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2020 iPhone to reduce TrueDepth notch, full-screen display rumored for 2021
chasm said:waverboy said:That’s the (hopefully ultimately true) news I’ve been waiting to hear! My nearly four-year-old 128GB iPhone 6S Plus is running better than ever before on iOS 12.3, better than when it was brand-new even, so I’ll easily be able to skip the 2019 models and hold out for a hopefully notchless 2020 model, or maybe even a notchless-with-fullscreen-TouchID 2021 model. So glad I’ll have completely skipped the silly notch and FaceID nonsense. Maybe by then I’ll even be able to get black AirPods and my life will be complete at last.As the owner of a XR, I can assure you that the notch is ... nothing. It isn't seen at all in most programs and watching videos, etc, and is extremely unintrusive the rest of the time. Indeed, your post reminded me that my phone has one! If I have to sacrifice one percent of the screen in order to have super-secure FaceID, the world's best (by far) portrait/selfie camera, and animoji, I find that a trivial price to pay. Obviously if Apple can reduce the notch, then great -- but it has been a total non-issue for me and other X-class owners. -
Comparing the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the 2017 Function Keys model
MplsP said:macplusplus said:MplsP said:StrangeDays said:burnside said:I'm using 2015 MBPs till they can't be refurbed. Superior keyboard, HDMI, and USB w/o need for dongles. Perfect work computer. Based on how fast they vanish from the Apple refurb store, I'm not alone.
A dongle is simply an adaptor with a short cord. A long cord with two different ends is the same thing. Call it what you want, it doesn't change the discussion.
Contrary to your parroting of Phill Schiller's tripe, the problem does still exist. Yes, you can get adaptors/dongles to let you use the USB C ports. I've spent an extra $100 on such dongles. The problem isn't that you can't make the connection, the problem is that you now have to tote around a handful of dongles in addition to your laptop to enable you to do what you could do natively 4 years ago, and what virtually every other laptop on the market today lets you do without anything extra.
By the way I’m dependent on USB-A exactly for the same reason as you: the USB security key. But I know that the mine is a very fringe case and I don’t try to use it as an argument against progress.
How many people run 3 monitors off of their MacBook Pro? I'd be willing to bet that that number is dwarfed by the number of people who need a USB A device, but it's not an Either/or proposition. I'm not against USB C; I just think using only USB C ports was idiotic. USB A was not single purpose, by the way. Beyond that, what is the single thing people use USB C for more than all other uses combined? Charging. Put 2 USB C ports, a MagSafe and a USB A. You have utility of USB A without sacrificing the flexibility of USB C.
3 years after Apple dumped USB A, it's still the single most common connector used and still dwarfs USB C. I've said this many times - USB C may be the future, but USB A is (still) the present and will be used for years to come.
USB-A is a single purpose port design. Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort don’t run on it. For those you need USB-C port. -
Apple could raise keys on an iPad keyboard for better typing in the future
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Comparing the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the 2017 Function Keys model
henrybay said:macplusplus said:henrybay said:So DUMB! If the software goes down we can’t Escape because the Escape goes down too. And how many people use the Touch Bar anyway - probably 1% or 2% of users.
Who is making these crazy decisions at Apple? Probably the same people who created the worst keyboard in the history of computers - the butterfly keyboard.
Surely these folk must secretly work for an Apple competitor, and they are trying to sabotage its MacBook range.
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Comparing the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the 2017 Function Keys model
henrybay said:So DUMB! If the software goes down we can’t Escape because the Escape goes down too. And how many people use the Touch Bar anyway - probably 1% or 2% of users.
Who is making these crazy decisions at Apple? Probably the same people who created the worst keyboard in the history of computers - the butterfly keyboard.
Surely these folk must secretly work for an Apple competitor, and they are trying to sabotage its MacBook range.