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Compare the New iPhone Models

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42 points skadamat | 3 comments | 09 Sep 25 18:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lvl155 ◴[09 Sep 25 19:00 UTC] No.45186997[source]▶
They’ve been doing this for, what, 14 years now since Jobs passed. I fail to see anything substantially new since then. They’re quite literally milking the cash cow at this point. They became the company the old Apple fans despised.
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1. ceejayoz ◴[09 Sep 25 19:02 UTC] No.45187021[source]▶
> I fail to see anything substantially new since then.

I'm inclined to see Apple's M series chips as pretty substantial.

I don't know that phones need massive innovation right now.

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2. eagerpace ◴[09 Sep 25 19:08 UTC] No.45187130[source]▶
Faster horse situation. I'd take one that was slightly larger that could plug into a monitor and replace my desktop/laptop. But then that would be 1 or 2 less devices I would buy.

I don't understand the Air model. It's cool, but just a different price point. The thickness of a device means nothing to me anymore, they're all close enough.

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3. spicybbq ◴[09 Sep 25 19:35 UTC] No.45187568[source]▶
233g for pro max, 206g for pro, 165g for the Air. That's a big difference. I figure the Air will be a more compelling in person.

It also replaces the worst selling model of the four. The 15 plus and 16 plus models did not sell very well. The pro max is the top seller.

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/22/this-iphone-16-model-got-sale...

Previously, the fourth iphone was the mini, which did not sell well in the 13 series:

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/21/iphone-13-mini-unpopula...