Apple Launches iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max (theverge.com) 91
Apple today unveiled the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, its new smartphone lineup. While the 11 is the cheaper alternative following the iPhone XR -- there are a few design changes, like a "surgical-grade stainless steel" case and matte finish, but the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max are more focused on cramming in as much power as possible. About the iPhone 11: Like last year's model, the iPhone 11 includes a 6.1-inch display, and the design is almost identical to last year, too, with the notch at the front for the Face ID camera. Apple is adding new color options, with purple, white, green, yellow, black, and red all available. Apple's biggest design changes are in the camera at the rear of the device. Last year's iPhone XR had a single 12-megapixel wide-angle camera, but the iPhone 11 now includes a dual-camera system with an additional 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera that supports 2x optical zoom. There's even a new immersive camera interface that lets you see outside the frame, so you can see the details of the photos you're taking with the ultra-wide camera. [...] Inside the iPhone 11 is Apple's latest A13 Bionic processor, and naturally it's the "fastest CPU in a smartphone" and also the "fastest GPU in a smartphone." Apple demonstrated the performance on stage with a game called Pascal's Wager, which is launching on the App Store next month with some pretty impressive looking mobile graphics. Other than the gaming demo, Apple didn't reveal any additional performance improvements with the A13. It starts at $699.
The 5.8-inch iPhone 11 Pro and 6.5-inch iPhone 11 Pro Max: Despite the number change, the two phones look pretty similar to last year's iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, but with one major change: a third rear camera. Apple's also upgraded the display to a new OLED panel, which goes up to an even brighter 1,200 nits, a 2 million to 1 contrast ratio, and is 15 percent more energy efficient. Apple calls it a Super Retina XDR display (similar branding to the Pro Display XDR that the company announced earlier this year). Apple also claims that the glass here is the "toughest glass in a smartphone." Just like the standard iPhone 11, the new iPhone 11 Pro models will feature Apple's A13 Bionic chip which Apple says has both the fastest CPU and GPU ever in a smartphone. Apple also touted improved machine learning performance ("the best machine learning platform in a smartphone," it says).
Apple says that with all the improvements to efficiency, the 5.8-inch iPhone 11 Pro should get up to four hours better battery life than last year's XS, and the larger iPhone 11 Pro Max will get up to five hours better battery than the XS Max. The new camera system is one of the standout upgrades (quite literally, as it dominates the back of the phone in a gigantic square camera module). The new lens is a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens with a 120-degree field of view, joining the wide-angle and telephoto cameras Apple has offered in the past. The telephoto camera also is getting an upgrade with a larger Æ'/2.0 aperture, which Apple says will capture up to 40 percent more light compared to the XS camera. And like the iPhone 11, the front-facing camera is now a 12 megapixel sensor, and can shoot both 4K and slow-motion videos. The iPhone 11 Pro will start at $999, and the iPhone 11 Pro Max will start at $1199.
Apple says that with all the improvements to efficiency, the 5.8-inch iPhone 11 Pro should get up to four hours better battery life than last year's XS, and the larger iPhone 11 Pro Max will get up to five hours better battery than the XS Max. The new camera system is one of the standout upgrades (quite literally, as it dominates the back of the phone in a gigantic square camera module). The new lens is a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens with a 120-degree field of view, joining the wide-angle and telephoto cameras Apple has offered in the past. The telephoto camera also is getting an upgrade with a larger Æ'/2.0 aperture, which Apple says will capture up to 40 percent more light compared to the XS camera. And like the iPhone 11, the front-facing camera is now a 12 megapixel sensor, and can shoot both 4K and slow-motion videos. The iPhone 11 Pro will start at $999, and the iPhone 11 Pro Max will start at $1199.
Crap (Score:5, Insightful)
No iPhone SE 2 with moderately up-to-date components, us peasants have to buy the old iPhone 8 instead.
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Oh right, thanks for reminding me.
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While it's good that Apple's keeping a (relatively) lower-priced option available with the 8, there are people - such as my wife - who think that phone is too big. But her SE is still working just fine, so there's no particular reason to buy a new one anyway.
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I also find the iPhone 8 too big, so if Apple doesn't release a small iPhone SE 2 soon-ish, I'll upgrade my old iPhone 4 to an iPhone SE in a few months. It's still going to be one hell of an upgrade for me.
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I upgraded my 32GB 5S, bought a couple of months after it came out, to a 128GB SE this past spring when there was a sale on at Other World Computing (OWC). Even with the shipping and currency exchange it was cheaper than getting a 64GB SE in Canada. But then it was a good sale. I haven't had a problem with it since it's a world phone and came unlocked. I just put my SIM in it and everything worked perfectly. I just got tired of Apple not releasing a small screen phone and the sale was to good to pass by.
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Oh please, I'm not that poor. I buy Kraft Dinner Deluxe!
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Actually I only have one account, but I see that the parent comment was for ford93wagon, not me.
Slashdot threads are hard to follow, with the thin lines everywhere on the left. Not the first time it happened to me.
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Yeah, I'm sorry but without subtitles I have no idea what's going on.
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And once again (twice in the same thread), I replied to something that wasn't addressed to me.
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Does anyone else get trypophobia from the cameras too?
Some designer at Apple seems to have a weird thing about eyes...
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Maybe he watched The Matrix [wordpress.com] too many times.
They have gone to 11 (Score:3)
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Dolby Atmos.
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Apple is so full of shit it's just pathetic.
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Didn't you watch the keynote? Apple can now send audio around the iPad! After curving bullets, curving audio!
Re: still has a ligtning connector? pass (Score:2)
This is Apple we're talking about. If it's standardized, they get rid of it. Their aim is that everything you own is Apple, including this:
https://forums.macrumors.com/p... [macrumors.com]
Though seriously, I don't get what their deal with that is. And why would you put spring contacts inside of the phone instead of on the cable? They're the most likely to be damag...oh yeah that's why. Thisis Apple we're talking about.
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But you still need a dongle for headphones. If they had native USB-C, you could use the same headphones with your Mac and your cell phone, like you can if you buy the Pixel instead of the iPhone. Lightning needs to go away already... like three or four years ago.
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But you still need a dongle for headphones. If they had native USB-C, you could use the same headphones with your Mac and your cell phone, like you can if you buy the Pixel instead of the iPhone. Lightning needs to go away already... like three or four years ago.
Lightning predates USB-C, which came in August 2014. Lighting predates video over USB-C, which came in September 2014. Lightning predates analog audio over USB-C, which came in July 2017. Before USB-C added all of those features the move away from Lighting would have meant going backwards in functionality from the phones.
Maybe you could argue that Apple should have moved to USB-C two years ago but they can't introduce a phone to meet the spec until the spec is final. After that they still need time to d
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Lightning predates USB-C, which came in August 2014. Lighting predates video over USB-C, which came in September 2014. Lightning predates analog audio over USB-C, which came in July 2017. Before USB-C added all of those features the move away from Lighting would have meant going backwards in functionality from the phones.
Or just releasing the Lightning specification so everybody could use it, then there wouldn't have even been a need for USB-C.
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Missing the point. Lightning is inferior to USB-C in every way.
The really stupid thing is that other Apple products are USB-C. The iPad and their laptops.
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But you still need a dongle for headphones. If they had native USB-C, you could use the same headphones with your Mac and your cell phone, like you can if you buy the Pixel instead of the iPhone. Lightning needs to go away already... like three or four years ago.
Lightning predates USB-C, which came in August 2014. Lighting predates video over USB-C, which came in September 2014. Lightning predates analog audio over USB-C, which came in July 2017. Before USB-C added all of those features the move away from Lighting would have meant going backwards in functionality from the phones.
Maybe you could argue that Apple should have moved to USB-C two years ago but they can't introduce a phone to meet the spec until the spec is final. After that they still need time to design the phone and bring it to market. Something tells me that they brought an iPhone with USB-C to market about as fast as they could have.
Analog audio over USB-C isn't really useful. IMO, it was a mistake for USB-IF to even publish that specification. It isn't broadly supported, and is unlikely to be supported on any device that has more than a single USB-C port. I'm fairly certain that Mac computers don't support Audio Accessory Mode at all. So if you want a single pair of headphones that will work with all your Apple products, you need active USB-C audio hardware that conforms to the USB Audio Class spec. Such devices should work corre
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They still haven't brought a USB-C iPhone to market.
My mistake. I thought the iPhone 11 Pro had USB-C like the iPad Pro.
Analog audio over USB-C isn't really useful. IMO, it was a mistake for USB-IF to even publish that specification. It isn't broadly supported, and is unlikely to be supported on any device that has more than a single USB-C port.
It's not broadly supported yet because the spec was released only 2 years ago. You are correct that this is unlikely to be supported on any device with more than one USB-C port because that's the only place it is intended to be.
I'm fairly certain that Mac computers don't support Audio Accessory Mode at all.
As am I because... again.... it was only added to the spec 2 years ago.
So if you want a single pair of headphones that will work with all your Apple products, you need active USB-C audio hardware that conforms to the USB Audio Class spec.
Which is fortunate for being added to the spec like it has, because all USB-C audio accessories must have a DAC in them. It's only the source
Be brave, Apple! (Score:1)
Give us a headphone jack so we can listen to the radio.
Re: Be brave, Apple! (Score:4, Interesting)
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Unreliable? Funny, I've never had a 3.5mm jack fail on any of my phones.
Outright FAIL? Probably not.
But you disingenuously didn't mention how many INTERMITTENT 3.5mm connections you have had to deal with.
I have to spin the 3.5mm headset plug around (causing nice, big audio spikes at the other end) to make sure the microphone signal is not weak. Sometimes, it takes two or three attempts to make the microphone and audio out signals to BOTH be strong.
And the 3.5mm audio-in jack on my car stereo has become so intermittent as to be essentially useless.
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Unreliable? Funny, I've never had a 3.5mm jack fail on any of my phones.
Outright FAIL? Probably not.
But you disingenuously didn't mention how many INTERMITTENT 3.5mm connections you have had to deal with.
That's what gold plating is for. And don't tell me it doesn't help or you had gold plating. This problem was solved decades ago.
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Unreliable? Funny, I've never had a 3.5mm jack fail on any of my phones.
Outright FAIL? Probably not.
But you disingenuously didn't mention how many INTERMITTENT 3.5mm connections you have had to deal with.
That's what gold plating is for. And don't tell me it doesn't help or you had gold plating. This problem was solved decades ago.
Actually, the connector I have on my Sony Earbuds/Headset, which happens to be the most intermittent of all my 3 and 4 conductor 3.5mm cables, IS Gold-Plated.
Now what?
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Unreliable? Funny, I've never had a 3.5mm jack fail on any of my phones. In fact, I've got plenty of hardware that dates back to the 70s, and I don't believe I've ever encountered a failed 3.5mm jack (nor any failures of it's bigger 1/4" variety). I have, however, experienced the 3.5mm to USB-C adapters are more prone to accidental disconnection of my headphones (not sure whether lightning connectors suffer the same issues or not)
Coincidentally I'm listening to a Sansa Clip MP3 player this very moment whose headphone jack has failed twice, and twice I have opened it up, soldered the connection back to the PCB, and went on my way. Come to think of it, next time I should replace the battery in it, while I have it opened up.
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Maybe if you're comparing to other wired technologies it isn't a problem with the jack itself. But if you're comparing to wireless, it is. Bluetooth doesn't have this kind of problem.
No, you have the problem of battery degradation.
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Unreliable? I had a 3.5mm jack break on my iPhone 6. Plugged my headphones in and SNAP went something inside. Unreliable? Nope. Poor build quality? Yep!
This was my first device EVER to have had a headphone jack literally break going back to my old Tozai AM radio.
Time to Replace the 6 Plus... (Score:1)
I gotta admit; I was gonna eke out another year on my trusty iPhone 6 Plus; but the iPhone Pro looks mighty nice.
My old iPad 2 might get the boot, too. For $329, the new iPad would be a helluva upgrade (would have been perfect with a USB-C port, though).
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I'm thinking of paying the few dollars and taking the 6s Plus in to the apple store and letting them put a new battery in it......and just wait for iPhone with 5G, and will likely improve a little on the new cameras then too.
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I'm thinking of paying the few dollars and taking the 6s Plus in to the apple store and letting them put a new battery in it......and just wait for iPhone with 5G...
I too am interested in hitting my monthly data cap in under a minute.
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Whats worse is that I work for an ISP that provides gigabit fiber with no cap. But, I live outside our service area and can't afford to move. Nothing like the prospect of 50-100% spike in rent(if I can find a place) to temper the desire for better internet.
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Change plans then....I have Verizon for unlimited data, and it isn't that much $$$.
In fact, I guess it was a year or so ago...maybe a bit more, I had an older plan, and it actually dropped my bill rate to go to unlimited...it was cheaper than the plan I had before for MUCH less data.
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A new battery for my 6s was $50 which was money well spent!
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Curiously, Apple uses USB-C on the iPad Pro models, so I've been wondering when they're going to move off of lightning entirely. Maybe next year.
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So, yes, will likely move to one of the current phones. A six generations jump should be rather dramatic, esp curious in the new camera qua
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Otherwise, amazed that you enjoyed your iPad 2 for so long. I found mine so unbearably slow 2 years ago after an ios update I should have skipped, and I bought a pro then.
The only thing my iPad 2 is unbearably slow on is web browsing. For pretty much everything else, it is quite adequate. Running Chrome as a browser helps somewhat; but entering text in the URL/Search bar takes some, er, patience...
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2x optical zoom? (Score:2)
is it really a zoom lens? Or do they not know the difference between a zoom and a telephoto?
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Still can't believe they called it "Pro" (Score:2)
But then, it's been pretty obvious for several years that they've forgotten what the word actually means.
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But then, it's been pretty obvious for several years that they've forgotten what the word actually means.
Right.
Did you watch the Demo for the new Mac Pro and XDR Display?
People actually bitch that it is TOO "Pro". And I'm not talking about the price.
Really? (Score:1)
Getting close to US price on gold (Score:5, Funny)
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194g of gold is $9,269.79.
The only people who still care about the gold standard are weirdos and survivalist weirdos.
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And investors. Gold is getting more expensive every year for several reasons.
If you don't need it, good for you. I bet you didn't need Bitcoin earlier, too.
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iPhone 11 Pro weighs 194 grams and costs $999 US. Today at 194 grams pure gold costs $1488.50 US. The Apple phone is getting close. Might we switch to the Apple standard soon? To early to call I say.
Well, the Samsung flagships are not that far behind. The price tag of 999 dollars for an iPhone is exorbitant. Having said that the iPhone 11 I'd be interested in costs about $850 which is pushing the upper end of my financial pain threshold for a product like this. However, the latest comparable Samsung phones to that are priced in the $700-750 range, a price difference of all of 12-18%, so not exactly a dollar store bargain either. Also, the gold price per gram is currently €43.22 [bullionbypost.eu] , $48,19, so $48,1
Screw it, we’re doing 5 blades... I mean cam (Score:3)
For those of you who are too young to remember:
https://www.theonion.com/fuck-... [theonion.com]
Eventually, they’ll just have a camera at every major focal point (12mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 80mm, 125mm, and 200mm). Yes, I know there’s already a camera/smartphone with 16 cameras (Light L16).
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My razor goes to eleven.
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They are lagging behind on the computational photography front, so are trying to make up for it with more gimmick cameras. They showed off some night mode shots that try to compete with the Pixel, and they are nowhere near.
What did they axe this time? (Score:2)
Another connector gone? Or another button? Can it still make phone calls?
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3d touch is gone
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Wait for the 12 SE (Score:2)
The 12 SE will be more like the 5 SE, but based on the 8 form factor
And way way cheaper
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and the battery is swappable
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If not, then who cares?
No headphone jack. Does anyone *really* care about that one missing?
I was once like you and thought I cared, but now I don't.
I'm sure my great-grandparents cared about 78 RPM as well, but now they don't.
My uncle from the 70's cared about 8-track, but now he doesn't.
I used to buy cd's but now I don't.
Things change.
Embrace it.
It will be ok.
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I cared yesterday. My work supplied me with an iPhone XR which replaced my broken Nexus 5. The XR seems to be a decent device, especially if you don't have to pay for it. :)
But yesterday I wanted to play some guitar with backing tracks, so I set out to connect the phone to the amplifier through the headphone jack as usual. Dammit, they don't even provide the lightning->3.5" dongle any longer. So there I was, cursing Apple long into the evening.
Standards (even de facto ones) *do* have a purpose other than
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What about androids?
These are not the (An)droids you're looking for.