analogjack

Making a cheaper (read lower audio quality) speaker doesn't make any sense. Pretty sure Apple will be in this for the long haul.

If someone says it's better, someone else says it's worse and a third person says there's no change, doesn't that mean all three cancel out and there's no story?

davidtlewes said:

Slight clarification here from a fellow sound designer. On the original CNBC clip, and also in his interview on the "Welcome To Macintosh" podcast, Jim says that the Mac and iPhone camera sound was not a slowed down recording of his AE-1 but just a slow shutter speed on the camera (at normal playback speed). Probably only me who cares but…!

That makes more sense. That sound always reminds me of the sound of a Leica M at 1/15 sec which is one of the informal ways to test the camera, it has a very distinctive sound at that shutter speed.

Instead of dealing with fleas, best to not lay down with dogs in the first place.

chasm said:

Though why Samsung opted to put the fingerprint sensor right next to the camera lens remains a mystery (other Android phones sensibly move that sensor away from the camera so it is easier to avoid the lens).

Well first they have no choice but to put it on the back for this they get plaudits just for having it, but they put it by the side of the lens, why? Because next year they could move it underneath the lens and again get plaudits for this 'improvement' by which time everyone has forgotten that the back of the phone is a borked 'good enough solution'. Why underneath the lens? Because next year they can further improve it by moving it away from the lens. They will of course get more plaudits for this continual striving for perfection. But why didn't they put the sensor on the back of the phone to begin with? Obviously it's a crap place for a sensor.