Official Apple Thread - 9/12 - GDT iPhone & friends Release

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BOTH OLED screens called "Super Retina".

Both can do Dolby Vision and HDR10.

 

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3D touch staying, thankfully.

 

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The Verge's iPhone XS and XS Max announcement post: iPhone XS and XS Max announced

 

[guinness]

As expected, 5.8" OLED and 6.5" OLED.

6.5" called "Super Retina"

5.8" is still massive, my Nexus 6P was the biggest I wanted to go, and it was 5.7". Are they officially killing off the iPad Mini then with a 6.5" phone?

 

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5.8" is still massive, my Nexus 6P was the biggest I wanted to go, and it was 5.7". Are they officially killing off the iPad Mini then with a 6.5" phone?

Unsure. I don't think they are talking iPads at this event. I don't find the 5.8" screen massive when it has the bezel size the X has.

 

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A12 can process 5 trillion operations per second. This is the full system on the chip.

 

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Not looking like a huge update for the X-line phones. I mean, to me, that's fine since I wanted to wait for the generation to get its kinks worked out.

 

[Bure1096]

This should have been the iPhone X release last year.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

This should have been the iPhone X release last year.

This is said about literally every S release ever.

 

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The new camera updates really do look pretty sweet.

 

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The colors on the 6.1" model are all really cool. The "Coral" color is gorgeous.

 

[Pilky01]

Bring back the headphone jack you cowards.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Minor battery life improvements across the board. Nothing much to really harp on, but the battery life being better is obviously a good thing.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Bring back the headphone jack you cowards.

Why? It's dead. Get over it. Bluetooth headphones are incredible right now. Audiophile? No, but the new Panasonic headset I just picked up is great. Although it may go back for the new Sony . . .

 

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$999 for the 5.8, $1099 for the 6.5.

 

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XR (the 6.1) starts at $799.

 

[chicagoskycam]

The max is the same size of the Plus, no? Just with more screen. I don't see enough here to upgrade from the X but for someone with a previous model the XS is good while still expensive.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

I like the idea of the large screen and that new chip is cool, but it's easy to see why the days of masses running out just to get the latest is dead. $1,100 and up for the premium...yeesh. The 516GB is the same cost as a really good laptop.

 

[Pilky01]

Why? It's dead. Get over it. Bluetooth headphones are incredible right now. Audiophile? No, but the new Panasonic headset I just picked up is great. Although it may go back for the new Sony . . .

Have any other electronics manufacturers abandoned headphone jacks?

 

[chicagoskycam]

It's been three years or so since I had a headphone jack, I don't miss it one bit. There are so many affordable bluetooth options not to mention dealing with wires.

I picked up the 1st gen airpods on Amazon, they are fricken amazing.

 

[AKL]

Was looking forward to getting the red XR (before I knew it was called the XR), but with the display and camera on the XS I’m strongly reconsidering. Upgrading from the 7, so either will be a massive improvement, but I don’t know if I want to sacrifice the XS features just for the red color.

 

[guinness]

I'm of two minds in regards to Bluetooth headphones: I own a couple pairs, one of which are the og Sony 1000x, and they're fine, because I happen to be moving around (and the ANC is terrific).

But they still sound worse than being plugged in, and they cost more. The BT buds I have are somewhere in my apartment, but they're fiddly to begin with, and Android is crap with respect to aptx support.

Don't think I'll get the new Xr, I have to keep reminding myself I'm trying to save up for a house next year, and everything counts.

 

[Theosis]

$1,519 for 64 GB
$1,729 for 256 GB
$1,999 for 512 GB

Those are some crazy CAD $ prices.

The price jumps don't make much sense. The lowest model should be 128 GB.

For a 64 GB iPhone XS Max it would cost me $1,746.47 - yikes.

I won't be upgrading for another 2 years, as much as I'd love a bigger iPhone X, I'll stick to my X

 

[Power Man]

Damn a lot of "new" features