John Siracusa

What is the cost in space savings versus the baseline feature set? Maybe it doesn't get used all the time, but I feel like the whole point of the...

What is the cost in space savings versus the baseline feature set? Maybe it doesn't get used all the time, but I feel like the whole point of the...

the potential the reason a lot of people were looking forward to this phone was it would be finally a unification right and so why the people were not looking forward to it because they like the smaller phone they like the home button blah blah blah but like the unification of the all the phones kind of look like they're of a piece now and there's not this weird one that's kind of back there across those lines and omitting features like this that i think if we had asked beforehand like what what are the baseline features of the iphone family that you think every iphone should have magsafe would be on that list

the potential the reason a lot of people were looking forward to this phone was it would be finally a unification right and so why the people were not looking forward to it because they like the smaller phone they like the home button blah blah blah but like the unification of the all the phones kind of look like they're of a piece now and there's not this weird one that's kind of back there across those lines and omitting features like this that i think if we had asked beforehand like what what are the baseline features of the iphone family that you think every iphone should have magsafe would be on that list

Maybe U1 wouldn't for you. It would be for me. But MagSafe is definitely on that list. It's been around since the 12. It should be on every single iPhone, whether people want to use it or not.

Maybe U1 wouldn't for you. It would be for me. But MagSafe is definitely on that list. It's been around since the 12. It should be on every single iPhone, whether people want to use it or not.

I mean, MagSafe definitely has, but yeah, like the synergy with Apple's other products, like Apple sells like the AirTags, like there's synergy with that product. Why would you do that? Why would you ever sell a phone in 2025 called iPhone 16 anything that doesn't give you the best feature of the AirTag, which is getting, finding exactly where it is, not just like what room or what house it's in.

I mean, MagSafe definitely has, but yeah, like the synergy with Apple's other products, like Apple sells like the AirTags, like there's synergy with that product. Why would you do that? Why would you ever sell a phone in 2025 called iPhone 16 anything that doesn't give you the best feature of the AirTag, which is getting, finding exactly where it is, not just like what room or what house it's in.

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the ultra wide band is there and we just don't know. This could be a mistake. But MagSafe is not a mistake. This phone does not have magnets in the back of it. There is no MagSafe. That's Qi charging, but not MagSafe.

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the ultra wide band is there and we just don't know. This could be a mistake. But MagSafe is not a mistake. This phone does not have magnets in the back of it. There is no MagSafe. That's Qi charging, but not MagSafe.

I mean, that's kind of this seems like there's no reason is that like one. So what's good about this phone? What is what you know? What does it have to recommend it? One of the things that Apple doesn't really tout, but people are picking up on in the spec sheet, it has better battery life than the iPhone 16.

I mean, that's kind of this seems like there's no reason is that like one. So what's good about this phone? What is what you know? What does it have to recommend it? One of the things that Apple doesn't really tout, but people are picking up on in the spec sheet, it has better battery life than the iPhone 16.

Slightly better battery life than the iPhone 16, which ostensibly has the same processor, although one fewer GPU core, right? And Apple touts in its video, essentially, by leaving out stuff, there's more room for a bigger battery. What do they leave out? We haven't talked about this yet, but we might as well now. There's just one camera on the back of this phone. That's a sensible cost saving.

Slightly better battery life than the iPhone 16, which ostensibly has the same processor, although one fewer GPU core, right? And Apple touts in its video, essentially, by leaving out stuff, there's more room for a bigger battery. What do they leave out? We haven't talked about this yet, but we might as well now. There's just one camera on the back of this phone. That's a sensible cost saving.

And there's a nice symmetry. The cheapest phone has one camera. The second cheapest one has two cameras. And the third, the most expensive one has three cameras. And the camera that's in this is a good camera. It's this 48 megapixel slash 12 megapixel 2X, you know,

And there's a nice symmetry. The cheapest phone has one camera. The second cheapest one has two cameras. And the third, the most expensive one has three cameras. And the camera that's in this is a good camera. It's this 48 megapixel slash 12 megapixel 2X, you know,

Saving money. You're saving money. Those cameras are expensive. And you reap some benefit for it. First of all, I think the back of the phone looks nicer with just one camera.

Saving money. You're saving money. Those cameras are expensive. And you reap some benefit for it. First of all, I think the back of the phone looks nicer with just one camera.

Yeah, the renderings don't have a lot of imagination. They just imagine the current design philosophy extended to that, especially the ones that render the 17 Pro, and they just take the 16 Pro and leave the cameras exactly all where they are and make a bar across it. But if you want to see, just look at Android, the world of Android phones.

Yeah, the renderings don't have a lot of imagination. They just imagine the current design philosophy extended to that, especially the ones that render the 17 Pro, and they just take the 16 Pro and leave the cameras exactly all where they are and make a bar across it. But if you want to see, just look at Android, the world of Android phones.