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kidrock2199 said:

boltsfan17 said:

kidrock2199 said:

I just checked the Apple Store app. It says I can pick up a gold 512 GB XS Max at my local Apple store on Sept 21 if I order it now. That’s really odd seeing how whenever I pre ordered iPhones in the past, if I didn’t order right at midnight on pre sale day, I’d be waiting about a month.

None of the Apple Stores in my area have any of the 512 GB Xs Max available for pick up on Sept 21. There are a lot of Apple Stores in my area. 

I guess availability is spotty. No matter what, I’m sure these phones will be a huge hit, as always. I gotta say though, that new gold color is gorgeous. 

That always happens. I preordered my X at midnight last year but I checked the pick up option for the heck of it days later and I could have picked one up at launch. The new gold color does look nice. I was torn with gold or space gray but ended up going with the gray. Hopefully I won't regret my decision. 

kidrock2199 said:

I just checked the Apple Store app. It says I can pick up a gold 512 GB XS Max at my local Apple store on Sept 21 if I order it now. That’s really odd seeing how whenever I pre ordered iPhones in the past, if I didn’t order right at midnight on pre sale day, I’d be waiting about a month.

None of the Apple Stores in my area have any of the 512 GB Xs Max available for pick up on Sept 21. There are a lot of Apple Stores in my area. 

I just ran the test with Verizon on my X. I got 35.4 Mbps down. I'm currently out in the country so I'll have to test it tomorrow when I'm in the city. 

On a side note, anyone's XS ship yet? I just got my shipment notification from Verizon. Can't wait until Friday. 

sflocal said:

lkrupp said:

These photos are being savaged on MacRumors as horrendous, sub par, and downright ugly. “Fake Bokeh” is the watch word of the day!

Well... I'll say one thing.  These photos are beautiful and will be perfectly acceptable for 99% of iPhone users.  It's amazing to see how far the iPhone camera has evolved from the early days's of the early iPhones.

That being said... I do a lot of photography.  My camera of choice is a Canon 5DMarkIII.  I love the camera in my iPhoneX and use it often.  That being said, the best shots I've taken with my iPX, along with the photos shown here on this story don't come remotely close to what my full-frame sensor takes.  Hands down, I see (for the most parts) the weaknesses in these shots that are clearly attributed to the tiny sensor and the physics involved with the collecting of light for a small sensor versus a large sensor.

Most users will NOT care about that, and that's perfectly okay.  Many users will take their photos, and ruin them even more via Instagram filters for nothing more than selfie shots, and impulse photos to fill up smartphone storage, and cloud storage which then fills the pockets of those cloud providers.  That's the reality.

When I take my day-to-day photos of whatever is going on around me, my iPhone is perfect because of that well-used saying that the best camera is the one on your person.  When I want to take photos that I really care about, then it's a no-brainer and out comes by trusty Canon 5DM3, and (hopefully soon) a pro-level Canon Mirrorless camera.

It's all relative.

I do a lot of photography as well. It's a big hobby of mine. My camera of choice is a Nikon D850. There is obviously no comparison from a shot taken on an iPhone to a shot taken on a camera with a full frame sensor. I'm like you. I always use my Nikon when taking photos I really care about. Occasionally I'll want to have a canvas made from photos I've taken. I'm not going to enlarge iPhone photos. 

With all of that said, it is really impressive what phone cameras have become. They are only going to get better. I actually use my iPhone a lot for making time lapses. That's one thing I've really been into lately. I've made several videos of compiled 4K time lapses I've done with the iPhone X, Nikon D850, GoPro Hero 5, and DJI Osmo. The iPhone holds up pretty well against the other devices I use. Watching the 4K videos I've made on my TV, I've been quite impressed with the quality of the iPhone X.  

dysamoria said:

sflocal said:

dysamoria said:

maciekskontakt said:

Augmented reality is so garbage and useless feature for people who do not have anything better to do with life. Go on with wasting time. There is far more productive things to do woth mobile devices.

I'm not convinced one way or another. I don't like the constant attention to these kinds of fluff features but I think AR has to be potentially more useful than what they've done to iMessage (animoji being the most idiotic addition, next to making the thing a cesspool like the Windows system tray with "apps").

AR is great for things like medical procedures, surgeons being able to see in real-time what's going on inside a patient's body before going in with the knife.

This sounds like fantasy. There's no technology to visually show anyone what's going on inside anyone's body unless they're in an fMRI machine, and the actual imagery and their value is very limited.

Not sure if he/she meant literally to see what's going on inside. Here is a good article that shows potential use of AR during surgery:

https://hbr.org/2018/03/how-augmented-reality-will-make-surgery-safer