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I know but the plus was 100€ more and I can't afford that much. I just hope the camera is not too bad, because I'm not worried about performance (my 6 was pretty good running iOS 12)
If I was not planning some things in my life I could buy an XR or something, but I need a new phone and I can't afford much more. I hope it lasts 2 years.
Usually it's indexing behind the scenes that kills the battery so quickly after a new major update or a dev preview; it might not be a real indicator in a few days or the final build.
You're right, but I remember my iPhone 7 to be disappointing in terms of battery life even after giving it a factory reset. Had it from launch to April last year and heavily regretted not getting the Plus version. Still a great phone, but often died on me just past afternoon.
Yeah, if it's too bad I'll return it. Oh man, now got me worried. I thought iOS 12 fixed some of the bad battery performance.
I was going to buy the Mi9 SE but today's conference made change my mind. Bittersweet feeling
Xiaomi as much budget friendly it is, has nothing to do with premium feel of iPhone and iOS. As I wrote earlier, I bought Mi Mix 2 to replace my iPhone 7 and only benefits I see are the much bigger screen and better battery life. The rest is miles worse than the mythical yet real iPhone experience.
Yeah but supposedly the camera is better and battery might be as well. I chose the iPhone because of iOS, that's it. I think hardware wise the Mi9 SE is better, I mean, it's more recent so it's expected.
If the battery performance is bad I'll just return it and get the MI9 SE.
If the battery performance is bad I'll just return it and get the MI9 SE.
IDK my friend, Apple's A series chips are very advanced, hi tech pieces of silicon that demolish Snapdragons in singe core benchmark results. Combine this with Cupertino's approach of hardware build specific for software, the ease of use and flow of iOS and no amount of RAM and shit can reproduce such an experience on Android.
That's true but, On paper and overall speaking, i think the Mi9 SE might be better - screen, battery, camera. And it has fast charging.
A10 sounds good and iOS really knows how to behave giving us amazing performance.
But now the battery has got me worried haha
A10 sounds good and iOS really knows how to behave giving us amazing performance.
But now the battery has got me worried haha
Just check the battery health of your phone and use it for a while to get an idea how much usage do you get on one charge.
Is there some feature they're implementing that the earlier Macs don't have the hardware to support? Is there some T2 chip security feature involved with the 4K movies? (I know it's a stretch.)
Hello guys.
I'm forced to upgrade/replace my current iPhone. I was using an iPhone 6s plus for some years and I were quite satisfied by it.
Unfortunately I broke its screen for the second time, and I feel going through repairs again is not worth the price at this point.
I know the "wisest" thing would be to wait for the next line of phones that will hit this year (and we are so close to it), but I don't want to stay with a broken screen phone either, especially since I use it a lot everyday.
I'm thinking of purchasing the iPhone XS Max, and I'd like to know if there's any reasons why I shouldn't? (No money issue)
I like playing games on the phone a lot, so that would be my primary use.
I'm forced to upgrade/replace my current iPhone. I was using an iPhone 6s plus for some years and I were quite satisfied by it.
Unfortunately I broke its screen for the second time, and I feel going through repairs again is not worth the price at this point.
I know the "wisest" thing would be to wait for the next line of phones that will hit this year (and we are so close to it), but I don't want to stay with a broken screen phone either, especially since I use it a lot everyday.
I'm thinking of purchasing the iPhone XS Max, and I'd like to know if there's any reasons why I shouldn't? (No money issue)
I like playing games on the phone a lot, so that would be my primary use.
New iPhones are about four months out. Not that close. If you're willing to spend the cash, like AMOLED screens and the size, the XS Max is a great choice.
The iMac Pro (2017) has a T2 - in fact it was the first T2 Mac. The only reason I could see it being would be because of some native CPU encode / decode which I believe 2017 macs should still be able to do any way (and the the new Mac Pro wouldn't support anyway...), which leaves GPU decode and the only Mac with a beefier GPU than an iMP is the new MP.
I really want to hear their reasoning why the 2017 Macs don't get it as well. Hopefully the list gets updated but I'm not holding my breath in it and I'm pretty disappointed in them for excluding them.
My guess is it's something to do with the Intel CPUs in the earlier Macs and some hardware-level DRM stuff that isn't on them, but I could be way off.
So thinking about it...... I may not need a Mac anymore? When I go to campus I just bring my iPad as it is, and with external storage support coming I can import photos and videos directly into the apps that I would want to edit them with. And my midi keyboard works natively now as well.
I was gonna grab either a Mac Pro or a Mac mini + eGPU and boot camp Windows onto it for the best of both worlds.... but if all of my wishes are satisfied by iOS 13, I could just build a straight Windows computer and not worry about the Mac.
This is a weird feeling.
I was gonna grab either a Mac Pro or a Mac mini + eGPU and boot camp Windows onto it for the best of both worlds.... but if all of my wishes are satisfied by iOS 13, I could just build a straight Windows computer and not worry about the Mac.
This is a weird feeling.
I've came to the same conclusion. Had a late 2015 13 inch MacBook Pro and I didn't use it in any way that wouldn't suit iPad Pro. If you mainly browse the web, consume media and from time to time do some light editing, the Pro is an overkill in terms of speed and power.
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Alfred and BetterTouchTool are absolute must haves if they haven't been mentioned yet
Hell, I fully did a programming class through Pythonista. The abilities expand every day it seems like
Add bartender and banish stuff like OneDrive, Dropbox, CreativeCloud, AirPlay (imho) to the secondary bar.
Also, if you use AirPods, add "ToothFairy"
I think they just mentioned rich text support unfortunately. There were rumours they were redesigning it but I didn't notice anything in the macrumors live feed I read yesterday.
XS Max is an amazing phone, especially for games.
I played through all of The Witness and Kingdom Rush Vengeance (the newest one) and they were both absolutely gorgeous. The XS Max has legitimately the best screen I've ever used on probably any device.
I did end up selling mine in favor of an S10e, mainly for money reasons, but I also wasn't the biggest fan of Face ID.
Some minor updates but nothing big.
If they're gunning for something as feature-rich as the Gmail/Inbox/Spark/Sparrow/Outlook class of apps, it's not coming this year.
To be honest: I'd love to see Apple push snooze/smart snooze as an update to notifications and to make it available to developers as an API, *then* incorporate that into their Mail app. Being able to automatically have - for example - Twitter notifications not show up until you leave work? That'd be great. There are lots of notifications where I do want them coming through, but I don't necessarily want them coming through at certain times, and while DND is helpful for some of this, I think snoozing as an OS-level feature could actually be really helpful.
Few questions: How has everyone's experience been using the iPad Pro as a full stop replacement for a computer? Cumbersome, aggravating? Because I kinda wanna go in that direction. And what size did you pick up/ are you happy with it? Also, I'm liking what they're doing with Apple TV so I was considering picking one up, however Macrumors is stating not to buy. Is there a refresh on the horizon?
An AppleTV refresh is not looking super likely imo - like the HomePod, it doesn't have a ton of jobs to do so its A8 chip is more than sufficient.
At most I think we'll see the AppleTV HD (A8 chip) retired and the AppleTV 4K (A10X chip) given a price cut.
I'd love to see the more ambitious Apple TV solution that apparently existed inside the organization and used voice and Kinect-style gestures for the interface but got shitcanned, but I don't think we're gonna see that happen anytime soon.
The lack of the response to this post makes me assume I'm SOL on such a request? Dang.
Alternatively if there was a way I could connect my turntable to a Homepod I'd probably go that route, but I know that's off the table for sure.
I'm in the market for a new portable laptop and decided to ask this here. I currently have a 2014 MB Pro retina which is sadly coming to the end of it's life. The screen has bad image retention issues and it has lost a lot of it's brightness. Also, it's become a bit sluggish to use. So after a bit of looking around the stores in Finland I've narrowed my options to either the 2017 MBP 13'' or the newer 2018 MB Air. Which one should I get? My usage would be only to browse the web, light photo editing in Photoshop, writing etc. The Pro's brighter screen is enticing since I love watching movies etc on my laptop in bed, but on the other hand the newer processor and Touch ID of the Air feel welcome additions. So yeah, what says Apple Era, which is better? The Air is on sale for 1199€ and the Pro is 1349€ currently. So not that big of a price difference.
It sounds to me like the Macbook Air will be perfectly fine for your needs. I say take the money you would have put into the Pro and drop it into Applecare instead.
I'm leaning towards the Air too at this point. It seems the more "future proof" option. While the MBP would be really nice too, I guess there would be a refresh probably late this year I'd assume? And as the need for a new laptop is quite imminent, the more recent update seems like the logical step.
The Macbook Pro was just refreshed a few weeks back, so I dunno if it's due for another one this year. The Macbook Air was last refreshed in October, so I'd say it's probably about mid-cycle at the moment, but I can't imagine what they would really upgrade on 'em that would groundbreaking and worth waiting it out for, especially if you need something ASAP.
Oh, I thought it was just the Touch Bar model that got a refresh and that Apple would refresh the lowly Function key model this year but that doesn't seem to be the case? I've been so out of the loop on Mac stuff since I haven't needed a new one in ages.
Y'know, you're absolutely right, and I apologize for the misinformation.
Like I'm guessing the only thing they refresh is an 8th gen CPU (still probably a dual core) and maybe the T2 chip and Touch ID, all of which are on the Air at the moment so yeah. Think I'm gonna walk into the store and walk out with a Air in hand tomorrow then.
I'm personally eyeballing the 12" MacBook. I love how tiny it is but it hasn't really seen an update since 2017 and I'm using a 2016 MBP as it is, so it's be silly to upgrade now. Maybe next year we'll get some new hardware and I'll talk myself into spending money that I don't really need to be spending.
Ugh, just rubbing salt in that wound. Wish I could use my Wii U Pro Controller or heck, I'd even spring for a Switch Pro Controller if I could use that, but there's no reason for me to buy a XBO or PS4 controller only for use with my Mac and Apple TV, as it'd get used so infrequently.
You can get a DS4 to work with the Switch with a little adapter, so it might be a good possibility as you can find them a good chunk cheaper than the Switch Pro controller anyway, and it would allow for that kind of flexibility to work with a lot of devices.