Thread: iPhone 15 / Apple Watch 9 Event

[leman]

I ain't gonna "double tap" with my watch

I think it’s a neat idea. Will see how it works in practice.

 

[Cmaier]

Dear god this is taking way too long to discuss carbon.

 

[Eric]

I like the new find your phone feature, I use it all the time but having it drive you to the exact location will be helpful because I often press it 3 or 4 times until I find it.

 

[Altaic]

30% improvement to the GPU on the watch is telling. Also getting the ANE in there is interesting.

 

[Eric]

30% improvement to the GPU on the watch is telling. Also getting the ANE in there is interesting.

Still on the 6 so I'm upgrading that this year along with my iPhone.

 

[Cmaier]

No black ultra :-(

I may get an ultra anyway. I am on Apple Watch 4, and don’t have always-on, would like the increased brightness and battery life, and my eyes will appreciate the big screen (with the new modular face).

Probably skip a new iphone pro max this year unless there’s a surprise in the announcement. My phone from last year is good enough for everything I use it for, and the only lure is improved camera (which is rumored to improve a lot more next year).

 

[Eric]

No black ultra :-(

I may get an ultra anyway. I am on Apple Watch 4, and don’t have always-on, would like the increased brightness and battery life, and my eyes will appreciate the big screen (with the new modular face).

Probably skip a new iphone pro max this year unless there’s a surprise in the announcement. My phone from last year is good enough for everything I use it for, and the only lure is improved camera (which is rumored to improve a lot more next year).

Yeah, seems very similar to the 14, I'm on the 13 so I'm looking forward to the new camera stuff.

 

[leman]

The titanium material looks gorgeous.

 

[Nycturne]

Takes me back to the old Titanium G4 in some ways. Makes me glad I skipped the 14 and waited.

Time for the 13 to become my engineering device, and grab one of these.

 

[Cmaier]

“A17 Pro” - that’s interesting nomenclature.

 

[Altaic]

Hell yeah, N3, and new GPU! Though still unknown whether N3B or N3E (unless I missed it).

 

[Cmaier]

Not hearing “ray tracing?”

 

[Nycturne]

RT in M3 when?

 

[Cmaier]

Not hearing “ray tracing?”

Hah! There it is/

 

[Altaic]

20% faster GPU, going from 5 cores to 6 cores, so I'm a little surprised it's not more. Hardware raytracing, though-- awesome.

 

[Cmaier]

This bodes very well for M3.

 

[KingOfPain]

“A17 Pro” - that’s interesting nomenclature.

Yeah, I‘m still wondering what the non-Pro A17 would look like.

 

[Cmaier]

20% faster GPU, going from 5 cores to 6 cores, so I'm a little surprised it's not more. Hardware raytracing, though-- awesome.

Apple tends to be conservative with these pronouncements. They also may have tuned it so that they get power savings. I imagine we’ll see a bigger boost on the m-series.

 

[Cmaier]

Yeah, I‘m still wondering what the non-Pro A17 would look like.

I am guessing that is for next year’s base-model iphones. Maybe the old USB controller and tuning down some of the other specs. There has been a lot of speculation, supported by Apple’s actions the last couple years, that they want to put more separation between the iPhone and IPhone pro.

And, of course, calling it A17pro implies that they could fork into Max’s and ultras and fork the line into even more phones in the future.

 

[leman]

20% faster GPU, going from 5 cores to 6 cores, so I'm a little surprised it's not more. Hardware raytracing, though-- awesome.

Probably efficiency-focused. iPhones have had some problems with sustained performance.