This is probably the least interesting new iPhone ever released.
What were you hoping for?
The only commendable thing is scale, when Apple adds these features they reach 10X in unit sales per SKU compared to the competition.
[1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208351
[2] https://9to5mac.com/2019/07/29/stop-apple-listening-siri-rec...
Basically catching up to the Pixel
> new immersive audio algorithms
Will have to try it out but it sounds very much like fluff
> on-CPU changes for optimized ML matrix computations
So faster matrix multiplies are a user-facing feature?
Other than the camera changes, there was no features an average user would be excited over. No new tech like face unlock, animojis, Samsung's audio focus, Pixel's Soli, or other real new features.
I can't keep track.
Because you & apple during the presentation made is sound like computational photography in phones was something ground breaking and never before seen. Its been in the Pixel phone for years.
1. Spec bumps: These are mostly invisible to the consumer, it just gives them a phone that's slightly faster or lasts longer. Faster matrix multiply falls into this category.
2. Features: These are actual changes the user can see and interact with. I named a few examples, both on software (animoji/sound focus) and hardware (face unlock/soli) side.
This presentation had almost none of the latter, other than Dark Mode. I'm not sure why that statement is so hard to understand. None of the stuff you named were really features. No one goes to the store to buy the phone with the slightly faster cpu or better matrix multiplies.
It is how it is, just let it be. If you prefer a certain brand then just go with that brand. Otherwise it's just a wasted effort to be trying to brag for one brand you don't even work for that they did something faster than another one.
It's the corollary to:
> Apple are so incredible at delivering this kind of stuff that it seems routine
If Intel or AMD announces a 20% faster chip it would be met with applause. Now imagine if they announced a 20% faster chip that also used 25% less energy. And it also takes great pictures with three different lenses, recognizes your face, has one of the best screens ever made, and so on. If that's not impressive, what would Apple have to do to be impressive?
> We have to live with the "up to 4h" extra battery life that would probably translate in 1h of extra battery in the real world
Comparing the numbers to the stated numbers for the iPhone XS, "streaming video" has actually gone down by 3 hours. And they removed the "internet use" spec completely. You can now listen to music for 65 hours instead of 60 though.
I agree that a little extra thickness isn’t too bad (and on USB-C), but I’m pretty happy with my battery life. Do I just not use it as much as most people? I’m genuinely curious.
https://www.polygon.com/2015/12/16/10220356/hideo-kojima-kon...
I think phone advancement cycles have hit a point where I'm kind of underwhelmed from everyone and that's fine. I just want Apple to come out with one using USB-C instead of Lightning (to match iPad Pro and MacBook Pro and being able to rid myself of my lightning cables), 5G (for future proofing), and maybe in-display fingerprint.
I could go for a model like that and my next upgrades will probably just be the batteries until it bites the dust.
This is probably the first time I haven't felt the hankering at the 2 year mark.
I've updated every 2 years for the past 8 years or so -- even back then I never felt the need to upgrade the very next year, but by 2 years out I've always been pretty excited for the improvements. And this year that still holds, I'm excited to upgrade my iPhone X.
- OS X = "OS ten" - iphone X = "iphone ten" - Xcode = "ex-code"
I can't really think of a 'tech thing' with 'X' in the name that is not pronounced Ecks.
And, really, you lead off with a Frogger game?
Im curious what the sensors are used for. They describe it as “GPS at the scale of your room” which sounds pretty ambitious.
IOW, it's a near-meaningless statement.