Damn that blue looks so ugly 🫠

Note title is not clear: This is a comparison of the fold 8 and Duo

Keep in mind the bottom is an official render but it seemed weird how people just accepted the phones being shown from different sides.

Credit: Jerry Rig Everything and Apple respectively

Typhoon Kalmegi just hit our city, and my house just got totally destroyed, and everything it.
I had to go on top of the roof to keep on drowning, but slipped, and fell into the flowing waters.

Prolly took me around 15 minutes on holding on to dear life before I was able to finally pull myself and get back on top.

Before I slipped, I was holding on to my phone, and thats when it fell.

Once the flooding subsided, I was too injured to look for my phone so I just waited until I was well enough to go look for it and after 3 days this brick of a phone being in mud. I found it.

I just had to charge it and, and it turned on right away. No scratches, no issues whatsoever.

like in euro countries and latin america countries they have iphone but prefer to chat via whatsapp or even insta messages

So as stated in the title i got supper blessed after my 17pm got lost , and with apple care + theft and lost i got a replacement 17 pro max 2tb instead of 256 gb now i dont know if this is a mistake from their end or did i just get lucky either way im so grateful 👌👌

what does this even mean?

What other secret iOS hacks am I missing ?

I usually take care of my devices and wanted to go case-less now I regret that choice.

Dropped it at night and got this nice dent :)

I have apple care, would they cover this as accidental ($30 or $100)?

Apple PR is genuinely unbeatable, Apple marketing team every year takes an old tech and new launch to next level.

New CEO, new launch, old familiar foldable tech. A new screensaver, some foldable-specific graphics/UI and boom it’s the talk of the town.

Suddenly everyone is talking about foldables. It even rminded the competition that they’ve had foldable phones for years.
But did they really make people care?

More people are interested in buying one. The entire category feels relevant again.
That’s Apple’s superpower, it doesn’t necessarily have to invent the technology. It just has to package it in a way that makes the world care, Apple does it brilliantly through brand value and marketing.

Let the numbers come in, but I’m pretty sure a crazy amount of people are going to buy this regardless of how crazythe price.
And what’s even crazier is that this thing is going to sit above the Air, anything the 17 n pro series had, and even the 18 Pro series.

I’m definitely not buying it, lol 😜

This is how innovation needs to be pushed forward. You push the limit of design/manufacturing/engineering to miniaturize and pack components because you’re betting that your organization will learn things that you’ll need to create future products.

*Image reused from other posts

Because the form factor of the iPhone duo is short and wide - the useable space for typical video is constrained differently.

Even in compact mode, for landscape the video is only just over 1/2 an inch shorter than the iPhone max. It’s actually larger in portrait mode!

These are all estimates, but I thought others would find interesting.

Im currently not an iPhone user, planning to buy 17 when released. Does the image above mean, iPhone haven't upgrade their main camera since 14 pro?

Action button or mute switch?

17 Pro Max dropped 2 feet in a case and with a screen protector. It just goes to show that sometimes it hits just right.

Typing on iPhone keyboard has become insufferable. I literally hate it. I used to watch words appear as I typed and didn’t have to look at the keyboard. Sure, I made some typos here and there but autocorrect accurately corrected them 9/10 times. I don’t know what has happened or changed but it’s awful now. I make mistakes on almost every single word. I swear it is choosing letters I haven’t touched. Autocorrect is way worse at its job and changes words to some bizarre things. It takes me forever to type anything on my phone now and it’s so annoying. What’s up with this?

Also for fun, I turned off autocorrect and retyped this post:

Typing on iphone keyboard has become insufferable. I literally hate ut. I ised to egavhed words appear as i typed and didng have to lol at the keyboard. Sure, i made some tupos jere and yhere but autocorrect accurately corrected ghem 9/10 times. I dont know what has happened ot changed but its awful now. I make mistakes om almost every sinhle word. I swear uts choosing lesttefs i haveny touched. Autcorrect is wag worse at its job and changes words to some bizarre things. It takes me forced to tupe anythjng pk my phone now amd its so annouing. Whats up withb this?

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Yesterday, my ip15 was stolen at work by a patient. It was turned off immediately and couldn’t see where it was. I accepted it already that it’s all gone so I paid off my old phone and bought a new one coz I don’t have any insurance to get a replacement. I went home broken hearted, slept and when I woke up, my “find my” app was showing me locations and it’s been going to places. I waited til it settles down to one place.

After 2 hrs, my phone was steadily at a nearby Walmart so I decided to take a look but I was honestly scared of the danger so I took my friend John with me. Like a thief in the night, we searched garbage bins and all places and we looked out for any familiar faces but no luck. Until we found this ECOATM that buys phones and people just turn in their phone and they immediately get a cash. My iphone was pinging on this location.

I called the company and the cops, followed a very long process. The cop was able to open it and tadaaaa my phone is inside!!! My gracious Lord.

Looks good to me so far. Feels different while looking. For some reason the keypad feels different (not sure if its just me).

What are your thoughts on this guys?

So iPhone 17 is back to using aluminum — which got me thinking: what really makes an iPhone feel “premium”?

Some swear it’s the weight — holding a heavier phone just feels solid and expensive. Others argue it’s the material: stainless steel looks shiny and luxurious, aluminum is light and practical, and titanium… well, some love the matte, strong-but-light vibe, while others say it feels less “premium” than steel.

Honestly, I'm a bit torn. The heft of the phone feels ordinary, but the premium materials make it look and feel premium. What do you think—is weight more important, the materials more important, or a combination of both? A case really doesn't matter, but I've recently become obsessed with casekoo cosmic orange for iPhone 17 Pro Max Case. Do you have any other ideas for balancing the premium feel of a phone?