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It looks impressive, but why does everybody talk in that weird way;"Wow. What an exciting day." It feels so weird and artificial. It actually makes them sound l

It looks impressive, but why does everybody talk in that weird way;"Wow. What an exciting day." It feels so weird and artificial. It actually makes them sound less enthusiastic and genuine to me. They also present a lot of features (especially photos), but without comparison I am left wondering, how much better is the new stuff. And why should I buy it... Sounds great with that new glass too; I wondered if they would show how much better it is -- Maybe do something funny, risky, and slightly stupid like the Cybertruck incident. Nope: Just 4x better than before -- Whatever those 4x means. Get some hammers out -- Do something... The A14 is also faster than before. No real-life demo comparison. Wouldn't it have been easy to compare the games on the GPUs (stuttering frame rate on one side)? Just something. If you can't show us why it is better, it is not good enough. Oh, and why no actual live demos with the phone instead of just 100 great photos and videos of the phone and by the phone? The old keynotes had a slide with the comparison of the mini, normal, pro models and the end. Those actually served as an informative summary at the end. Instead Tim Cook just told us what we had seen, and that "it was the day everybody had waited for", and then I am left struggling to remember why the pro is more expensive and how much more it was... They may be the best at this, and it does feel (overly) polished, but I feel the old much simpler Jobs keynotes were far ahead in enthusiasm and far more entertaining. Sorry.

kneel 6y ago
Apple employees already have the corporate robotic, overworked aesthetic down. Watching them attempt to display emotions is hilarious.
zionic 6y ago
>but without comparison I am left wondering, how much better is the new stuff When the comparison is 8 vs 10 bit HDR while 99.5+% are watching a crappy SDR youtube feed on SDR panels comparisons literally can't be real.
- tommyderami 6y ago
  I believe you can generally just capture a scene with a lot of dynamic range (say a person standing in front of a flat wall with the light falloff ranging from dark to overexposed) and then zoom in on a frame and you'll see more or less banding because of the tough decisions the capture device has to make on what data to throw away/reduce and what to keep
tomashertus 6y ago
> why does everybody talk in that weird way;"Wow. What an exciting day." It feels so weird and artificial This gets me every time. It's so artificial that I'm pulling my hair. I honestly don't know, why everyone is always so so "excited". Every time I hear someone say "this is exciting", I think BS. We had a colleague and his go-to phrase was "This is super exciting". "SUPER EXCITING!"
- Tainnor 6y ago
  Where do you live? Because I'm from Europe and I used to work for a US company but in a European office and it was kind of a running joke among us that the people from the HQ would always call everything "amazing" and have these all-hands meetings that felt like rallies to us. I think this fits the cliché that we have about Americans, although I'm sure it's not like that everywhere.
  - tomashertus 6y ago
    I'm from Czech, but live in Silicon Valley. For last 10 years I have been really struggling with this. Every time someone calls something "amazing", I automatically ask them politely to tell me what they really think. Oh boy, I heard some harsh feedback after the first "it's amazing".
    - influx 6y ago
      I don't know if you've seen this, but working with Eastern Europeans for a year, this really hit home: https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/s1600-Its-All-Garbage-Short.jpeg https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/s1600-Its-All-Garbage-Short...
      - SilasX 6y ago
        I got an error message that said it rejects hotlinking, but you can see the picture in this post: https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/why-are-you-always-so-negative.html https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/why-are-you-always-so-negat...
iNate2000 6y ago
lineup at 1:05:55
Damogran6 6y ago
I kinda don't think Tim was in the theatre. It's much more likely he's match moved and laid over pre-recorded renders. they're not the first tech group I've seen go to full pre-recorded footage like this, it takes _all_ the risk out of a failed demo.

kneel 6y ago

Apple employees already have the corporate robotic, overworked aesthetic down. Watching them attempt to display emotions is hilarious.

zionic 6y ago

>but without comparison I am left wondering, how much better is the new stuff When the comparison is 8 vs 10 bit HDR while 99.5+% are watching a crappy SDR youtube feed on SDR panels comparisons literally can't be real.

tommyderami 6y ago
I believe you can generally just capture a scene with a lot of dynamic range (say a person standing in front of a flat wall with the light falloff ranging from dark to overexposed) and then zoom in on a frame and you'll see more or less banding because of the tough decisions the capture device has to make on what data to throw away/reduce and what to keep

tomashertus 6y ago

> why does everybody talk in that weird way;"Wow. What an exciting day." It feels so weird and artificial This gets me every time. It's so artificial that I'm pulling my hair. I honestly don't know, why everyone is always so so "excited". Every time I hear someone say "this is exciting", I think BS. We had a colleague and his go-to phrase was "This is super exciting". "SUPER EXCITING!"

Tainnor 6y ago
Where do you live? Because I'm from Europe and I used to work for a US company but in a European office and it was kind of a running joke among us that the people from the HQ would always call everything "amazing" and have these all-hands meetings that felt like rallies to us. I think this fits the cliché that we have about Americans, although I'm sure it's not like that everywhere.
- tomashertus 6y ago
  I'm from Czech, but live in Silicon Valley. For last 10 years I have been really struggling with this. Every time someone calls something "amazing", I automatically ask them politely to tell me what they really think. Oh boy, I heard some harsh feedback after the first "it's amazing".
  - influx 6y ago
    I don't know if you've seen this, but working with Eastern Europeans for a year, this really hit home: https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/s1600-Its-All-Garbage-Short.jpeg https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/s1600-Its-All-Garbage-Short...
    - SilasX 6y ago
      I got an error message that said it rejects hotlinking, but you can see the picture in this post: https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/why-are-you-always-so-negative.html https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/why-are-you-always-so-negat...

iNate2000 6y ago

lineup at 1:05:55

Damogran6 6y ago

I kinda don't think Tim was in the theatre. It's much more likely he's match moved and laid over pre-recorded renders. they're not the first tech group I've seen go to full pre-recorded footage like this, it takes _all_ the risk out of a failed demo.