Apple Is Planning 3-D Cameras for New iPhones in AR Push

[thudomi1582]

@resjudicata I'm glad someone got this reference, I was concerned it was a little too obscure.

 

[jc4me]

@resjudicata /r/frugal subscriber here!

 

[jinxy]

@thudomi1582 Ditto, and who could ever need more than 128KB of RAM. 1080p looks just fine to me too, 4k is a waste of money.

 

[dixie7478]

@thudomi1582 Companies that produce cars with unusually high top speeds generally don't fare well.

Making your product too niche while increasing prices is dangerous, especially when trying to expand services that are locked to that product.

 

[dellfred]

@thudomi1582

Who needs a car you can drive 200 miles an hour.

0.01% of people? Maybe less

 

[whynigma]

@dellfred I do, but I can’t afford it rn

 

[gfr1718]

@thudomi1582

Who needs a house larger than 600 square feet.

Parents with kids during a cold snap.

 

[jinxy]

@dellfred Investors: Why won't they innovate???

Apple: innovates

Investors: wtf who needs this stuff

 

[dixie7478]

@jinxy Do you think Snapchat's Spectacles are innovative?

 

[jinxy]

@dixie7478 No but it was worth a shot at a small scale. Their mistake was dumping a ton of money into them without seeing people would adopt them.

As for Apple, hardware is literally their business. They're not loss-making software company trying to extend their reach into hardware.

 

[dixie7478]

@jinxy Ok... so what does that have to do with the fact that you don't classify certain things as innovation?

Why don't you classify snapchat spectacles as innovation?

Would you classify the snapchat spectacles innovation if they had an Apple logo on them?

What exactly does it take for you to classify something as innovation?

 

[resjudicata]

@dixie7478 Very much so. Great idea, poor execution (Should've had them be $40/ea), flood the market with them so they become a must have, sell at a loss if you have to, it gets more eyeballs on your platform.

 

[wesf]

@dellfred 5G is a no brainer once everything gets integrated on one chip. It's coming, and the sooner you have a good enough radio the longer you'll be able to keep that phone when it's widespread.

 

[tyrannosaurusradio]

@dellfred If 5G gets rid of Cablevision and Comcast monopoly's I'm in

 

[dellfred]

@tyrannosaurusradio It won't. This issue isn't related to technology. If it was, 4G would have already done it (as it did substitute cable in some EU countries).

 

[resjudicata]

@dellfred Apple has a long history of telling people what they want and profiting tremendously from it.

 

[anon5678]

@resjudicata I hate Apple due to how customer unfriendly they are, but gotta respect their marketing game. They are able to rope in sheep like a champ.

 

[resjudicata]

@anon5678 Not an apple guy myself, but I know some extremely smart and independent minded people who love their stuff. That said, there are plenty of Apple sheep as well.

 

[anon5678]

@resjudicata

I know some extremely smart and independent minded people who love their stuff.

I do, too, but everybody's got their blind spots and when I've quizzed my friends they really don't have an answer. Just what they've always had, or they like iMessage, or they're too invested in iTunes... It's kind of like how I know some smart people who drive like dumbasses. I believe it's hard to live with Apple if you really give it some thought, though. They try to milk their customers every chance they get.

 

[zoleee]

@dellfred Who needs 3G connectivity, and both a front and back camera on a cell phone?