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- Mediocre design: big bezels on top+bottom, seems like a regression. Much lower screen/body ratio than the X. 
- OLED screen: 100,000 contrast ratio. The X had 1M to 1 and 11 Pro has 2M to 1. Massive difference. 
- I doubt build quality compares
- No wide angle camera. Huge miss. 
- Max storage of 128GB, iPhone goes to 512 
- Not even using the latest snapdragon (855 vs 855+). Quite an old chip now, and A13 wipes the floor with it
- Seems like a tiny battery for small version (2800) considering a 90Hz refresh. They didn't mention battery life at ALL.
- Can only do 4K @ 30, not 60. - Soli is neat but seems pretty gimmicky and limited in use. Samsung had something similar a while back and they scrapped it. 

 This phone seems to be a middling and confused product on many fronts.

ElCapitan said:

Timmy always put profit over values. Had he not, many things at Apple would have looked different.

I'm betting Tim Cook has stronger values than you could ever attain in 10 lifetimes. Not sure what your statement even means. In the context of big tech companies, I can't think of one that generally has better values than Apple, in a whole host of areas.

wallym said:

After updating, several of my third party development tools and programs no longer work.  These aren't 32 bit programs, but 64 bit apps.  Does Apple even test things?

So the onus is on Apple to test the compatibility of every single app out there, and make changes to the OS to accomodate the individual needs of every app, instead of the onus being on the app developers to actually update their apps for compatibility with the new OS? 

Ok then. What an absurd expectation. 

ylon said:

This article disturbs me greatly. I've felt that AppleInsider is just not leveling with its readers for the last several years now. It has some fun and feel good articles, but this stuff about Catalina is a load of bullcrap. This OS release is the next solid step to the end of Apple and no one has the courage to stand up and talk about this. Do you realize how many of us our MOURNING this release of the OS and are carefully looking at Linux options at the moment (I know several colleagues who've actually "switched" again now). 

Now granted, Linux can't fit the bill for any of us who need to do anything more than certain dedicated tasks that it's good at, but frankly the core OS has been suffering in macOS for many years now (and this is coming from both Apple engineers themselves and others who do low level system development).

Apple is prepping us for a complete lockdown and I'll be darned if you find me fighting to jailbreak my workstation. I need low level kexts, I need better debugging facilities, I need kernel access and I frankly need to retain 32bit functionality. There's no actual reason to switch to 64bit fully from a technical standpoint (it's actually more optimized and efficient when you use 32bit apps. Period.). I can elucidate a lot more on these points, but to see Catalina spoken of so highly has completely obliterated my belief that AppleInsider can become anything more than lipstick for Apple now.

Of course, every update is always the next step to Apple's doom.

You literally sounds fucking insane. Well done. 

Why do you require low level kexts?
Apple has a ridiculous amount of developer relations, not to mention developing on Macs themselves. Something tells me you have no fucking idea what you're talking about in terms of the big picture, and very few developers actually share your concerns.

Yep, I'm sure that developers are moving to Linux en masse. Any day now, the migration will begin. Yep. Why are your supposed colleagues looking at options NOW, when the developer beta has been available since JUNE?  

I remember this shit being repeated by trolls over and over with every single macOS release. Sierra, High Sierra, Yosemite, Mojave, etc. Somehow all disasters. And yet, the Mac platform has only gotten stronger. Funny, that. 

Your post is absolutely laughable. I have no idea what you "develop", but typically developers who are obsessed with deprecated technology and refuse to adapt, aren't usually successful for very long. Maybe you should consider your own failings, instead of imagining Apple's failings. Yes, Catalina has increased security (just like every single update) and deprecates 32bit apps, which we've known for YEARS it would do. The fact that you state that this will lead to the end of Apple makes you sound like an absolute lunatic. I can't imagine how loaded with ancient cruft Apple's operating systems would be, if chronic whiners like you had their way. 

sportyguy209 said:

It seems that the system software innovations that Apple delights in, as of late, are new emoji's, messaging effects, dark mode, and other fluff. Instead, I'd like to see them making improvements in, what I feel are, more practical and useful applications like Apple Mail, Notes, Contacts, and Calendar.

Stop being completely full of shit.

 I want you to read fully through the below webpages, then come back here to re-read your post, and then tell us that you aren't embarrassed to stand by what you wrote.

https://www.apple.com/ca/ios/ios-13/features/
https://www.apple.com/ca/ipados/features/
https://www.apple.com/ca/macos/catalina/features/

 And that's only 3 of the 5 operating systems they currently manage.

 Stop spitting on the developers that have put millions of collective hours into literally thousands of user facing changes that go into these new releases, with your trollish and ignorant "lol emojis and effects" lies.