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The one thing that’s going to annoy me with the DI is how it will look outdoors, Prosser has just released a video where it shows it outdoors and it looks really bad IMO…
 
Seattle. Or Portland. You can still get a small house in Seattle or a fairly nice one in Portland for that price. That’s it as far as I know.
Example:

It’s Maple Leaf, not a bad neighborhood actually.

And yes, totally out of control. That house should be 250, maybe 300. It’s totally nuts.
That house is a tiny little 1200 SF siding box with no garage, single story.
It has a ton of lower end made to look decent but basic Home Depot finish decent to moderately nice finish on the inside, making it realistically a whole lot of lipstick on a pig.
If that's what $700k gets you in Seattle, yeah, ouch.
 
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I watched a review where a movie was played on the 14, I could not for the life of me take my eyes of the DI, It's just there in the way of everything, I don't think its something I'll get use to. Thinking of keeping my 13PM.
Why did you feel the need to upgrade from a 13PM in the first place?
 
That's an ultra-wide video. Less than 1% of YouTube videos are like that. Like I said, rarely.
It’s an 18:9 aspect ratio video and that statistic is made up.

Considering that MKBHD uses 18:9 on all his videos, among other channels, i’d say it’s more common than it may seem on videos released recently.
 
okay… well you do you boo. That mm or two shift will feel like nothing for most consumers. The people on this forum are a different beast lol. Those of us who have ordered most likely will enjoy it, you stick with what you like.
I’m not saying you won’t or shouldn’t enjoy it. I hope you and anyone who’s ordered one does enjoy it!

I said “Personally I don’t think” because I was expressing my opinion and reasoning for why I think the pill is a downgrade from the notch, given what I find more important. Everyone else is entitled to their opinion too, rightfully so!;)
 
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Dude, you have 13PM and you upgraded anyway? What a waste of money.

Keep the 13PM, save the money for 15PM or better 16PM.

Never understood people upgrading every year. So much waste

I watched a review where a movie was played on the 14, I could not for the life of me take my eyes of the DI, It's just there in the way of everything, I don't think its something I'll get use to. Thinking of keeping my 13PM.
 
Guess you’ll stay with the 13 PM forever or switch to android. That island ain’t going anywhere anytime soon
It’s amazing isn’t it? People are passing judgement on a phone that hasn’t even been released yet, at least here in the states. They already don’t like it and it’s all doom and gloom. But you’re right, that island ain’t going anywhere soon. I predict a 5 year cycle so they’re going to be all notched up with the older phones or move over to android like you mentioned
 
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That house is a tiny little 1200 SF siding box with no garage, single story.
It has a ton of lower end made to look decent but basic Home Depot finish decent to moderately nice finish on the inside, making it realistically a whole lot of lipstick on a pig.
If that's what $700k gets you in Seattle, yeah, ouch.
Hey, I didn’t say it was a nice house! Just be sure that house will be worth 100k more next year so in terms of return on investment, yeah why not. Seattle prices are jaw dropping, that’s why they have massive tent cities under all the bridges.
 
You know ... except for the millions of people that are going to enjoy it.
This is the problem with a lot of the Internet in general I think. If someone else does not like something, or if they cannot afford it then no one should have it and no one should enjoy it!

Personally, I think they took something which they were stuck with and actually did something with it. I don't think anyone predicted something of this nature and it's really awesome to me to have a great surprise for the first time in awhile.

I'm increasingly putting people on ignore, I hope there's not a limit.
 
This is the problem with a lot of the Internet in general I think. If someone else does not like something, or if they cannot afford it then no one should have it and no one should enjoy it!

Personally, I think they took something which they were stuck with and actually did something with it. I don't think anyone predicted something of this nature and it's really awesome to me to have a great surprise for the first time in awhile.

I'm increasingly putting people on ignore, I hope there's not a limit.
I’ve just added several to my list. So many negative Nellies. 🙄
 
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This is the problem with a lot of the Internet in general I think. If someone else does not like something, or if they cannot afford it then no one should have it and no one should enjoy it!

Personally, I think they took something which they were stuck with and actually did something with it. I don't think anyone predicted something of this nature and it's really awesome to me to have a great surprise for the first time in awhile.

I'm increasingly putting people on ignore, I hope there's not a limit.
I'm excited about it. Marques Brownlee seemed to really enjoy it. It's one of the things I'm looking forward to the most about the phone, honestly. Obviously the camera and video updates and everything. I'm coming from a XR, so this is going to be like Christmas morning as a kid to me.
 
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I watched a review where a movie was played on the 14, I could not for the life of me take my eyes of the DI, It's just there in the way of everything, I don't think its something I'll get use to. Thinking of keeping my 13PM.
GOOD MORNING!

We offer 14 day returns, no questions asked. Why cancel? Try it and see if you like it.
 
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This guy shows how the dynamic island cuts into videos.
pretty distracting to be honest it’s no wonder Apple and so many reviewers only show video content playing zoomed in when in landscape.
 
This guy shows how the dynamic island cuts into videos.
pretty distracting to be honest it’s no wonder Apple and so many reviewers only show video content playing zoomed in when in landscape.
That’s what iPads and laptops are for. To consume major media. If you’re buying an iPhone to use it to mostly consume videos then you’re buying it for the wrong reason. This goes for playing major games too.
 
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