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Like every year! Hopefully the usb-c rumours are true
They absolutely, positively, 100% are true. I know this because for several years I’d been patiently not replacing my aging iPhone 7 until I could buy a model with USB-C and consolidate my device cables. Until this year, when its battery was finally dying literally ten minutes after unplugging it, and I bought an iPhone 14.
You’re welcome. 😅
Your sacrifice is appreciated, mate.
I have two wireless chargers, they’re cheap and allow me to never have to plug mine in, ever. I think I have the 11
They are slower, produce more heat, and waste more energy. Not to mention the fact that you’re actually more constrained on where you put the phone, you can’t pick it up to use it while it continues charging. Wireless charging is worse than almost every way, save for the magsafe mounting system they developed. I’ll give them credit, that’s pretty handy, but in general I don’t understand this push for wireless charging
MagSafe wireless chargers definitely let you pick them up and use the phone like you would when it’s plugged it. Wireless charging certainly has its drawbacks, but constrained usage seems like an odd angle.
For instance, a few months before my most recent trip I bought a nifty MagSafe battery pack from Anker that also came with a travel stand I could set up in my hotel room. I could let my phone sit on the stand or I could slide the battery pack out and use it like I normally would. It reminds me of the days where I could just swap my cell phones batteries.
I have the same setup for about a year, even bought a mag safe case for my pixel when I switched to GrapheneOS so I could keep using it. Portable batteries and charging mounts are great and all, but having a mag safe cable is totally pointless. It’s still charges more slowly, produces more heat, and is less efficient. If you’re going to be constrained by a wire you might as well just plug straight in
I use my phone while it’s charging most of the time. For that reason alone, wireless charging has zero appeal to me. Could be cool on a car though.
Why didn’t you just change the battery?
I need that connector to finish taking over my life.
I think the chances of that are pretty solid, but it will apparently still be USB 2.0 speeds.
To be honest, I can’t remember the last time I used the lightning plug to transfer any data, so it’s not a current feature I will miss. But it’s a huge, missed opportunity for sure.
At the highest quality setting, the iPhone 14 Pro captures video footage that is 6 GB per minute. At USB 2.0 speeds, files can be transferred at around 3.6 GB per minute. Typical wifi direct/Airdrop speeds are about 3-5 GB per minute. And thunderbolt speeds are 100 times faster, at 5 GB/s or 300 GB/minute.
For some purposes that USB 2.0 speed would be a significant bottleneck. It’s up to the buyer to decide whether those use cases are likely.
Agreed, not just seems like such an oddity. But I believe the new USB-C iPad is 2.0, so whatever “hack” they did for that is probably what they’re doing for the iPhones. Seems almost like they rushed it with the incoming regulations.
I bet the Pro uses Thunderbolt, and the regular is USB 2 speeds. Just my gut feeling. “You can hook up the pro to our special version of Logic Pro and edit directly on your phone! You can maybe move a your music library over to the non-pro in about 4 hours.”
I hope the usb-c and SE4 rumors are true. Honestly all I need out of a phone, for me. My Pixel6a might start showing its age (barely) at that point.
Can’t wait to see how eye watering expensive iPhone 15 will be knowing we will get it for usbc (if true)
The SE with usb-c prob wont be announced til later right?
Yeah latest MacRumors rumor article says a USB C model is coming, but not til 2025.
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/13/iphone-se-4-to-feature-action-button-and-more/
If the new phone has USB-C it will be enough for me to retire my iPhone 11
This is insane to me.
No doubt the iPhone 15 will be the main focus of the event, but I wonder what if anything new will be said about the Vision Pro too.
I doubt they will have any info about that. Maybe the October event?
Cool looking animation! Very similar to the Foundation intro. Not sure if something can be interpreted based on that.
Yes! It resembles their mural art tech.
If they’re truly withholding the 6x optical zoom periscope lens for only the Pro Max, this is def a generation I’ll be skipping. Those phones are unfortunately just too big.
Hopefully it’ll hit the regular Pro next time or something. If so I feel like the 16 Pro will be the phone to buy with the improved camera and USB C on deck.
I have a hard time believing the periscope lens will be only 6x. I’m guessing the both pro models will get a 48mp 3x telephoto, allowing for native 12mp 6x crops, and if the max gets a periscope lens it will be more like 15-20x, although only realistically work/look decent in direct sunlight.
I’m talking about optical zoom. I don’t care about how much they can crop in on a 48mp images. That’s not true zoom and you’re losing resolution doing it.
All the rumors are saying only the Pro Max is getting 6x optical zoom and that’s what I’m concerned with here.
But thats the brillance of binned 12mp lenses, you dont loose any resolution and it functions the same as an optical zoom. it works fantastic for the 2x option of hte 14 pro
You keep kinda repeating yourself here. I used to work doing photo and video, I understand what you’re trying to explain.
I’d rather have 6x true optical zoom on a 48mp image, not binned 12 mp images.
If you don’t care that’s fine, buy the phone or whatever. I’m not trying to talk you or anybody out of it. I’ll pass if they’re restricting the feature from the non max size this time. That’s all.
Even more expensive iPhones from Apple! 😮
Curious to see if they’ve got anything interesting for the iPhone 15 (USB-C aside). I remember a bunch of tech YouTubers and journalists hyping up the iPhone 14 as the iPhone that would make you want to switch if you hadn’t already, and I just couldn’t fathom why any of those features would ever be the thing that made you want an iPhone if you didn’t already have one.
Can’t wait for USB C. Faster data transfer, faster charging and I won’t have to worry which way round my cable goes in! That’s a straight up win!
