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They want you to use wireless as much as possible. Their dream is 0 physical ports. And I say this as an iPhone user and someone who generally likes using Apple

by chrsw 2y ago

They want you to use wireless as much as possible. Their dream is 0 physical ports. And I say this as an iPhone user and someone who generally likes using Apple products.

instagib 2y ago
Too bad because wireless airdrop compresses media files.
- ValentineC 2y ago
  > Too bad because wireless airdrop compresses media files. Do you have a source for this? Even a forum thread with a few people complaining about it would be fine. You'll need to choose, under Options, to use the "Current" format to prevent "compression".
  - instagib 2y ago
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255765702 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255765702 I don’t see any setting for current format vs compression options on iPhone.
- tmottabr 2y ago
  why the hell are you using airdrop?? upload it to icloud and have icloud client in the computer sync it.. It will just show up there automagically.. That is what i do, i have not plugged an iPhone to a computer in ages.. my last three were likely never plugged at all..
  - instagib 2y ago
    Airdrop pictures and video to other people while traveling on a restricted data limit or no internet. 3GB of stuff after a day of traveling easy.
  - goosedragons 2y ago
    Do you constantly clear your free 5GB of iCloud storage or do you pay money to do things that should be achievable for free?
    - 9x39 2y ago
      This is super tangential, but isn't secondary storage basically free now? You could look at it as a % of overall computing spend (phone, laptop, desktop, acccessories, etc) or even just price/TB historically, and either way it's a rounding error.
- CharlesW 2y ago
  > Too bad because wireless airdrop compresses media files. No, AirDrop is just byte-for-byte file transfer. Messages does, if you've turned on "Low Quality Image Mode".
atonse 2y ago
I would buy that except they’ve put in full thunderbolt 4 in the pro so they’ve got an insanely fast interconnect on that phone with the same USB-C port. Granted, that requires a tb4 controller chip but I don’t know if that’s built into the A18 pro or not.
dzhiurgis 2y ago
I wish they used wireless when viewing from computer nearby. Sort of fuse your online library with phone. Airdrop is only ok for few photos.
kaba0 2y ago
Who would that benefit? Like, they have to service these devices, a cable connection is just much more reliable.
bjoli 2y ago
How does one get decent audio from a phone without a 3.5mm-jack? I am only half joking, and I know this is beating a dead horse. But sometimes you need to make sure the horse is really dead. If I sit with my phone and a pair of headphones with aptX adaptive it is only good if I have direct line of sight and don't move around. This is my experience with all adaptive codecs. Putting my phone in my pocket makes it noticeably worse. If you walk into a store with 2.4ghz WiFi (or too much Bluetooth interference?), suddenly your audio quality tanks even more. My wife's airpods only supports aac256 at absolute best, meaning it sounds bad most of the time. If I sit with the phone in front of me it is more or less unnoticeable, but putting her phone in my pocket, the cymbals start sounding like splashes in a pool. And then there is the latency. Anything above 50ms is unbearable. For some reason it works ok in English, but I almost can't watch Swedish (my mother tongue) or German content with that kind of latency.
- diogocp 2y ago
  > How does one get decent audio from a phone without a 3.5mm-jack? https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW2Q3AM/A/ https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW2Q3AM/A/
  - CharlesW 2y ago
    Note that the USB-C version works with PCs and Android phones as well. And for folks using iDevices with Lightning ports: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMX62AM/A/lightning-to-35-mm-headphone-jack-adapter https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMX62AM/A/lightning-to-35... The DACs in these are quite good: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-apple-vs-google-usb-c-headphone-adapters.5541/ https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/r...
  - bjoli 2y ago
    But then there is the issue of them losing contact every time I put them in my pocket. But yes, the dac in those is even decent compared to what you get in most usb headphones
- throawayonthe 2y ago
m463 2y ago
I think more like "make things as simple as possible, but no simpler" (for mistaken values of "as possible")

by chrsw 2y ago

They want you to use wireless as much as possible. Their dream is 0 physical ports. And I say this as an iPhone user and someone who generally likes using Apple products.

instagib 2y ago

Too bad because wireless airdrop compresses media files.

ValentineC 2y ago
> Too bad because wireless airdrop compresses media files. Do you have a source for this? Even a forum thread with a few people complaining about it would be fine. You'll need to choose, under Options, to use the "Current" format to prevent "compression".
- instagib 2y ago
  https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255765702 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255765702 I don’t see any setting for current format vs compression options on iPhone.
tmottabr 2y ago
why the hell are you using airdrop?? upload it to icloud and have icloud client in the computer sync it.. It will just show up there automagically.. That is what i do, i have not plugged an iPhone to a computer in ages.. my last three were likely never plugged at all..
- instagib 2y ago
  Airdrop pictures and video to other people while traveling on a restricted data limit or no internet. 3GB of stuff after a day of traveling easy.
- goosedragons 2y ago
  Do you constantly clear your free 5GB of iCloud storage or do you pay money to do things that should be achievable for free?
  - 9x39 2y ago
    This is super tangential, but isn't secondary storage basically free now? You could look at it as a % of overall computing spend (phone, laptop, desktop, acccessories, etc) or even just price/TB historically, and either way it's a rounding error.
CharlesW 2y ago
> Too bad because wireless airdrop compresses media files. No, AirDrop is just byte-for-byte file transfer. Messages does, if you've turned on "Low Quality Image Mode".

atonse 2y ago

I would buy that except they’ve put in full thunderbolt 4 in the pro so they’ve got an insanely fast interconnect on that phone with the same USB-C port. Granted, that requires a tb4 controller chip but I don’t know if that’s built into the A18 pro or not.

dzhiurgis 2y ago

I wish they used wireless when viewing from computer nearby. Sort of fuse your online library with phone. Airdrop is only ok for few photos.

kaba0 2y ago

Who would that benefit? Like, they have to service these devices, a cable connection is just much more reliable.

bjoli 2y ago

How does one get decent audio from a phone without a 3.5mm-jack? I am only half joking, and I know this is beating a dead horse. But sometimes you need to make sure the horse is really dead. If I sit with my phone and a pair of headphones with aptX adaptive it is only good if I have direct line of sight and don't move around. This is my experience with all adaptive codecs. Putting my phone in my pocket makes it noticeably worse. If you walk into a store with 2.4ghz WiFi (or too much Bluetooth interference?), suddenly your audio quality tanks even more. My wife's airpods only supports aac256 at absolute best, meaning it sounds bad most of the time. If I sit with the phone in front of me it is more or less unnoticeable, but putting her phone in my pocket, the cymbals start sounding like splashes in a pool. And then there is the latency. Anything above 50ms is unbearable. For some reason it works ok in English, but I almost can't watch Swedish (my mother tongue) or German content with that kind of latency.

diogocp 2y ago
> How does one get decent audio from a phone without a 3.5mm-jack? https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW2Q3AM/A/ https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW2Q3AM/A/
- CharlesW 2y ago
  Note that the USB-C version works with PCs and Android phones as well. And for folks using iDevices with Lightning ports: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMX62AM/A/lightning-to-35-mm-headphone-jack-adapter https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMX62AM/A/lightning-to-35... The DACs in these are quite good: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-apple-vs-google-usb-c-headphone-adapters.5541/ https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/r...
- bjoli 2y ago
  But then there is the issue of them losing contact every time I put them in my pocket. But yes, the dac in those is even decent compared to what you get in most usb headphones
throawayonthe 2y ago

m463 2y ago

I think more like "make things as simple as possible, but no simpler" (for mistaken values of "as possible")