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Apple preorder thoughts (2018 edition)
My mad preorder dance, the 2018 edition.
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Fixing Portrait mode’s grossness
Even if the Portrait mode algorithms improve, I’d like to see some support for touching up problematic depth maps.
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iPhone X delights and gripes
On Friday afternoon, UPS dropped off a new toy. My thoughts after a weekend with the iPhone X.
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iPhone X and the Apple “access economy”
The “Apple access economy” incentivizes problematic journalism.
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iPhone X and hidden fiddly bits
Some future iPhone will inevitably ditch all ports and buttons, leaving only the screen accessible to the end user. It will be beautiful, glossy—and permanently sealed
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iPhone X, ordered.
Anecdotally, buying the X felt no different than previous iPhone preorder nights. In fact, it might have been the easiest preorder purchase I’ve ever made.
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Memories vs. math: how to justify paying $1,000 for the iPhone X
If I do buy an iPhone X, I’ll justify the $1,000+ price tag by pointing to its killer camera.
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Predicting the 2018 iPhone line-up
At its product marketing event last week, Apple announced its new iPhone line-up, which breaks with precedent in two ways: The iPhone X name (read “iPhone Ten”) takes a cue from the Windows world, in that Apple has skipped over the number “9.” The iPhone price points have never been so diverse; the 2017 phones […]
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The Goldilocks Problem: choosing between the new iPhones
None of the new iPhones feels “just right.”