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- NBQ00-6
Went to check out the iPhone 15 Pro & Max at the Apple store. And I'm just still not convinced to switch back. I still like the Samsung S21 FE 5g version better design wise.
What annoys me about iOS also is how slow the UI animations are. In Android I can speed it up to really quick in developer options but Apple doesn't allow such tweaks.
I guess will wait for iPhone 16 and see if it will be more attractive then.
- ripping yarn, my good fellow! positively breathtaking!face_melter
- Old man yelling at cloud.ideaist
- Why would 16 be different? Fan boys lap up anything apple produces. Buy their stock, not their products!formed
- mg330
Got the 15 Pro on Friday, first time to set it up doing the Quick Start method transferring one phone to the other over wifi. I usually make a backup on my computer and restore from there.
One key difference I noticed is that I did not have to set up google authenticator 2FA stuff on the new phone. Every time I've restored from a backup I had to.
Other than that, smooth sailing. The action button is nice, I have mine set to camera. Granted, you've got the camera button icon on the screen, but I was at a park with my kids this weekend and for whatever reason it was nice to have that actual button to press for the camera.
I got a clear case for it on Amazon, and here's a tip: make sure to get a clear case WITH the MagSafe circle charging thing visible. First case I bought didn't have that, it was nice and sleek and no clutter of that circle on the back, but without it it wouldn't hold tightly enough on an upright MagSafe stand. The battery backup wouldn't stick to it either. Sending it back and already got the right one with the MagSafe thing.
Other than that, it's still just an iPhone.
- only reason I point on the authenticator stuff is that last time around, I wiped my old phone before realizing I needed to copy over the 2FA stuff.mg33
- It was a pain getting that set back up, especially for my synology NAS at home. Have to use backup login codes, reset it. Frustrating. Glad this was seamless.mg33
- I did the Quick Start thing when I got my 14 Pro. It really does the trick.Continuity
- Link to the case?HAYZ1LLLA
- Incidentally — and I didn't know this until I got my M1 MBP — Mac OS has a similar thing as iOS Quick Start, over WiFi.Continuity
- NBQ00-3
Resident Evil 4 for iPhone Will Cost $60. Good luck with that, Capcom. For $60 I'd just buy the desktop version.
- ben980
We've reached the peak with phones. We need something else. There's no innovation left.
- Cyber crack is the futurecrazyprick
- no we don'tmonospaced
- What are you talking about? Innovation never sleeps. Today Apple introduced usb-c portdrgs
- kek :]]ben98
- what we need is to make cameras thinner so we don't have that stupid fugly binnacle poking out from the back of the phonehans_glib
- like what? smartphones are fucking amazing what they do.inteliboy
- Seeing more and more foldable smart phones, but I think its a dead enddrgs
- Nobody wants a thick folding phonemonospaced
- 10 million sales in 2021, 14.2 million in 2022, 48 million forecast for 2027. But sure, nobody.i_monk
- "There's no innovation left." I don't agree with that.
No innovation by apple.sted - that 2027 sales is far fetched knowing what things they have to do to stay on the mobile communication market in europe and asia.sted
- the changes what coming (mostly for legal reasons) will affect apple more than any other phone manufacturer.sted
- I'm sure a $360B company is aware and takes its sales forecasts seriously.i_monk
- Apple is on shaky ground, imho. Look at China's move and what it did to the stock. Apple is a 1-trick-pony currently and their pony looks old and boring.formed
- I'll keep my stock because of their cash, but they've been doing nothing for a long time now, they better make something interesting soon.formed
- "No innovation by apple." so... where's all the innovation then? folding phones?inteliboy
- Since when is double-digits billions in cash reserves anything close to "shaky ground?" There's no sign they have any foundational problems.monospaced
- NBQ000
The cheap fucks at Apple are only including a USB-C 2.0 (not 3.0) cable with the iPhone 15 Pro. Sigh.
- mg330
Who else does the yearly upgrade subscription thing? It's been nice to get a new phone every year so of course ordering this one on Friday.
- how much?_niko
- that yummy tantalumimbecile
- I hate getting a new phone so much. I despise it. Every year would be hellnb
- I dont upgrade every version. I will get this one since I have the 12. So it will be a good worthy upgrade. Might get the plus.HAMT
- It's a bit fucking much to do it every year no? WOW. Every 3yrs I say would be the absolute max required!HAYZ1LLLA
- Mines 5yrs old and I will be getting this 15Pro. Still debating the max but for £150 more it seems worth it for longer battery, bigger screen and 25x zoom.HAYZ1LLLA
- imbecile2
as dumb as I think all the apple hype and incremental upgrades are, i do consider their pro phones, "professional grade".
I have used an iphone 14 pro max for the last 8 months as a social media device. I record greetings, overviews, walkthroughs, and all photographs that post to 9 social media channels with it, recording video with probably 30 individuals monthly, taking countless photos
I manage multiple google business profiles, facebook and instagram profiles, as well as twitter and youtube using agorapulse posting both photos and videos on a daily basis.
my work carry is a $30 amazon sling bag containing a work provided cell phone, airpods pro, amazon microphones, tripod, phone holder, battery pack, mouthwash, eye drops, and a pocket knife.
20 years ago, I wanted the iphone 2 to do this, it couldn't. Now the only reason I open my computer is to use after effects or manage the website.
my se or se2 could never manage this, screen too small, camera too shitty.
I'm sure any modern android device could do this, the world may never know. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- "Our best iPhone ever" - Timmy Appleutopian
- how would you feel if they said "our third best phone in 2 decades"?imbecile
- I'd say at least the cunts are honestcrazyprick
- how would you feel, though?imbecile
- are you not able to do that with a normal phone?cannonball1978
- no, my rotary landline is not capable of such tasksimbecile
- ^HA!!!Projectile
- NBQ001
Apple is pushing mobile gaming graphics and gameplay. For more than a decade mobile games remained the same, not much improving, maybe even regressing by introducing all these dumb micro paymeng and loot boxes with 100 notifications before you can even start playing the game. This new power and being able to run console like games is great.
- Apple have profited greatly off that shit.PhanLo
- Maybe but it was the game publishers who introduced that crap, not because Apple asked for itNBQ00
- NBQ00 is upset how much it costs to be a sheepimbecile
- like MTX are going to stop just because the graphics are shinier. fucking brainiac over here.face_melter
- this doesn't happen with Apple Arcademonospaced
- I can't stand modern gaming. This is one of the reasons. Also that they are all just like stories you follow along to.microkorg
- What I mean is if real game console games like Division & Resident Evil 4 come to iPhone, they're not the typical mobile pay-to-play shit.NBQ00
- and yet, touchscreen controls still suck monkeyballs.kalkal
- crazyprick0
Ecology: black mother nature
Tech stuff: some white dude
- Better than vice versa, innit?Longcopylover
- Not enough black folkscrazyprick
- names of the Iphone colours?robthelad
- NBQ000
"iPhone 15 has an all new design..."
WHAT?
lol
- It looks exactly the same?NBQ00
- The seamlessly milled aluminum case is actually pretty different, lots of soft seamless edges, even with the camera lens bump.evilpeacock
- ok thenNBQ00
- SeAmLeSsLy MiLlEdcrazyprick
- LoTs Of SoFt SeAmLeSs EdGeScrazyprick
- As tech gets thinner-and-thinner only small hardware details differentiate between all the brands.evilpeacock
- It’s made from a different material, I’d say that qualifies as a new design. What do you want? Folding? 90s clear plastic?nb
- New material is new material, not design, geniuscrazyprick
- ideaist1
“Many of the dangers we face indeed arise from science and technology—but, more fundamentally, because we have become powerful without becoming commensurately wise. The world-altering powers that technology has delivered into our hands now require a degree of consideration and foresight that has never before been asked of us.”
~ Carl Sagan
- Consumer products too powerful for our unwise minds.ideaist
- NBQ001
iPhone 15 Pro is better. Smaller bezels too.
- "The most pro iPhone we've ever created"duckseason
- Pro ProPhanLo
- Pretty powerful, Resident Evil 4 runs on it, niceNBQ00
- This is the future, console level games on a mobile phone.NBQ00
- crazyprick0
Boring ass shit
- seriously, still no feature to fill the void in life.BabySnakes
- HAYZ1LLLA0
I like it when I actually know I'll be getting a new Apple product when these things launch. This old iPhone XR has been good to me but the vast development in cameras means its time to upgrade to the 15. Here we goooo....
- i_monk-1
Just spent two hours trying to reconnect to wifi after rebooting the router.
1. Could see my network the entire time, including signal strength, but said it could not be joined. All other devices reconnected without issue.
2. Apple's advice is generally useless; obvious stuff like "make sure you're connecting to the right network" and paradoxically "check for updates" (how?).
3. Network Diagnostics is absolutely useless if you can't connect, but the OS keeps suggesting it.
4. Rebooting and resetting the SMC and PRAM, nenewing the DHCP made no difference.
5. It could tell if I used the wrong password, but refused to connect when using the right one.
6. Eventually solved by force quitting SystemUIServer, thanks to a reply on the Apple stackexchange (and not the accepted answer).Infuriating.
- Problems like this are usually cacheing issues. Router knows you have an IP and refuses to give it to you again. Rebooting the router might have worked.comicsans
- Rebooted it twice after the initial reboot.i_monk
- Also timeouts, some things just resolve themselves after a couple of hours. But yes, maddening when it happens.comicsans
- interesting - i'm having the same issue at the mo. it must be the russianshans_glib
- scarabin2
My apple pencil took a shit. Found out they can’t be repaired and they’re like a hundred bucks to replace.
Found this $30 one on amazon and it works beautifully!
- like every other over-priced thing, it's from same factory that makes the original in China, they just changed the color :)_niko
- You get what you pay for. Always; perceived or otherwise.ideaist
- great find! didn‘t know it’s possible. expected from apple to somehow block this:) cool choice of colors!uan
- I needed this! thank you! Does it magnet?robthelad
- It does. Boners.robthelad
