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Apple Announces the iPhone 16 Pro

21 points by fraXis 2y ago

m_ke 2y ago
With these fancy chips, can they please let me use it as my primary computer so I can ditch my macbook?
- wilsonnb3 2y ago
  You can do this today with a Google, Samsung, or Motorola phone, no need to wait for Apple. It's unpopular for a reason though and Apple doing it wouldn't change that.
  - tredre3 2y ago
    Note that only the Pixel 8 supports proper display out and that Google did not implement a proper desktop mode like DeX so the experience is pretty bad with plain Android. https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-8-display-output-3424412/ https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-8-display-outp...
- add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
  Real computers are the last bastion of platforms that let you run arbitrary code with privacy. It would not be good to normalize all computing being done on crippled OSes that force you to go through their app store to run code they've granted permission for you to run (for now) and with them as an additional middleman in the purchase or subscription transaction.
  - wilsonnb3 2y ago
    > It would not be good to normalize all computing being done on crippled OSes that force you to go through their app store to run code they've granted permission for you to run (for now) and with them as an additional middleman in the purchase or subscription transaction. That ship sailed long ago, the relevance of traditional OS's peaked a decade or more ago and is only going to go down from here.
    - kranke155 2y ago
      That’s like saying trucks are not important because we have compact vehicles. Vehicles are different for a reason. They are all important for different use cases.
    - twoWhlsGud 2y ago
      Maybe. But it matters to me (and a lot of other folks given the continuing sales of boxes that run macOS, windows and Linux) that I didn't have put all my eggs on that ship (straining the metaphor a bit : )
deergomoo 2y ago
Would it kill them to release “pro” products in anything brighter than shades of grey? Compared to the non-pro 16 they’re so boring to look at. The official case selection is similarly drab for the most part.
fsflover 2y ago
Another discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41491896 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41491896
no_wizard 2y ago
I’m more excited for the camera button in the side than anything else announced here thus far. I likely won’t be upgrading this year but I like that my next phone will have this

21 points by fraXis 2y ago

m_ke 2y ago

With these fancy chips, can they please let me use it as my primary computer so I can ditch my macbook?

wilsonnb3 2y ago
You can do this today with a Google, Samsung, or Motorola phone, no need to wait for Apple. It's unpopular for a reason though and Apple doing it wouldn't change that.
- tredre3 2y ago
  Note that only the Pixel 8 supports proper display out and that Google did not implement a proper desktop mode like DeX so the experience is pretty bad with plain Android. https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-8-display-output-3424412/ https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-8-display-outp...
add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
Real computers are the last bastion of platforms that let you run arbitrary code with privacy. It would not be good to normalize all computing being done on crippled OSes that force you to go through their app store to run code they've granted permission for you to run (for now) and with them as an additional middleman in the purchase or subscription transaction.
- wilsonnb3 2y ago
  > It would not be good to normalize all computing being done on crippled OSes that force you to go through their app store to run code they've granted permission for you to run (for now) and with them as an additional middleman in the purchase or subscription transaction. That ship sailed long ago, the relevance of traditional OS's peaked a decade or more ago and is only going to go down from here.
  - kranke155 2y ago
    That’s like saying trucks are not important because we have compact vehicles. Vehicles are different for a reason. They are all important for different use cases.
  - twoWhlsGud 2y ago
    Maybe. But it matters to me (and a lot of other folks given the continuing sales of boxes that run macOS, windows and Linux) that I didn't have put all my eggs on that ship (straining the metaphor a bit : )

deergomoo 2y ago

Would it kill them to release “pro” products in anything brighter than shades of grey? Compared to the non-pro 16 they’re so boring to look at. The official case selection is similarly drab for the most part.

fsflover 2y ago

Another discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41491896 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41491896

no_wizard 2y ago

I’m more excited for the camera button in the side than anything else announced here thus far. I likely won’t be upgrading this year but I like that my next phone will have this