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There's gotta be prior art on this one.  

I miss it.  I kinda hate press home button to unlock on my iPad.  So inelegant.  

velasarius said:

lgusaas said:

"Even though the new HEIF format loses some image quality, it's still very impressive for being almost two times smaller in size."
Not a very impressive statement. Two times something means it is twice as big. Two times smaller makes no sense. Multiplying by .5 would be the proper term. Why not just say half the size? 
Your original statement is nonsense.

It is possible to have a -2x of anything. It's basic and valid arithmetic. Stop being an overly sensitive wise ass.

Please don't name call.   His statement is correct.  Unfortunately, English speakers often use nonsensical math when trying to describe a great reduction in something: 100 times less, 10 times smaller, 150% savings

It's the equivalent of being a grammar nazi or a spelling troll.   

We actually need need more people correcting bad grammar, bad spelling, bad analagies, etc, not less. Or is it fewer?   Crap. 

Ironically (coincidentally?) your statement of -2x anything is possible is absolute nonsense further proving his point.   If I have 100 of something and then I have -2X that, 100 x (-2) = -200.   I'd have -200 of it.  Wut?

So, staying on topic with the thread without derailing it further, some people may prefer to have their photos take up half the space at a sacrifice of some clarity.  Personally, I'd rather have better pictures take up twice as much space because I hate blurry pictures.  IMHO, of course.   

 My iPhone 6 arrived bent in the box. And this is during the so-called "bend-gate".  No one cared except me.  Apple replaced it NQA.  

I didn't post to social media.  

Technically, after years of no price increases, these are inflationary increases.   The same technically goes for the iPhone 8 prices.