retrogusto

Most companies focus on improvements that will be easy to include in marketing materials, like a new design or gimmicky feature. It’s great to see Apple giving attention to something that matters even if the average consumer will never fully understand it. 

Anyone who claims to be able to guarantee that their platforms are 100% “secure” is lying, so it doesn’t seem like a reasonable question to ask, but it does display a certain amount of fundamental ignorance. 

baconstang said:

2025?  Just about time to refresh the 'Mini".

That’s my hope too. Making an SE that’s essentially a Mini with updated specs would be a good way to address the minority of users who prefer a smaller device without cannibalizing much of the existing market, while providing a solid option for people who just need something less expensive. And keeping competitive lower-cost options in the product line helps support the services business, which is high-margin and constitutes an important and growing portion of overall revenues. 

It sounds like the leaker isn’t making any claims about a decrease in battery life, only claiming that the larger non-Pro model will have a decrease in battery capacity, of just under 10%, compared to its counterpart in the current line. “Life” is a factor of capacity and efficiency. If the new phones are more efficient with hardware and/or software, that may compensate for a decreased capacity, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple wanted to do more in this regard to distinguish between the Pro and non-Pro models, especially since the larger phones have larger batteries. 

fastasleep said:

retrogusto said:

coolfactor said:

Navigating the TV app these days requires a college degree. I can't image how non-savvy folks manage it.

I’ve been trying to figure out if there’s a way in the TV app, as there is in every other streaming app I know, to keep track of which episodes I’ve already watched. It only gives me a button to watch the first episode, and otherwise I have to go through the vague episode descriptions and try to figure out which ones I’ve already seen. It’s hard to believe Apple doesn’t have a solution for this, but I don’t see it, nor do I see any “keep watching” category. Am I missing something?

Not sure what you mean. Stuff you're currently watching is in Up Next, and will show your next episode or the last episode you were watching. Going to a particular show's page shows you all episodes, where watched episodes have a check mark and in-progress episodes show a progress bar. Where are you only seeing a button to watch the first episode of something?

Interesting. I definitely don’t see any of that. “Up Next” just shows a list of things I have “added to up next” by clicking the button in the show’s main page (whether or not I have begun watching them), and if I go to the page of a show I have been watching, I see two buttons: “Play First Episode” and “In Up Next.” Absolutely no check marks or progress bars to indicate having watched anything, and the “Play First Episode” button never changes either. Watching episodes makes no difference to what I see in the interface. I’m using an Apple TV HD with the latest software. Good to know that my issue is unique and not just terrible UX, but I’m not sure how I might fix it, given that it has persisted over many software updates and restarts.