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Apple iPhone 18 Pro Camera test

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  1. sgt · · focus · HN ↗
    How does it compare to the Samsung flagship phone cameras? I have to say I was impressed by the Samsung cameras, although being Android based it's not really an option for me. It'd be like trading a Porsche 911 for a Pontiac Aztec.
    1. mikae1 · · focus · HN ↗
      > although being Android based it's not really an option for me. It'd be like trading a Porsche 911 for a Pontiac Aztec.

      I use GrapheneOS for my own phone and have always been forced into iPhones at work.

      iOS, after 12 years of use, is still so terrible that I can't just get over it.

      I open my MacBook and will do whatever needs to be done from there.

      I should probably get an iPhone for private use too though. It would surely stop me from being on my phone more than I'd like to.

      1. mikestorrent · · focus · HN ↗
        I seriously don't understand what people are doing on a phone that iOS doesn't handle. I'd love to know what kind of interesting use case someone like yourself gets up to.
        1. brokenmachine · · focus · HN ↗
          I use termux to ssh and RealVNC to connect to a remote vnc session, all over a wireguard VPN.

          Also Syncthing to automatically sync files between the phone and my home server. I download podcasts and audiobooks into a folder on the server and they're automatically on my phone ready to play.

          Immich to connect to my self-hosted media. And ntfy to get notifications from my home stuff.

          Tasker to automatically activate my wifi hotspot for the car's Android headunit when it sees the car's bluetooth.

          I have another tasker job to take the 2-factor authentication numbers from SMS and forward them to ntfy, so I don't even have to look at the phone, I get a popup on my PC with the 2-factor code.

          And the best of all, Firefox with uBlock Origin add-on and Revanced Apps. Because ads are cancer.

          And I still have a headphone socket.

          Can all that be done on iOS?

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