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This is probably the least interesting new iPhone ever released.
by Flavius 7y ago
This is probably the least interesting new iPhone ever released.
- eddieh 7y agoI'm just happy they dropped the stupid 'X' nomenclature. Now they need to rename Xcode to Apple Code or something...
- ido 7y ago11 Code Pro & 11 Code Pro Max, according to precedence.
- Flavius 7y agoYeah, the X was confusing, but now the new iPhone 11 is not really the new iPhone 11. The iPhone 11 Pro is the new iPhone 11. Still confusing...
- wmf 7y agoThe argument has been made that the 11 is just as good as the flagship iPhones of the past but now they have another beyond-flagship model above that.
- wlesieutre 7y agoThey're changing the product positioning in the line so that the most popular model is now the "normal" one, and premium models are a step up from that. Honestly I like it better than giving the high end model the default branding with a worse model below it that most people will actually buy.
- johnnycab 7y agoIf you think that differentiating between three phones in the new range is confusing, you should keep far away from Xiaomi!
- sorum 7y agoThe X was roman numeral 10
- eddieh 7y agoThat's what I think is stupid. Roman numerals are stupid and make things inconsistently named. iPhone ten vs ecks-code.
- mike_d 7y agoI think it was a fun "throw back" to when they released OSX (the previous version was called OS 9).
- dymk 7y ago"OSX" is pronounced "ozz-icks" :)
- sorum 7y agoFair point. Once you start listing it out, you see how confusing they made it for users: - OS X = "OS ten" - iphone X = "iphone ten" - Xcode = "ex-code"
- closetohome 7y ago
- EasyTiger_ 7y agoWith the most underwhelming event
- castis 7y agoThe apple equivalent of 'meeting that should have been an email'.
- joezydeco 7y agoThey could have just merged all the videos together into one long show. The canned scripts were just getting boring. And, really, you lead off with a Frogger game?
- hsod 7y agoMy company with low 5-digit users hosts an hour-long monthly webinar about product updates. The iPhone is one of the most popular consumer items in the world, I think it’s reasonable for Apple to spend 1.5 hours/year talking about what’s changing
- gnicholas 7y agoI was hoping for Tile-like trackers. I wonder if they'll show up later this fall in a different event. Would make sense to put it close to the holiday shopping season. Still, would have liked to have seen them today...
- pilsetnieks 7y agoRelatively, yes; cumulatively this is the most interesting iPhone ever.
- gonational 7y agoIf Apple added 1 byte of extra storage to their existing lineup, your statement would still be true. IOW, it's a near-meaningless statement.
- nanoservices 7y agoThats why no one talks about it cumulatively. By cumulative logic every new iPhone release is the most interesting ever by definition because its... cumulative.
- amelius 7y agoUnless features get dropped.
- z5h 7y agoThey improved every aspect of the phone. Each is a feat of engineering unto itself. What were you hoping for?
- ehsankia 7y agoYou don't need a 2 hour long presentation to give small spec bumps. The problem is that everyone now expects this whole yearly circus, and Apple puts on a show even though they only have very incremental improvements to show. It also doesn't help that most of the the cool software features were already announced at WWDC.
- z5h 7y agoBetter computational photography with added camera hardware, new immersive audio algorithms, on-CPU changes for optimized ML matrix computations, etc, are not "small spec bumps". If you think they are it's likely because companies like Apple are so incredible at delivering this kind of stuff that it seems routine.
- writepub 7y agoEvery one of those features appeared in Chinese & Korean Android phones 2-3 years ago. Neither are these "feats", nor are they unique to Apple. They're already behind the curve on these features. The only commendable thing is scale, when Apple adds these features they reach 10X in unit sales per SKU compared to the competition.
- beamatronic 7y agoDo you trust those phones with your data?
- writepub 7y agoDo you really trust Apple with yours? [1][2]. [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208351 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208351 [2] https://9to5mac.com/2019/07/29/stop-apple-listening-siri-recordings/ https://9to5mac.com/2019/07/29/stop-apple-listening-siri-rec...
- jsgo 7y agohonestly, the XS/XR one was the same for me. I have an iPhone X and there was zero temptation to upgrade to XS/XR and a meh amount to the 11/11 Pro (11R/11S). 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.
- rconti 7y agoSame. I bought a 7+ when my 6 died, and I hated every minute with that phone. My X is, IMO, the best iPhone I've ever owned, and have no real desire to upgrade. Usually I upgrade every 2 years, on the "S" cycle (the 6 was an aberration), as I cared more about performance than having the latest 'look' phone. This is probably the first time I haven't felt the hankering at the 2 year mark.
- rrdharan 7y agoYep, I've got an iPhone X and feel like it's fine for another year. Although the battery life improvements are supposed to be notable? Personally the next big thing I'm waiting for is USB-C so iPhone 12 it is...
- dkonofalski 7y agoThis is me. I'm still rocking an iPhone 7 but use an iPhone X as my work phone. I think the iPhone 11 will get the upgrade for my personal device but I'll probably still with the X for work unless I notice a huge difference in camera quality.
- bluedevil2k 7y agoThe most interesting thing they said was they're finally shipping the phone with a proper charger.
- andys627 7y agoI think the wide angle camera is pretty important if you're into taking pics
- TheBeardKing 7y agoI love the wide angle camera on my LG G5. And it's only three years young.
- guelo 7y agoI agree. I have the Samsung S10+ with 3 lenses, wide, normal and zoom. And I end up using the wide angle way more frequently than I thought I would. It's super handy.
- nsilvestri 7y agoI liked the wide angle lens on my LG G6 but recently moved to a Pixel 3a. The wide angle was nice, but a better sensor is overall much preferable.
- PopePompus 7y agoIt’s a bad sign when your big event starts with an update to Frogger.
- saagarjha 7y agoApple almost always builds up to their main announcements.
- ihuman 7y agoI disagree, I was surprised Konami was making games again. I thought they abandoned video games, in order to focus on pachinco.
- willis936 7y agoAn intern’s Unity project presented by a carnival barker who speaks to the audience like their average age is four years old is not a large step out of line of Konami’s expected behavior.
- aledalgrande 7y agoI thought they axed Kojima it was exactly because they were focusing on cheaper, more profitable mobile games. https://www.polygon.com/2015/12/16/10220356/hideo-kojima-konami-explainer-metal-gear-solid-silent-hills https://www.polygon.com/2015/12/16/10220356/hideo-kojima-kon...
- cactus2093 7y agoTo each their own. The improvements in computational photography like automatically stitching a few pictures together for higher resolution and night mode are pretty incredible. And the improved dynamic range, resolution, and added wide angle lens are nice improvements. 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.
- banachtarski 7y ago"Incredible" is a pretty big stretch. When you can calibrate the cameras yourself, the math isn't actually that difficult to work out. Also, there are plenty of us that use the phone in a "pro" sense as a mobile computing device, not as a photographer or film director.
- idlewords 7y agoThe stitching feature is vaporware.
- stordoff 7y agoI was able about to order an XS Max, so I'm pretty content with better camera/battery/charger, though I imagine if you were already semi-up-to-date there's not really a whole lot new for most users.
- eugeniub 7y agoKind of a ridiculous statement considering the iPhone XS was essentially identical to the iPhone X.