avon b7

svanstrom said:

FastLane said:

This wasn't mentioned in the article (but is a big delta for 5G)...  S21 5G modems will be the Qualcomm X60 versus X55 on the iPhone 12.  This means simultaneous multi-band 5G (including carrier aggregation) versus only one band at a time on the X55.  This is critical in that 5G is a "layered" network with some bands not penetrating buildings and others (low band) doing that well but at a lower bandwidth.  You want a modem that can talk to them all at the same time and pick the best -- or even merge them.  This allows for a more reliable and consistent 5G connection.

The X60 is also a 5nm part which means when using 5G it will pull less power than the X55 (which is 7nm... 2x the physical layout size) on the iPhone 12. 

The iPhone 13 will have this but it was a huge miss for the iphone 12.

Qualcomm overview on the X60 and it's benefits versus X55:   

Apple: We have the improved next generation of the most liked smartphone ever.
Others: Look at the specs of [something].

Admittedly I'm a bit of an Apple fanboy, but one of the things keeping me from jumping ship is that I never get a feel for what the opposition is trying to offer; I just get thrown facts about some individual part, or there's a fancy glossy picture that shows nothing but the look of the device. And that's pretty much also what I get from Android-users, either a fanboy rant about some tech specs, or a blank stare (indicating a lack of caring beyond that it works).

The only thing new seems to be that Samsung nowadays also try to "win" by having phones more expensive than iPhones. 

Beats said:

avon b7 said:

lkrupp said:

It’s a great tome to be an Apple enthusiast. Like Hockey great Wayne Gretzky Apple skates to where the puck will be instead of where’s it’s at. And it remains funnier than hell to watch Apple do something, get mocked by the competition, declared DOA by the trolls under the AI bridge, and see the competition and the critics follow suit. 

I'm not seeing what you're saying here. Surely, it's a mix and Apple gets it wrong as much as anyone else too. As for mocking. It's the same, everybody gets mocked. 

Do you think the new Max case will set an industry trend? 

Did FaceID set a trend? Was relying on ONE biometric a wise idea? Will Apple include another biometric option on future phones like competing phones have had for years? 

Did sticking with 5W battery chargers for 10 years prove trendworthy? 

Late to 5G and scrambling to homebrew a 5G modem. They missed that particular puck altogether. 

Most of the iOS 14 tentpole features are heavily influenced by Android. 

Probably the most common email activity over the last 10 years has involved attachments. For far too long, Apple users couldn't even download an attachment to their phones. 

Apple misses lots of pucks or skates to where it isn't too, but for some reason you aren't seeing it. If I'm wrong about that, please give some examples of where you believe Apple screwed up. Or do you think they don't exist? 

As it stands today, Apple is simply a CE company. Microsoft can be considered that too but is also far, far more. It has its tentacles in many things and pretty forward thinking too (cloud, undersea optical cabling etc). The foundations of the future (or present, as we stand now because they have already deployed solutions). Apple hasn't. Those pucks again. 

As a soundbite, what you say looks nice but scratch the surface and and different reality appears. It's like 'it just works'. It may sound nice but there are a ton of caveats to that. 

Yes, we all saw the monopolistic wrongs of the past and they got whacked for it. We laughed at Zune too. They have made their fair share of mistakes. Everybody has! Apple included. 

I could reel off a whole series of strategic errors Apple has made. There are pucks Apple apparently doesn't know exist. 

Either way, competition can only be a good thing for consumers. Everyone should be happy about more choice. We should celebrate that. 

Geez you're really digging low and scrapping the bottom of the barrel to find excuses why Apple isn't the innovator they are. None of those are pucks not even a peppermint patty.

NONE of those "features" are even in the same league of the impact Apple's M1 chips will make.

Seriously, upping the wattage of a charger is innovative to you? This is like praising a scooter manufacturer for for creating a way for the wheels to squeak less while ignoring the inventor of the scooter altogether.