31: Saving the Environment With Stinginess
Posted on Friday, Oct 23, 2020
October Apple event = HomePods, iPhones, and… was there an and?
Show Notes
Tweet****Ups: - like tweetback, but a prequel 😂
Topics:
- Apple Tues Oct 13 Event
- Homepod mini - Does mini also refer to the tiny Tom Thumb home set they used?
- $99
- Order 11-6-20 ships 11-16-20
- S5 with Computational Audio
- New U1 Handoff experience later in the year
- Intercom
- Also works with other devices like carplay and AirPods
- Smart Stereo Pairing
- They did their best to hide the cord, but it is not cordless
- White & Space Gray
- Dimensions
- Height 3.3 inches (84.3 mm)
- Width 3.9 inches (97.9 mm)
- Weight 0.76 pound (345 grams)
- Full-range driver and dual passive radiators for deep bass and crisp high frequencies
- Custom acoustic waveguide for a 360º sound field
- Acoustically transparent fabric
- Computational audio for real-time tuning
- Four-microphone design for far-field Siri
- Multiroom audio with AirPlay 2
- 5G, Blah Blah Blah
- Environmental Commitment Update - Lisa Jackson on the roof
- No more power adapters or headphones
- Reduced 2 million metric tons of carbon
- 450,000 less cars per year
- iPhones 12
- Shared features among them all
- 5G
- MagSafe
- Super Retina XDR display
- All screens have HDR OLED display
- 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
- True Tone display
- Wide color display (P3)
- Ceramic Shield front
- 4x better drop performance
- Haptic Touch
- 1200 nits max brightness (HDR) - Average varies by model
- The 12 and Smaller Pro are the same size this time.
- Height 5.78 inches (146.7 mm)
- Width 2.82 inches (71.5 mm)
- Depth 0.29 inch (7.4 mm)
- Rated IP68 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard 60529
- A14 Bionic chip
- Next-generation Neural Engine
- Camera
- All Phones
- Dual 12MP camera system (Ultra Wide and Wide)
- Ultra Wide: Æ’/2.4 aperture
- Wide: Æ’/1.6 aperture
- Night mode
- Deep Fusion
- Optical image stabilization
- 2x optical zoom out
- Digital zoom up to 5x
- Brighter True Tone flash with Slow Sync
- Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control
- Portrait Lighting with six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High‑Key Mono)
- Smart HDR 3 for photos
- All share the same front camera
- TrueDepth camera
- Æ’/2.2 aperture
- Smart HDR 3 for photos
- Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control
- Portrait Lighting with six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High-Key Mono)
- Extended dynamic range for video at 30 fps
- Cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p)
- 4K video recording at 24 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps
- HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 30 fps
- 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps or 60 fps
- Slo-mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps
- Night mode
- Deep Fusion
- QuickTake video
- Animoji and Memoji
- iPhone Pro Exclusive
- 12MP camera system (Ultra Wide, Wide, and Telephoto)
- Telephoto: Æ’/2.0 aperture
- Night Mode Portraits
- Apple ProRAW
- Dual optical image stabilization
- 2x optical zoom in, 2x optical zoom out
- 4x optical zoom range - Regular
- 5x optical zoom range - Max
- Digital zoom up to 10x
- Video Recording
- All Phones
- 4K video recording at 24 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps
- 4K editing support
- 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps or 60 fps
- HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 60 fps
- Extended dynamic range for video up to 60 fps
- Optical image stabilization for video
- 2x optical zoom out
- Digital zoom up to 3x
- Audio zoom
- QuickTake video
- Slo-mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
- Night mode Time-lapse
- Time-lapse video with stabilization
- Stereo recording
- Pro Exclusive
- 2x optical zoom in, 2x optical zoom out
- Digital zoom up to 6x
- Face ID Enabled by TrueDepth camera for facial recognition
- No Touch ID ðŸ˜
- AV Playback
- Spatial audio playback
- Supports Dolby Atmos
- HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG
- All Phones
- iPhone 12 & mini
- Colors
- Blue
- Green
- White
- Black
- Product Red
- Aerospace-grade aluminum
- 625 nits max brightness (typical)
- Storage Capacity
- 64GB
- 128GB
- 256GB
- iPhone 12 - Order now, ships 10-23 - $799 - $949 - 6.1-inch (diagonal) all-screen OLED display - 2532-by-1170-pixel resolution at 460 ppi - Weight 5.78 ounces (164 grams)
- iPhone mini - Order 11-6, ships 11-13 - $699 - $849 - 5.4-inch (diagonal) all-screen OLED display - 2340-by-1080-pixel resolution at 476 ppi - Height 5.18 inches (131.5 mm) - Width 2.53 inches (64.2 mm) - Weight 4.76 ounces (135 grams)
- iPhone 12 Pro
- Colors
- Gold
- Graphite
- Silver
- Pacific Blue - Surgical-grade stainless steel - LiDAR Scanner - 800 nits max brightness (typical) - Storage Capacity
- 128GB
- 256GB
- 512GB
- Regular
- $999 - $1299
- Order now, ships 10-23
- 6.1-inch (diagonal) all-screen OLED display
- 2532-by-1170-pixel resolution at 460 ppi
- 800 nits max brightness (typical)
- Weight 6.66 ounces (189 grams) - Max
- $1099 - $1399
- Order 11-6, ships 11-13
- 6.7-inch (diagonal) all-screen OLED display
- 2778-by-1284-pixel resolution at 458 ppi
- Height 6.33 inches (160.8 mm)
- Width 3.07 inches (78.1 mm)
- Weight 8.03 ounces (228 grams)
- iPhone 12 Pro vs. iPhone 12 Pro Max Buyer’s Guide
- Still have these old clunkers around - iPhone SE $399 - iPhone XR $499 - iPhone 11 $599
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Scott is an old school semiconductor guy and co-host of BubbleSort and many episodes of BubbleSort TV. You can read about his nerd interests at ScottWillsey.com.
