I look at these gorgeous little movies, and all I can think is that eight years ago, we were all anxiously waiting for the original iPhone — which didn’t even shoot video at all. From that to this in eight years.
via DF:
So many great photographs in this new collection from Apple. (Note, though, that nearly all of them were taken outdoors. Low-light indoor photography is the next frontier for iPhone cameras.)
UPDATE: Apple is going to use these photos in an upcoming ad campaign. Great idea, and must be a real thrill for the photographers. Also interesting to note just how many of them were edited using VSCO Cam.
via theLoop:
thevergeDOTcom - Inside the building where Apple tortures the iPhone 6:
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Some of the testing I saw today was what can be considered torture tests, but it also puts the phones through the regular stresses that they might undergo in the wild. That includes being sat on in pockets — and being bent.
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DF:
anandtechDOTcom : iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus: Preliminary Results
Here’s how utterly dominant Apple’s position is in mobile semiconductor design: not only are the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus the two top scorers in web browser benchmarking, but in third place sits the year-old iPhone 5S.
Also worth noting: the iPhone 6 is seemingly on par with the 6 Plus performance-wise.
Stephen Fry:
Since January 1984, when I bought my first Apple Macintosh, through the dark late 1980s and mid-90s, when the company had just 3% of the personal computer market, I have developed the thickest of skins when it comes to Apple-haters.
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Regarding the dimensions, many Android owners will point out how late the Cupertino company has come to the size game. But once again, Apple wanted to wait until it got the perfect merger of processor, battery life, resolution, materials and OS workarounds. Being first isn’t the point, being the best is.
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Under the bonnet, they each offer a ravishing Retina HD display. The Plus has more pixels and the (real) advantage of optical camera shake correction rather than digital. There’s also full HD video allowing a devastatingly cool 720p slowmo that will make Matrix directors of us all. At 5.5in, the 6 Plus is, to my large hands, absolutely ideal, but then for most users I would recommend the 6. I now type faster on each, which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
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It only needs for me to leave with the confident prediction that these phones will prove through sales, as I believe them to be, the best and most beautiful mobile telecom technology ever yet produced. So sue me if if I’m proved wrong. Oh, and, of course, watch this space …
• MacRumorsThere, bigASS phone
• AppleInsider
• TheLoop
• DaringFirebal
via theLoop
Adam C. Engst’s Apple Pay Aims to Disrupt Payment Industry:
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With Apple Pay, Apple’s self-described mission is to replace your wallet, enabling you to pay a bill by holding an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, or the forthcoming Apple Watch, up to a payment sensor. No more fumbling with credit cards and signing receipts, or worrying about having enough cash. In theory, at least, Apple Pay both improves the payment experience and brings new levels of security and privacy to credit card payments.
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