want a DSLR in my pocket when I could use a DSLR. If I'm not in a position to carry my camera (ie 90% of the time!) I'm not really in the mindset for taking quality photographs.