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iPhone 15 Pro Expected Next Week With These 12 New Features
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Most people I know would not buy a house with proprietary sockets or go to a gas station more than once which had inferior nozzles. If you are looking for governments to bail you out then maybe mandates on businesses may work for you.
Where was the EPA when these substances came out?
President Nixon was astute enough to establish the EPA in 1970 and like a lot of government agencies, the EPA got top heavy. 3M and their forever chemicals are still pouring into Minnesota waterways and groundwater. The government isn’t going to fix your problems, only you can do that. Don’t buy from companies with proprietary items like Apple if you are that sincere.
Was there something you really wanted in this iPhone that you were hoping for?
Some decent global eSim providers exist. Gigsky is one I’ve used when travelling in Asia (not been in the Philippines so can’t comment on their service there).
Not just about service but also about cost. Don't know about Gigsky or the Philippines specifically but all the global providers I've seen are many times more expensive than the local ones.
Let's say for example you are traveling to Kenya, a 10GB plan with Gigsky will set you back 100 USD. If you get a local Safaricom SIM you can either buy a 7GB bundle for 7 USD or a 20GB bundle for 14 USD. Safaricom does support E-SIM however so perhaps it's not the best example but similar price differences will be found in other countries.
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Even the cheapie androids feel fast enough these days.
That would be good if it made the phone a lot lighter, but it's not looking good for that. Well see though and that might be a reason to buy one if it's a significant weight difference.
The pro Max isn't something I want, WAY too big and heavy, so no periscope lense, even if that excited me, and it doesn't. I don't take many pictures, just part numbers, serial numbers, parts. That's about it and digital zoom is good enough for that.
That I like, but I've had USB-c for 4 years with my android phones. (I also have an IP 14 Pro)
I despise lightning. Slow, fragile, YUCK! I'd take the original proprietary connector over it.
Yes, several times, but the first year of the Samsung fold and flip are the biggest I remember. And still think they're both the most innovative phones out there in V5.
The next innovation I want to see somewhere is a smart phone that's lighter and smaller, yet has decent battery life. Cut down on the camera bump as well, I don't need or want that. A roll screen might be cool too. (Like the babylon 5 communicators)
Asking someone if they're excited about something like the iPhone 15 Pro Max is going to get all kinds of answers because we're not all looking for the same things...
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No way I'd buy a portless phone. Sounds like a total nightmare for problems and no way to fix them.
I've never needed to plug in, except for enabling wireless debugging in Xcode but I think that's been addressed already.
I suspect most users don't need to either.
The A17 Bionic chip, USB-C port, and 8GB of RAM are especially welcome and appreciated. Now, how about some simple conveniences like an optional number row for the keyboard, battery management, a digital clock widget, per-app light/dark theme settings, and support for importing HTML bookmark files into Safari? Small details, not just big features, are the difference between a good and a great user experience.
You're lucky.
I wouldn't know how many people need it, but I know I'm one of them that do.
I cannot think of the last time I needed to connect one of my iPhones using a cable to solve a problem. WiFi 7 (probably a year or two out) is more than fast enough for most applications.
Would you like to know how to get them to support eSIMs? Make it so that very few iPhones can only be used without eSIMs and that provides a huge incentive to support them. That is the only way we get there.
iPhone ... huge incentive ... Kenya??
iPhones are luxury goods way out of the purchasing power of most Kenyans. By making the iPhone incompatible with common carriers you don't put any pressure, few care, you just take the iPhone out of that market.
It's like not offering 98 petrol. You cannot fill up your Porsche but there aren't that many to begin with.
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Sure but there's still going to be a delay. I for one would not like to be paying exorbitant prices for data while local carriers are slowly caving in to pressure to start supporting eSIMs. I'll show up with my wallet when the standard is globally ubiquitous.
Fast charging for one.
And second I prefer local backups to iCloud so I'm plugging in regularly for that. Restoring 256+ GB backups over Lightning is a huge PITA (literally takes hours). That finally goes away with fast transfer speeds (on the Pro at least).
That is great. Should make your purchasing choice that much easier.
That is great as it means one fewer reason to care about your iPhone.
Awesome. Someone is making a phone you like.
Your use case clearly and needs are clearly not going to be addressed by Apple. No premium iPhone is going to sacrifice camera quality in the way you want. If that is a requirement for you, I would suggest looking at other devices.
Yes, they do and they call out a whole list of iPhones as compatible.
Airtel Kenya also supports eSIMs (again listing various iPhones as supported).
At the next ITU-D meeting, I will let the delegates from Airtel Kenya and Safaricom know that they have been wasting their time offering iPhones and promoting eSIMs for their iPhone customers since:
I will also suggest they remove the iPhones they offer for sale.
To which market are you referring? More and more markets now support eSIMs, because they want to be able to serve international travelers, for whom eSIMs are much easier. Apple still offers physical SIM versions of their phones in markets where no carriers offer eSIMs, but a desire to capture high revenue expats is a strong incentive.
Without manufacturers like Apple dropping support for physical SIMs, the standard will never be "globally ubiquitous". If you need a device that supports physical SIMs, I suggest that your options are buy an iPhone in a territory where they are still supported, or find another phone that works for you. Apple has made their direction clear.