Apple unveils iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max (www.apple.com)

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[-] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 years ago

So it got USB-C and replaced the vibrate switch with an "action" button.

Most iterative generation ever?

[-] P1r4nha@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago

Just wait for the replacable battery in the iPhone 16. They'll sell it as an innovation.

[-] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

You mean like USB-C?

[-] P1r4nha@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Exactly.

[-] tahoe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That’s what everybody has been saying every year since like 2017. New iPhones have always been very iterative apart from a few exceptions.

[-] amju_wolf@pawb.social -1 points 2 years ago

I suspect if their goal was maybe to make it unattractive to current iPhone owners so they don't switch over to USB-C and maybe the next gen will truly be fully wireless? Would definitely be interesting.

[-] narwhal@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago

Another step towards interoperability.

[+] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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[-] Dave@artemis.camp 9 points 2 years ago

More like thrown into my hand, buy 2nd hand phones folks and tell your friends to too. It’s more economical and ecological.

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Even 2nd hand, these devices are overpriced and still soon-to-be obsolete.

[-] Lysergid@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

What do you mean obsolete? People who buy new phone every year will buy new one regardless of is it iPhone or Android.

iPhones actually last longer, especially flagship models. My iPhone 5s (2013) was with me for 7 years and still in use by my relatives. It got around 6 years of iOS updates. Even my low-end iPhone SE (2 gen) from 2020 runs perfectly and still gets latest iOS.

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Everyone knows iPhones last longer than regular Androids. I mean obsolete because Apple decides, conveniently, when they need to appear as obsolete, or when you start using an unsupported device, even if it's perfectly useful and performant. To those people buying one phone each year I don't know what to tell you, I don't imagine they have a clue about what planet they live on.

[-] Dave@artemis.camp 1 points 2 years ago

Hot tip for you, simply stop updating your iPhone and it won’t become obsolete and will last years longer.
Androids can be flashed with a new OS or reset to factory to give them new life.

It’s the same problem as desktop PC’s, Mac users stop updating their OS after a while and windows requires a reinstall from time to time. Even the tech illiterate often understand that.

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Apple did plan for their devices to be obsolete and then they tried to sell it as a feature. That's all I'm saying.

[-] Dave@artemis.camp 1 points 2 years ago

Yes that has become pretty well known and puts people off buying 2nd hand, in reality it shouldn’t put anyone off as it’s not hard to keep one going for 5+ years.

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Well, as an off put people myself, I'll never know. Can't trust them.

[-] jasondj@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

“Lifecycle” is not an apple specific thing. Literally everything has a lifecycle that makes the device obsolete/unsupported before it’s useful age is up.

Technology in phones (primarily SoCs, batteries, and displays) moves faster then other categories, leading to the one year generations, but again, that’s something every brand does. It’s insane to suggest that companies continue to maintain old platforms that are in comparatively few pockets against discovered security vulnerabilities or leveraging new features beyond the capabilities of their hardware.

iPhone 8 is now nearly six years old and supports IOS16, with rumors that it may support 17. I’d be surprised if it does, but that’s still a very impressive lifespan for a mobile phone.

I understand apple hate but this is really one place where it’s undeserved.

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Jesus Christ. Good for you, I guess. The one year generation is the most innocent comment I've read this week. Impressive? They maintain the one mobile phone, and lately a couple of variants, they are still the most profitable company ever, right? I'm not impressed at all.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago

It would be pretty stupid to throw an iphone in the trash, they sell used like hotcakes

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

The biggest surprise to come out of the event was that the Watch didn't already have UWB.

[-] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Boringest Apple event ever.

[-] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

New Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max? Are they taking a page out of Nintendo's naming manual?

[-] eoddc5@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

They’ve had iPhone # Pro Max for years now.

iPhone 11 Pro Max in 2019

iPhone 12 Pro Max in 2020

iPhone 13 Pro Max in 2021

iPhone 14 Pro Max in 2022

What’s the point of your complaint?

[-] null@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

But it's not called that?

[-] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

Actually it is

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/09/apple-unveils-iphone-15-pro-and-iphone-15-pro-max/

[-] null@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago

Then why doesn't it say that anywhere in your link?

[-] rivalary@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

And it's still a brick, lol.

[-] willya@lemmyf.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Looking for a banana?

[-] Elektrobank@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I'm here wishing more android phones were bricks...

[-] amju_wolf@pawb.social -2 points 2 years ago

...with a fugly hole in the display no less.

[-] booty@hexbear.net -4 points 2 years ago

hmm yes i want my phone to be made of fucking titanium, that sounds cost-effective lenin-sure

[-] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

You're not getting an iPhone or any flagship phone for their cost effectiveness

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