melgross

I have to agree with Mike on this. I’ve been seething after watching a lot of really dumb videos on YouTube from people who should really know better. Even on the last Tuesday MacBreakWeekly there was apparent misunderstanding about this.

there have been complaints from the very beginning about the price of the Pencil. As a result, many competitors have sprung up. None are as good. They are cheaper, which is their main selling point. The original charging method was wonky. It’s true. I ve it and had no real problem with it, but Apple would have been better off to have placed a female lightning port on it instead of the male. Then a simple lightning cable would have worked, though it’s true that we would have needed a cable and that would have engendered complaints as well.

the Pencil 2 solved a lot of problems but cost even more. I’m sure the price complaints became even louder. Apple being Apple, they will try to build something less expensively, but not more cheaply, if you get the difference. But you can get copies of the Pencil 2 on Amazon from unknown Chinese vendors for a fraction of the price. I haven’t used any so I don’t know how accurate they really are, or how long they last.

but I use my Pencil for a lot of things. The only ones I need pressure sensitivity is for painting and artistic drawing, to distinguish it from the technical drawing I do. Those two things are the only ones in which pressure makes a real difference. And really, how many people really draw or paint, other than the scribbles most of us do? No many. So eliminating a fairly expensive feature makes sense. So does magnetic charging, also expensive. It’s $50 less. That’s a big percentage. If people want something cheaper they have that option of buying something else, which is why this is such a silly argument for those who are angry about this release.

It’s about time. I complained about this from the start. How could Apple not have one on the East Coast? And NYC is a major developer center at that.

This fits in perfectly with the concept that product prices are normally between 2.5 to 3.5 times the cost of parts.

kellie said:

Should people stop using this hone cases which reduce the dissipation of heat from the back of the phone? Or should cases be modified to allow more airflow?

Don’t worry about it.

tyler82 said:

command_f said:

Hopefully they'll go on to fix some more bugs now! When I went to install the update, I noticed that all the info across the top of the home screen (eg time, battery, network etc) had disappeared (and not for the first time). The cameras also struggle in difficult lighting situations that my iPhone Xs took in its stride. Disappointing.

iPhone 15 Pro 256GB

iOS UI has been buggy since iOS 7. They should have never let Scott Forstall go.

He was, himself, a problem. Remember he was responsible for the maps debacle. He was fired because he refused to sign the letter of apology that the other top Apple executives signed. Apparently he either knew there was a problem and hid it, or didn’t know enough about what was going on in his own department to know there was a major problem. Both are unforgivable.