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The Next Flagship iPhone Will Support Apple Pencil and 512GB Flash Storage, Says Report (appleinsider.com)
Next month, Apple is expected to unveil three new iPhones, each with differing specs/features. According to analyst firm Trendforce, the large 6.5-inch "flagship" model will support up to 512GB of onboard flash storage. Apple Pencil support will also be "offered as an option," although the company didn't specify which models will support the stylus. Apple Insider reports: The company expects that the the 6.1-inch LCD version will come with Face ID, Dual-SIM technology. The firm expects it to retail for between $699 and $749. The 5.8-inch OLED iPhone will be priced at $899 to $949. The 6.5-inch device will come in storage capacities up to 512GB, with one variant of the size potentially having dual-SIM support and expected to be "limited within $1,000 threshold as to encourage purchasing from consumers," according to Trendforce. Both the 5.8- and 6.5-inch OLED models are expected to have 4GB of RAM. The 6.1-inch LED devices will have 3GB of RAM, the same as the iPhone X. The analyst firm believes that all three models are expected to ship in September and October.
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I can't believe that the iPhone is finally getting a pencil ! And... wait for it... SD cards! Woo Hoooo !
This is 20 year old tech.
Do you think it will have Graffiti input?
what makes you think they're supporting SD cards? it just said 512G of onboard flash, not removable..
Do you think it will have Graffiti input?
I should hope so. One would hate to think of that ancient and noble skill being lost to the dust of history. Why who better to carry it but apple? It only took them 20 years to get SSD, 10 to get wireless charging, and decent water proofing of the Iphone. Maybe, just maybe, they can finally get more than 3 GB of memory and 2 cores.
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what makes you think they're supporting SD cards? it just said 512G of onboard flash, not removable..
This is a very good question. If it is removable one would think apple will probably dream up its own propitiatory bullshit type instead of going with the standard. After all can't have the sheep wandering off the ranch.
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Apple still sells lots of 5SE phones, brand new, because of the number of people who just don't want or can't hold comfortably the larger phones. I wish they'd take those brisk sales numbers as a hint and make an updated phone with those dimensions.
Where in TFS is it mentioned they'll support SD storage?
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I took the comment "model will support up to 512GB of onboard flash storage" to mean that it would support removable SD type storage.
I may have been wrong to ASS u ME that. Knowing Apple, I should have ASS u ME d it would be some crazy proprietary locked down storage.
I don't read your sig. Why are you reading mine?
You've got buy a new one for half the price of the phone. No, you can't just use a blunt ordinary pencil. Wait! I said you can't! Stop!
Serious question. If it can't be stored IN the phone, they failed.
"Science is the power of man"
Bring out a new iPhone and charge $1000 for it.
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I still know graffiti, Palm really nailed that back then. In all of my device history I still remember that moment when I realized that I wasn't thinking about what I was doing, just writing. I didn't even try to get good at it, it just happened.
"Science is the power of man"
I used a Palm Pilot for my last two undergrad semesters in university. Besides not being able to mix drawing and text, I loved it. Once I was done with school and tied to a workstation in a cubicle, I completely stopped using it. But ever since cell phones became smart, I've been yearning for styli to become ubiquitous. Apple going this route may help with that. I mean, if other manufacturers have been adopting the, obviously stupid, notch...
The first generation Galaxy Note almost had me when I got to try a demo for a month, but it wasn't quite there. The price of the Notes has kept me from buying in. I'd welcome more competition in stylus-equipped smartphones.
But maybe I'm the only one that sees promise in being able to scribble on a shared piece of virtual paper with a work group spread across the globe?
"Onboard" is the opposite of "removable", because it's on the board. It's what Apple and other phone manufacturers have been using in their phones since day one. The information they are trying to impart in that sentence is the capacity, the fact that it's onboard is not news, it's entirely normal and expected. It's like they said "and it's got an XXX capacity battery charged with electricity" and you are somehow taking away from that sentence that being charged with electricity is a new detail, rather than the capacity.
The "Genius" at the Apple store told me 'just buy a new phone'.
Only in apples dictionary is the word "genius" synonymous with "dumbass."
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Same here. Palm really did nail that. I still have graffiti in muscle memory and its been close to 10 years since I used a palm. When I'm using a stylus I sometimes find myself writing in graffiti. Would have been nice if palm would have open sourced graffiti and it was a recognized standard on every stylus device.
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Doesn't look like anywhere. I just assumed since they said "flash" meant removable.
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No USB either so you can't plug a flash drive/HDD/floppy in.
For long trips a flash drive with a few movies on is pretty handy.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
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It doesn't click inside the body like the one in the note does? Apple loves to encourage their users to lost attachments, don't they?
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$99 attachments, at that. I lost mine by giving it to a friend who bought an iPad Pro because I never actually used the damned thing.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
Just put the movies on the 512GB iPhone.
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I just assumed since they said "flash" meant removable.
Removable storage makes no sense. It will just encourage people to buy a model with less storage soldered in. Where's the profit in that?
Another problem is the pen discharges quickly when not being used: https://discussions.apple.com/...
For that model, gotta sell a kidney first.
Looks like I hurt some poor apple fan boys feelings...
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Except that's not how the geniuses are trained. (Yeah, it's a silly name. But silly name or no, they're sharp, well trained, and good at customer service. When I used to hire desktop support people and junior sysadmins; poaching from the local Genius Bar produced some of the best candidates and hires.) When I had a battery problem with my 6s, all I had to do was demonstrate it in-store. The genius told me: "Yeah, it shouldn't do that.", asked if I had my data backed up (Which I did. I always do.), and fetched a replacement from the back. Another five minutes to move the SIM and wipe the old one, and I walked out with a new phone. Hell, when I broke a screen through my own clumsiness and brought it in for an AppleCare repair; they also simply gave me a new unit, with no question besides how I'd pay the deductible.
If it hadn't been a defective unit, and the battery's capacity was depleted by heavy usage, they wouldn't have told me to buy a new one; they'd have offered the battery replacement service.
The Apple retail people aren't on commission. They're not evaluated by how much product they move. Their evaluations are based on customer surveys and satisfaction metrics. That's why, if you go in and buy something or have it serviced, you'll shortly get an email mentioning the employee by name and asking how your experience was.
Imagine all the people...
"Who wants a stylus? You have to get 'em, put 'em away, you lose 'em. Yuck! Nobody wants a stylus. So let's not use a stylus." - 2007 Macworld
"If you see a stylus, they blew it.” - 2010 iOS 4 launch event
Oh and he has opinions on large phones too:
"You can't get your hand around it, No one's going to buy that." - October earnings call 2010
I get my phones direct from China anyway. Xiaomi in particular make nice phones, but I'm sure there are others. Don't see the point in paying for the US/South Korean markup when it's all made in China
Looks like Apple and most of the phone making industry have run out of ideas. What they are producing is a bog standard rectangular phone with all the same apps that are on nearly all other phones. Phones are at a point where they have peaked. Slightly faster cpus and slightly better cameras won't justify the cost of an upgrade. People do need phone, but no longer the latest and greatest. App developers want to target as many users as possibe so that means coding apps in such a way that they can well on older hardware.
Ask Samsung I guess, they have been selling phones with SD card slots for a decade.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
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From my dealings with the Genius Bar with Macs, they almost always used a terminal window and command lines when looking at things on the computer. They definitely knew their Unix commands.
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So you were there when the Genius looked at my Macs? There weren't following a script. They read the case notes, asked me questions, and seemed to be trying to diagnose the problem. But I suppose it's easier for your narrative if they were following a script. Otherwise you'd have to admit that they know what they are talking about.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.