Stabby McSter
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i think you can actually do it from general settings
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iOS 11 GM leak, new info from 9to5mac (Face ID, Animoji, LTE Watch, True Tone, etc.)
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i think you can actually do it from general settings
Can you do this in the UK too or do I have to go in-store just to see if Im eligible?
There's a lot more streaming 4K out there now commercially with Amazon, Netflix, Vudu, etc all serving up a good amount. I'm even seeing more legacy titles in 4K like Spike Lee's artsy "She's Gotta Have it" from 1986. A surprise to see.
The 4K ATV is desperately needed, so I'm glad it's finally here.
Stabby McSter
Member
oh i'm not sure, but i don't think you'd have to go in-store just to check. you should be able to do everything online. i'm already part of the upgrade program so that might be why i can see all that stuff.
the only thing i can find for the UK stuff is this link, because i'm pretty useless :<
https://www.apple.com/uk/legal/sales-support/iphoneupgrade_uk/
badcrumble
Member
I think the actual box is fine, but the interface with it is not what I usually expect from Apple. The keyboard is crummy, but so is timeline scrubbing on a video. I remain of the opinion that theres a future interface for it that Apple hasnt nailed down yet, and the Remote isnt it, or at least isnt the totality of it.
The apple watch, for example, doesn't make you reauth every time you want to make a purchase. Maybe Face ID is secure enough that simply tapping sleep/wake twice is good enough to enable a purchase
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
We expecting the X screen to be a higher res finally? Also HDR?
The iPhone 7 already has wide-gamut P3 aka HDR screens.
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Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Does YouTube do HDR on it? Or Netflix?
That's better than 1920x1080, so I'll take it.
LordOfChaos
Member
I guess all the leaks not mentioning ProMotion mean no ProMotion?
Alas. My 7 has skipped frames all over from out of the box, and with the resolution increase a variable refresh rate display would have helped a lot.
Glad to hear there's an A10X in the Apple TV...I still see potential in it as a microconsole, and that chip is hecken powerful. Hopefully not over 200.
Alas. My 7 has skipped frames all over from out of the box, and with the resolution increase a variable refresh rate display would have helped a lot.
Glad to hear there's an A10X in the Apple TV...I still see potential in it as a microconsole, and that chip is hecken powerful. Hopefully not over 200.
Does that mean HDR videos work? I swear when the Mass Effect Andromeda videos came out on Youtube, I could see more color on my iphone than my computer's monitor and thought it was that
which is why I said it "hasn't" done anything in the market. When it was cried about 2 years ago for not having 4K... it basically came down to original Netflix content and umm... that was it (aside from homemade content).
NOW, yes.. of course the time is perfect for 4K. Vudu is on Apple TV, Amazon is coming, and Netflix has plenty of 4K content.
Agreed the this model had to have 4K. But prior to this year I really don't think the lack of 4K has affected sales much.
Don't think that's the same thing. P3 is the color gamut, which tells you the range of colors it can display. HDR video is the dynamic range of the light, which tells you the range of light and shadows it can display.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynamic-range_video
What are the tactics to employ? I want to do the IUP but in the UK that is in store only. So I was think8gn to use the Apple app to preorder sim free ASAP just in case, for pick up at the Apple store. Then try to get there for an IUP but if Im too late I just get the sim free.
Amazon Video and VUDU were also doing it in 2015.
There was a decent amount of content then, would have been worth it.
I think it was more Apple wasn't ready to start streaming 4K.
LordOfChaos
Member
Those mixed feels when the A10X Apple TV 4K is more powerful than the Mac Mini...
Hiro_Kunimi_80
Member
HDR on a phone device is one of the most useless technology to support (just behind a 4K resolution on a 5-6" display, which is still king of the hill , and a step ahed of a 20+ mpixel phone camera without proper lens and sensor size )
HDR require more cpu-gpu power = more battery drain, it's implemented in very few video ( today), which mainly is 4K movie completely overkill for a display so small for a phone
HDR (and 4K) maybe should be useful for a high performance tablet ( 12" or more) OR in a few year when HDR standard won't be a performance issue
HDR require more cpu-gpu power = more battery drain, it's implemented in very few video ( today), which mainly is 4K movie completely overkill for a display so small for a phone
HDR (and 4K) maybe should be useful for a high performance tablet ( 12" or more) OR in a few year when HDR standard won't be a performance issue
Rodney McKay
Member
I hope they'll also increase the res on the iPhone 7s, 7s+ models too.
The 6s/7 Plus I don't mind the 1080p, but the regular 6s/7 was just low enough for me to notice whenever I've tried it, and I've kind been wanting to try a smaller phone.
LordOfChaos
Member
Doesn't sound like it's happening.
I have the 7 and I do think 750p is too low on it, the red notification blob I can see jagged edges around, same with the orientation lock icon etc.
The 1080p Plus is much better. There's a limit to where PPI helps, but 326PPI is absolutely not it. People got that in their heads from when Jobs said it and think I'm outright lying when talking about the visible edges right in front of me.
The iPhone 7 Display can drive the display to a peak brightness of up to 700 nits. That and the wide color gamut display should actually qualify it to be called an HDR screen and be able to drive HDR contect... well under the current HDR standard that is.
Zeyphersan
Banned
In the U.S. at least, the SIM-free models don't get released for a couple months. I assume it's the same in the UK?
LordOfChaos
Member
Isn't the HDR-10 spec about, well, 10 bit panels, at least for "true" HDR-10 compliant TVs? I think most Apple screens are 8 bit. Only the new iMac is 10 bit by way of dithering.
TVs that aren't that are doing plenty of fudging on what the spec actually is, but that's a different matter.
With the OLED screen the X should be above spec in that case.
Regarding the bit question above though. I don't know.
Nah, the hardware was ready for months and there were multiple leaks at the time that the holdup was Apple trying to negotiate a skinny TV bundle (which they failed atyet another example of Apple being years behind on the services side). Love it or hate it the Siri Remote was Apple's vision for TV not a rush job. Their designers just didnt have good taste.
No, sim free will be day one in the UK
As with TouchID it will be a two step process: unlock (lay finger on reader/look at phone) -> enter home screen (press home button/slide up or whatever). (Or a single step with the accessibility option though idk if theyll do that with FaceID for the reason you mentioned)
The Albatross
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Coworker of mine has the Essential phone. Full screen apps like YouTube ignore that space and make it black. It's ugly IMO.
Essential phone seems, essentially, like a major rush job with no organization. The whole process of ordering it was a mess and doesn't instill any confidence. My friend actually went to cancel his order during the shipping debacle a few weeks back and after waiting hours to talk to someone they essentially told him, "Nope, sorry, you can't cancel your order because your order was just completed this morning." And then right after getting off the phone he got a shipping confirmation, after having not been able to get one for weeks before then.
Similar to how Apple Pay will work. It'll unlock but won't take you to your home screen (or authorize your payment) until you press the side button.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
isnt that how it's currently rendered for plus models but then downsampled to 1920x1080?
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
It's can't be secure enough, becuase then someone can just take the phone off your desk, and pay for something with it, without you ever knowing. Not possible with the watch while you're wearing it - that's why it doesn't ask you to reauth while you're wearing it, but does the moment you take it off and put it back on.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
gotcha. thanks!
If we're talking a specific spec rather than colloquialisms, Apple doesn't have any product that meets HDR requirements*; P-3 isn't Rec 2020 colorspace, which I believe is required for HDR10(+) implementations.
*The MacBook Pros can output 10bpc color but the panels last I checked weren't 10bpc native.
I'd be surprised given how they've rolled out P3 displays (including on the iMac Pro) that we'll be getting any flavored HDR spec on mobile or desktop any time soon. Maybe the Apple TV, since there's no screen involved?
nhlducks35
Member
It's going to be interesting to see what happens to apps that are not updated for the 8 when it comes out. Will there just be black bars on the top and bottom until they update the app?
Mark Andrew
Member
Id imagine so. There are apps that havent been updated beyond the 5S screen size I think
TheGuardian
Member
HDR10/Dolby Vision does use Rec 2020, but any current display only goes as far as P3, even high end TVs. So the spec only requires that as a minimum. Same as the spec target brightness being way higher than what displays can actually deliver currently, so the requirements are lower.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Doesn't HDR have to do with both the maximum brightness the display can achieve and the max darkness at the same time? Is it even possible without local dimming/OLED?
Shit, I forgot about that UI update lag that happens. Thankfully Id imagine some of the bigger apps will have it day one. Its always exciting seeing those updates though.
Possible with LCDs but the brightness requirement would be a battery killer.
See specs here:
https://www.cnet.com/news/what-is-uhd-alliance-premium-certified/
Hopefully just a long press on the screen or something.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Sure, but it pretty much requires local dimming anyway, which I don't believe any Apple screens have?
Byakuya769
Member
It's strange to see DF having a cow over these leaks, and I'm sitting here feeling like "meh, looks fine."
Like, what is supposed to be the explosive leak that blows up Apple's conference? Most of the substantial stuff was rumored. If Apple thinks animojis were going to set the stage on fire.. they've lost their way.
Like, what is supposed to be the explosive leak that blows up Apple's conference? Most of the substantial stuff was rumored. If Apple thinks animojis were going to set the stage on fire.. they've lost their way.
The fuck it is. It'll be a game changer for photography.
Ah, we're just about a week removed from that one thread where people were losing their mind assuming Apply Pay was being removed since TouchID was going away... lol.
Dumb quesiton, but is it easier to do a small HDR device... or harder? There's less real estate... but it's still a lot of pixels.
Dumb quesiton, but is it easier to do a small HDR device... or harder? There's less real estate... but it's still a lot of pixels.
Wouldn't your card get charged before you even get there even if you do a store pickup?
I opted for the non upgrade payment plan last year, if I recall correctly you reserve one online then go in. Although stock levels are gonna be low from rumours so that's gonna be fan
Last year I was using live stock checkers and this year it looks to be even worse
The Verge posted an article about the upgrade program being able to be used online now. https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/11/16290644/apple-iphone-upgrade-program-customers-trade-in-kit-mail
It really is so nice that we can do this now, especially after that whole thing last year with having a limited stock for the upgrade program. Hopefully its all the same stock now to make it fair.
It really is so nice that we can do this now, especially after that whole thing last year with having a limited stock for the upgrade program. Hopefully its all the same stock now to make it fair.