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iPhone XR Think Twice before you get the XR (SERIOUS ISSUE)
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just for a forum best practices POV, why wouldn't your post title be more like " iPhone XR - portrait mode only works on humans?"
From reading around on the Interwebs, the Xr does construct a depth map of an image, based on AI rather than the use of two offset cameras as in the XS/Max, and saves that data with the image. It is not as detailed or accurate as the depth map generated by the XS/Max, but can be utilized by 3rd party photo apps such as Halide - just as a previous poster mentioned.
There's a really bad youtuber who makes videos with clickbait-y titles named Sakitech who made a video with a similar title. Something like THE XR HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM! And the problem turned out to be the screen resolution and PPI that any intelligent consumer would have known beforehand (if they were interested in the tech).
The X also does not always work in portratit mode without a human face - mentioned in at least one other thread here.
This was well talked about before the release. Maybe you should have done some homework.
Ya but the quality won’t be that good.
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No, lots of people do there pets, FOOD, plant life.
There is an app for this.
If only every SERIOUS ISSUE could be resolved so easily.
That’s great and all, but nothing in Apple’s advertising point to anything but taking portraits of people. I can technically use electricity to power a drill, but it’s not going to work if I choose to use a 9 volt battery.
I really don’t see the problem here.
Pretty much every review online says so though. You gotta do your homework as a consumer.
Maybe you should have titled this "potential deal breaker" instead of "serious issue". Serious issue would be battery exploding or something to that effect.
Most who watched at least one review knew this. And many people aren't really that worried about it.
Most who watched at least one review knew this. And many people aren't really that worried about it.
That’s what I’m getting at, it’s USED for more than what it’s explicitly *designed* for. The AI for portrait mode is specifically trained to look for people, not a sandwich.
Welcome to macrumors where people are all knowing and never makes mistakes. Missing the fact that it’s only in reviews not from Apple. That’s not cool.
Wasted 20 seconds of my life clicking this clickbait.
Well damn it, train it to look for my freaking turkey sandwich... lol
You just said it, “RYE” I am pretty sure that is the National senior citizen sandwhich bread of choice... yuck
Sounds like a step in the right direction. Now if they could prevent videos from being shot in portrait mode....
I realize it's not ideal, but since you can't return your phone, why not consider adapting and use the front-facing camera until a better solution comes along? I just took a wonderful bokeh portrait of my office stapler using my XR front camera. Worked great.
Because he or she is a drama queen