Apple Pre-Event Mega Thread - eviltoast

It’s almost that time! With the Apple event happening tomorrow, we’ll use this mega thread to talk about expectations, predictions, and anything else related to the big event.

Tomorrow, we’ll have a live event thread to discuss each announcement as it happens.

    • BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
      435·
      1 year ago

      If it has USB C and a 10x optical zoom I’m almost guaranteed to swap from Android to Apple finally. Google’s BS around making ads part of DRM or whatever was the last straw.

      Posted from my Pixel 6 Pro…

      • eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.netEnglish
        123·
        1 year ago

        If you don’t use tap to pay and can muscle your way through documentation, GrapheneOS is easily installable on all relatively current Pixel devices. But yeah, I’m not a fan either and as long as I’m on Android, that might tip me back again to using Graphene instead of stock Android.

        • BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
          10·
          1 year ago

          I thought of that and looked through the steps to do it and I’m pretty sure I’m past the age of me wanting to try. There was a day it would have been something I couldn’t wait to do but I’m pretty sure I’m ~10 years past that day.

          • goffredo@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Hooray for being too old to give a shit! Retired mobile developer here; I have people regularly show me how to do things like tap-and-hold the space bar to position the cursor. I’d rather be outside going for a hike than fooling around with my phone, of all things.

          • eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.netEnglish
            21·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, there’s a bit of a barrier. But getting it actually installed is a breeze. Chromium browser that supports WebUSB is all you need to get it flashed.

              • eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.netEnglish
                31·
                1 year ago

                I know it sounds intimidating, but the install page walks you through the process step by step. As long as the browser can see your phone, you can flash it with a few button clicks.

          • eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.netEnglish
            32·
            1 year ago

            Kind of? It’s only supported on Pixel devices currently. I think a closer comparison to Cyanogen is LineageOS, since Lineage is literally a fork of Cyanogen after the original maintainers closed up shop. Lineage is more akin to AOSP/the stock Android experience, whereas Graphene has been hardened a bit more than your typical Android release to lend itself to a more privacy-centric experience. Tap to pay and Android auto don’t work on Graphene which broke it for me at the time, but I would consider going back despite that if Topics can’t easily be disabled on Android 13/14.

  • _number8_@lemmy.world
    54·
    1 year ago

    thanks for starting this. first keynote on lemmy lol

    is this purely a hardware release? or are we going to get talk of the EU-geolocked sideloading thing

  • johnthedoe@lemmy.mlEnglish
    282·
    1 year ago

    Curious to see what they cripple with usbc. And if they’re updating every lightning port product to usbc too. Be interesting if all phones will get the pill/dynamic island treatment. Hope it’s useful and not a gimmick when more apps support it

    • Powerpoint@lemmy.ca
      19·
      1 year ago

      Most other Apple products already use USBC and have for a while. It’s only the iPhone they’ve been dragging their feet on.

    • realitista@lemm.eeEnglish
      85·
      1 year ago

      I think it will be hilarious to watch them continue forcing their phones to communicate with USB2.0 speeds even after the move to USB-C just so they can push more people to buy overpriced iCloud storage. It will be 2060 and we will still have USB 2.0 on our apple phones.

      • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
        113·
        1 year ago

        Most people haven’t transferred data between their iPhone and a computer using a cable in how many years? And USB2.0 isn’t the reason they haven’t. It’s that iCloud syncing is vastly more user friendly and, quiet frankly, effortless.

        I’m actually ok with Thunderbolt speeds being only for the Pro phones. That’s where it makes sense to upcharge for it.

        • realitista@lemm.ee
          24·
          1 year ago

          Sorry there’s no way I’m paying the absurd Apple iCloud prices needed to host all my photos. I’m not willing to pay whatever exorbitant price Apple tries to ram down my throat for anything they decide I need to pay them for. I will continue to point out this blatant money grab.

      • affiliate@lemmy.world
        42·
        1 year ago

        in 2060 the iphone will be the only piece of technology still using USB 2.0, a functioning reminder of the past

      • Petter1@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 year ago

        I assume that the not pro iPhone will loose it’s port in the next 5 years completely.

  • nieceandtows@programming.dev
    172·
    1 year ago

    Went on a vacation and my wife’s 13 got run over by a truck and my 12 pro back glass shattered by falling on concrete. Now I’m fully ready for new phones. Hopefully one of my kidneys is enough.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I hear ya. Both my kids have X’s which are losing support, plus they have a lot of physical damage. Time to upgrade our 13 Pro’s, so the kids can have those …… depending on just how expensive this is going to be

    • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m rocking a 12 Pro Max that could use a new battery. But because it’s so big I don’t notice the drop in battery capacity/health. Thinking of maybe updating this year or just getting a new battery put in. Waiting to see what they actually announce.

      An optical zoom at something like 10x might actually do it.

    • Tschuuuls@feddit.de
      31·
      1 year ago

      FYI you can get the back glass of a 12 repaired by a 3rd party for a reasonable price compared to a whole frame swap at the apple store basically.
      Also the 13 board might still work if swapped into another totaled phone, just chuck it up on ebay. Someone will probably buy it as a project.

      • nieceandtows@programming.dev
        41·
        1 year ago

        I don’t know if the 13 board is salvageable. It was in a purse when it was run over, and the button in the purse almost punched through the screen out the back. As for the 12 pro, I’m not looking to replace that. Just changing the case to hide the back. I’ll check out about the back replacement. It might at least work for a trade in.

      • redsol2@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        IIRC they openly stated in an interview that iMessage is one of people’s greatest incentives to stick to the Apple ecosystem, and they have no plans of shooting themselves in the foot by releasing it on android.

      • SecretPancake@feddit.de
        21·
        1 year ago

        One can still hope. They were already doing small optimizations with the help of Google. And with all the blue bubble talk lately, they might have had another meeting about it.

      • SecretPancake@feddit.de
        2·
        1 year ago

        I heard it has some disadvantages. I don’t use Android, I just want my friends to be able to use iMessage without any hassle.

        • jo3shmoo@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          1 year ago

          The biggest disadvantage is you have to be added to chats via your Apple ID instead of your phone number unless you jump through some hoops to get your primary phone number registered with iMessage. I’ve been using this in some way shape or form for the last several years from Airmessage to Bluebubbles to Beeper with just my Apple ID. I used one of the tricks to register my primary “Android” phone number with iMessage earlier this summer and it’s been working great since. Just cost me a few bucks for an old iPhone 8 with a cracked screen and an old SIM. It just sits at my house and thinks it still has my primary number in it.

            • jo3shmoo@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              1 year ago

              Eh, that would require a propensity of people in my circle of friends/contacts to utilize WhatsApp. (Not going to happen, at least on my neck of the woods) At that point we’re going to use Signal which several of my friend and family do already. My wife uses an iPhone so having functional iMessage with her has been absolutely clutch.

              • SecretPancake@feddit.de
                1·
                1 year ago

                Signal is the better choice but unfortunately Whatsapp is the leading chat service here in Germany. By far.

    • Petter1@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      Lol, after denial of iMessage relevance in EU to be sure do not have to apply to the interoperability law enforced by by EU, I doubt.

    • kaitco@lemmy.world
      44·
      1 year ago

      For a fee!

      For a mere $300 a month “iOS on Android” subscription, Android users may have iMessage and message other iOS users as if they were a proper Blue Bubble.

  • sosodev@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 year ago

    An interesting effect of unifying Mac and iPhone tech is that games ported to Mac need little work to be ported to iPhone.

    Getting actual AAA games on iPhone is kinda cool but still seems very impractical. Mostly because if you can afford an iPhone 15 pro you can afford a game console, Mac/PC, etc.

    • thehatfox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Controls are definitely the limiting factor at this point. I’ve tried a few console and PC game ports via Apple Arcade recently, and they all run great but the touch controls are really clunky - especially when they try to emulate analogue sticks.

      It’s about time Apple took a stab at a games controller, leaving it to 3rd parties hasn’t created enough momentum. An Apple take on a gaming pad would be interesting, especially with some sort of MagSafe iPhone mount. A controller also seems a natural expansion for the Vision Pro.

  • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I nominate @cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca for shitposter of the month. Their comments really made the event more entertaining

  • sosodev@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    Uhh. Who needs raytraced video games on their iPhone? I really doubt many mobile games are going to support and leverage that capability. If they do you would hard pressed to notice it on a phone screen.