I see Tardigrade, I ⬆️
Ai had difficulty to do a nativity scene without Mary 😀
The good
- These phones still have some of the best screens you can buy—even the non-Pro iPhone hits it out of the park
- They have by far the best smartphone performance, too
- Solid gains in GPU performance
- Camera Control brings the long-awaited physical shutter button
- The customizable Action button makes its way to the base iPhone
- New photographic styles allow you to move away from the pitfalls of Apple's computational photography decisions in any direction you choose
- High-end camera features previously reserved for more expensive models have trickled down
- Ultra-wide photos in low light got quite a bit better
- Battery life improvements are always welcome
The bad
- 60 Hz on the non-Pro phones is looking a bit long in the tooth
- Likewise, always-on displays are now standard in some of the iPhone 16's direct competitors
- The Pro phones don't offer enough to justify an upgrade over the base models for the majority of consumers
- Possibly the most subtle year-over-year upgrades in iPhone history—if that's really a bad thing
The ugly
- Not much, other than the steep prices
Red flags 🚩🚩🚩
Years of “Performance Management” (PM) reviews cited in the lawsuit show Barnett was frequently being scolded for documenting issues on paper and in emails, and even, it seems, being too “knowledgeable.” In a July 2014 PM, cited in the lawsuit, a senior quality manager allegedly wrote, “John is very knowledgeable almost to a fault.” This “knowledge,” the manager wrote, “gets in the way at times when issues arise. John likes to be right and at times rechallenges issues that appear to [be] resolved at a round table.” In the same review, under the heading “Delivers Results,” Barnett, who prior to being transferred to South Carolina only received perfect scores, had received a 2 out of 5 score. This “Opportunity for Improvement” was because of his habit of documenting issues in writing. The PM noted that “John still needs to learn the art of F2F (‘face to face’) engagement to address and follow up on issues instead of using e-mail to express process violations.”