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anantksundaram said:

It would be useful to know if some of these features -- e.g., compass, international emergency calling -- are also available on AW4 since they seem like functionality that could be provided with a software update?

The compass and international emergency calling are exclusive to the new AW5. I was curious myself since I have a AW4. 

EDIT: These features couldn't come in a software update. The AW5 has a different modem that supports international emergency calling. The AW5 also has a new SIP due to new sensors in the watch to power the compass. 

avon b7 said:

neilm said:

sammysamsam said:

I have an 11 Pro and my photos don't look anywhere near as good as Austin Mann's photos.  Are we sure Apple didn't give him a 'special' phone.

No, they gave the iPhone a better photographer. 

LOL. Very valid point but the photos are very nice all the same. But yeah, the user (depending in his/her skills) can take things to another level.

Was the fishermam photo shot handheld or on a tripod?

Handheld. Austin has the photo on his Instagram page and someone asked him if the photo was taken on a tripod. That's pretty impressive knowing it's handheld. 

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blastdoor said:

rain22 said:

Along with their recent commercials... more proof their marketing department has stumbled across some horrible horrible drugs. 

I've got a face for radio, so not so much into the selfies. But for all those folks impressed by their own image, I suspect this will be a hit, both the feature and the marketing name. 

Of course it will be. Kids eat this type of crap up. Why? Not at all practical, it's just fun.

It’s not just kids. I see middle-aged people taking selfies and sending Bitmoji all the time.

(I think one reason some of my friends like to send Bitmoji is they always seem to lack wrinkles and their “bitmoji-self” always appears years younger than reality, ha ha!)

It's either that or they are using an app like Facetune and take the smoothing features a bit too far to where their face looks like a wax figure. 

techaccident said:

While I'm sure that this will make Neil Young happy, I don't see much of an audience for this feature for one simple reason: the vast majority of listeners won't notice or be able to detect any difference and thus will not bother to pay for or enable it. Even with "nice" equipment, the audible differences between 256kbps MP3 or AAC and CD-level lossless are very, very small - far too small for a mass audience to care about, IMHO. This is at best aimed at a niche market. Sidebar: Amazon claims to offer this in "HD" and "Ultra HD", the latter being 192kHz/24-bit. That's swell, but how many recordings are natively recorded at 192/24? If a recording was made using 44.1kHz, 48kHz or 96kHz sample rates, then no amount of upsampling helps and you're just wasting data. I wonder what their logic is, beyond "more is better"?

Sure the vast majority of listeners won't be able to tell the difference, but there will alway be a market for high res music. This service isn't geared towards the majority of people imo. I'm definitely interested in this service for home use. I have the setup and good headphones for high res music. I listen to studio masters at home on a regular basis. I can hear the difference in quality but I'm not the average music consumer. Most recordings I know of and studios I've been in are recorded at 192/24. 192/24 is typically used for the mic feed, but mastering/mixing is often times done at 48-64 bit resolution inside the console. 

For iPhone users, I think this service is rather pointless unless you will be using an external DAC and have good studio quality headphones. Sometimes I don't understand why people make such a fuss about something that's not geared for mainstream audiences. There are a lot of people, including myself, who still purchase blu-rays because they want the best picture and sound quality. I know quite a few people who continue to buy CD's. 

iOS_Guy80 said:

Am in the upgrade trade up program. Since I do not outright buy the phone I’am not eligible for Apple TV+ 12 month promotion. You have to buy the phone outright.

You don't have to buy the phone outright to get the free trial. 

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210573