But you need a separate charger (that is only included with MacBooks) and a USB-C to Lightning cable? Damn.
Could you use a 3rd party USB-C charger?
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Apple September Event 2017 |OT| A Top-Notch Keynote
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Could you use a 3rd party USB-C charger?
Zeyphersan
Banned
Nah way dude, original aspect ratio is essential
The new case will be an optional extra and isn't available yet.
Well shoot. So early next year then?
moffattron9000
Member
The best part is that since they're using the current standard instead of their own arbitrary nonsense, Qi chargers will soon be in everything. As an Android person, this makes me very happy.
How the fuck can they get away with that? If there is a shortage you produce less of them...don't fuck the consumer for something they cannot control.
Apple is such a shitty company when it comes to profit margins.
Aspect ratio is maintained but the content is cropped. And of course the notch area then cuts into the cropped video.
it if it's cropped then you aren't viewing it in the original aspect ratio
thatJohann
Member
You can toggle notch on or off for video by double tapping the screen.
Fucking shameless.
Apple's posted some battery life numbers for the LTE Watch:
https://www.apple.com/watch/battery.html
1 hour talk time on LTE, rip
https://www.apple.com/watch/battery.html
1 hour talk time on LTE, rip
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Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
i would kill myself if i had to talk on the phone for an hour anyway
What if you are one f those people who says I'm gonna leave my phone home now and something bad happens and you need to be on the phone for a long while?
this analysis doesn't make any economic sense, both from a supply or demand side.
Yep. The secret killer feature of iPhone (almost everyone has a charger that fits your phone if you forgot yours) is about to get better and be more cross platform
I think mine has died maybe once or twice. And gotten close as many times.
And mine is a series 0. Admittedly I do charge it every night without fail (have a charging stand), and will charge it a couple periods over the day when I take it off to wash dishes. On days where I don't I typically have between 50-70 % left. I sometimes do a two hour workout and that will take up about 20-30% power.
Haven't noticed deterioration because it has actually improved with OS updates.
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Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
nope.
in that situation you would be thankful you at least have your watch and would make other arrangements to facilitate you not having to be on the phone for an hour.
this is true for me as well. i plop it the on the charger during the day every once in a while. I definitely have noticed some degradation in my series 0. Its not bad, but in the last few months it has changed a little bit.
Yeah. Fortunately we have two MBPs that we can use the blocks from.
For a whole frigging hour? Who are you, a hostage negotiator?
Bring your charging cable and a battery backup I guess.
1 hour talk time from full battery charge. After using it a few hours or using gps, it's going to be less than that
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Deleted member 22576
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Apple Music streaming is the real question in regards to battery. I didn't expect it, was surprised to see it listed on the website.. though its listed as coming soon. So maybe never?
nobody is gonna be making phone calls on the apple watch. its all about texting.
IPads don't have the demand a phone does. If they are having trouble getting parts for the production line, they can slow down production. They shouldn't raise the cost over to the consumer. The demand for iPad Pro's isn't even there.
It's resized to a larger area, while aspect ratio is maintained -- which leads to cropping. The aspect ratio is not changed. It's like changing a rectangle to a larger rectangle (but since the window you are viewing it from doesn't change in size, some of the stuff gets cut off), a change in ratio would be like changing a rectangle to a square, which would of course lead to distortion.
Yup. I was responding to the OP who said aspect ratio changes on tapping.
i'm not sure you can make those claims if you don't know what inventory levels they're maintaining. and trouble getting parts? i thought this was about nand prices, not shortages. they don't control component price hikes. decreasing their component orders wouldn't decrease its cost.
holygeesus
Banned
I've never sent a text on mine. Probably because I wear it on my right wrist which makes it a bit difficult.
Is there any technical reason the current Apple TV couldn't do 4K HDR? The HDMI output is up to the spec isn't it?
Nice to finally have gigabit ethernet I guess but still.
The_Inquisitor
Member
What time Friday should we expect 8 preorders to go up?
The store lists even the series 1 watch requiring ios11 and an iPhone 5S. Presumably that means they'll be shipping with watchOS 4 soon.
It means to people like me who has an iPhone 5 (lol rare I know), while I could get a watch yesterday, soon I won't be able to (apart from old store stock).
It means to people like me who has an iPhone 5 (lol rare I know), while I could get a watch yesterday, soon I won't be able to (apart from old store stock).
The LTE feature is really not designed for "Oh I feel like leaving my phone at home today". I don't suspect most people will want to do that anyway......Apple Watch is really not a substitute for a smartphone. LTE is just a way for you to ditch the phone when you're working out or going to the beach or something. You leave the phone in the locker room or your car.
Pagusas
Elden Member
Your arguement then would suggest a "full screen" 4:3 movie hasn't changed aspect ratio, its just cropped on the sides. It doesn't hold water. We consider an aspect ratio change based on how the content is being diplayed, if the sides are cropped because you are trying to fit a 16:9 video into a narrower screen, then you changed its aspect ratio. To prevent changing its aspect ratio you would have letter boxed it
I constantly use my watch to message. Occasionally scribble or use pre-baked replies, but typically it's Siri.
Like I might be driving along or in a rush and I just talk to my watch to message.
I've gone two days without charging my Apple Watch 2. I just charge it every night when I go to bed with a stand, usually around 60-70% charge left.
The nand prices are higher due to shortages.
They can drop production of some of the Pro models until stock comes down. Sales data on IPads shows they don't sell nearly as many of the higher end units.
The fact remains they should never put the price increase back on the customer. Raising the msrp on hardware that hasn't been upgraded is a shitty move. End of story.
Imagine if Nintendo started selling the NES classic at $80 because of their production issues. Same damn thing.
midnight pacific
Really dont see the A8 as being up to it. Especially HDR (which may not even be possible over that ATVs HDMI version). I thought I remember people being disappointed that not only didnt it do UHD, but it wasnt even capable of being software upgraded down the road to do so.
Anywho, the power of the 4K model is so insanely advanced over the ATV4 it should really be an easy sell. A10X compared to A8 is over a 3x GPU upgrade. Guessing the ATV4 will seem like molasses by comparison.
JrBaconCheeseburger
Member
Where is the battery percentage going to go? No photos show it
HDMI on the 4th gen Apple TV is only HDMI 1.4, and the A8 doesn't have hardware decoding support for HEVC video (and it would explode trying to do it in software).
Why do you think lowering the volume of iPad production would decrease nand prices? You've already said they don't sell many. Dropping production wouldn't affect the demand of nand enough for component suppliers to decrease its price. That's on the iPhone and Galaxy phones.
I dunno about parts shortage so or whatever (I mean maybe they HAVE slowed production and that means they want to increase the price to compensate).... but being in a non-US country, the prices of Apple products will fluctuate according to exchange rate patterns, typically when they refresh a product line.
This means a computer that was not changed during a refresh could be significantly cheaper or more expensive without any change. Or a new equivalent model may be more/less expensive than the previous.
It was also the reason why a 99c app was nearly half the price of a 99c song.
MercuryLS3
Junior Member
The 8 is a pretty weak upgrade honestly, the 7 seems like a really good buy with the price drop unless you really want wireless charging.
Yeah I find it a little ironic that the time they drop the "S" mocked is the time when the update is the smallest yet. I guess it is a new physical design.
Might as well bring the phone then LOL.
The 's' cycle is usually when they have a bigger internal upgrade. All up, this seems like a decent update to me anyhow.
what about battery life when streaming from Apple Music, a feature Apple specifically advertised during the event? Can we even stream a full album before the battery dies?
LordOfChaos
Member
That awkward moment when the Apple TV CPU beats the Switch and the Mac Mini both by near double (and has twice the bandwidth of the former)
http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3916022
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http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3916022
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MercuryLS3
Junior Member
Yes you do, all previous purchases get 4K upgrades for free.
Holy fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck im In.
There's all those 3rd party versions of the link and millanese loops. I'm sure the quality isn't 100% but if it gets close, given how much cheaper they are, it might still be worth it.
Also 4K movies are priced the same as HD for new purchases too.