https://9to5mac.com/2019/09/22/iphon...acwUjoEZLvdc_E

In their defense, iOS developers did not have the A13 to work with until the advent of 13.1, firmware that is still in development.

I wonder if iOS 13.1 and later will see the A13 surge ahead of the A12.

 

Battery life is amazing. I have been clamoring for this for a long time, even at the expense of thinness.

 

I have not had any issues with battery life on any of my phones. (iPhone 3 to 8+)

I just got back from 2 weeks at the beach where I left the house at 7am and got back between 6-9pm, no issues (not on the phone that much but when I needed it it was fine)

 

Oh yeah. They FINALLY moved the pop-up volume indicator out of the damn center of the screen! And placed it minimally on the left side.

 

As a fan of dark mode myself, I'm not at all opposed to this idea. Nothing official to report yet, but the thought is there!

 

I'm loving dark mode on i0s 13 beta.

 

It's live! get off beta!!

 

I had it on auto update & after removing the beta profile it says 13.1 up to date so I guess it updated when I was not looking.

Thanks!

 

Can anyone with the pro comment on the screen brightness?

i noticed that since the 7 the max brightness has been 625 nits.

With the 11 Pro and Pro Max it’s now 800 nits with 1200 nits when displaying HDR

Just wondering how much better the Pro is during bright sunlight.

 

i don’t notice much difference.

 

 

I had issues reading the XS Max screen in harsh sunlight due to the brightness.

Did not test the 11 Max specifically in the sun, but it definitely seems brighter. No issues using it outside.

 

ummm.

I had been noticing this but wasn't sure, until having shot more photos with it.

Is it just me? Or is the wide angle lens..... TERRIBLE??? Images are lacking detail, and have pronounced noise. I have no idea why they would have done it this way. I HOPE this is fixable with a software update.

Here is a standard lens photo - this looks similar (probably the same - but I haven't confirmed this yet) as the XS - sharp, detailed:

Here are a couple of wide angle shots - At first I thought ok for some reason the software is pushing the ISO on these images excessively. I mean these images look like ISO 1250 or 1600 from a phone.

First one is ISO 320, second is ISO 160. Look in the shadows, it doesn't jive.

 

link to full-size wide images:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...74b182a7_o.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...090b4e6c_o.jpg

shit, the standard lens doesn't look too good either, ISO 200:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...fc01f5c7_o.jpg

 

I caved

 

knew it

 

it was only a matter of time

 

This is pretty neat.

especially for shots of buildings like the ones @srika took.


https://www.dpreview.com/articles/81...st-one-to-find

 

Still resisting.

:-p

 

Im set. Got the Max Pro and new Watch

 

The Watch 5 is a bigger improvement over the previous one than the 11 Pro is over the XS, relatively.

IMHO, of course. :-)

 

Make sure to set up as a new watch (I don't know if you previously had a watch). Apparently there have been a number of complaints about battery usage.

 

Other way around.

I have the beta on and so far so good.

 

Oh you mean the battery is supposed to last longer than 8 hours?

 

do you have a 1st generation apple watch?

I have a series 3, this one can last me like 50 hours before needing to be charged.

I did turn off some notifications that aren't necessary (and frankly annoying) to notified on the watch.

 

I have the 3, damn, I'm gonna uninstall some apps I never use. There were a bunch that were auto-installed as a part of the setup.

 

Try rebooting it too. Weird thing happened to me a while back. My watch started running down to maybe 30-35% battery at the end of the day. For some reason I decided to reboot the watch and now it goes down to 55-60%.

 

I’ve read complaints about battery life on one of the newer watchOS patches. Like, doesn’t even last the entire day.

My S4 usually lasts a day and a half though. Before and after the latest OS (public release)

Did have issues with going from a XS Max to an 11 Max though. Had to set it up as a new watch.

 

will try that - I just uninstalled those apps, there were a bunch installed just because I had them on my phone.
yeah I have been charging mine every day.

 

Wife's iPhone8 is acting weird, ringer/alerts doing weird things, etc...

I plan to upgrade her to an 11, but in the meantime was hoping to do a factory reset to see if that resolved the issues.

Assuming she sets the phone back up with the same apple ID, what info/data, if any, will she really lose in the reset? I.E. what do I need to make sure I have a back up of?

 

You have to go in to her settings to see what is set to back up automatically to whichever cloud service you use.

If you want to be totally safe. Plug it in to your computer and make a back up with iTunes.

 

Yup, plus into iTunes or finder (whatever the process is for Catalina or windows) and back up the phone.
back it up and restore the iPhone with said backup.

 

OK, thanks guys

 

 

Gtfo with that.

 

 

This is almost as offensive as the fact that he eats his steak well done with ketchup

 

“Pro” AirPods announced.

Available 10/30

$249

https://www.apple.com/airpods-pro/

 

Surprisingly competitive price. Was hoping for more like 6 hrs of listening on one charge though.

Well, should be good enough to get most people to until lunch or until they are off, if they don’t feel like talking to/hearing their coworkers

Hopefully the bass and ANC can make the gym feel isolated. Annoyed that my gym pumps loud ass music.

 

Would have been nice if they had different colors, as was rumored.