Wild to see companies rushing to announce always-on, always-recording wearables on your neck or face and pitching it as cool and okay because it’s AI, without even a passing mention of consent of others, privacy or data policies. 

Do better. 

 The year is 2023. iPhone can take 30s photos at night showing the Milky Way, it can analyze and identify plant species in real-time with AI and send an SOS message to a satellite in space.

Instagram showing a feed of photos, however, can stress it to the point of heating up to 100+ degrees. What is that app... doing? 

 Samsung was really doing semi-original things for a little bit before they reverted to their regular behavior of shamelessly copying iPhones again. 

The upcoming Galaxy S24 vs. iPhone 14 Pro. Heh.

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 Anyone interested in a lil blog post on the design process behind Orion?

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 iPhone 15 Pro Max — Natural Titanium. 

First impressions: 

• so much nicer to hold. weight, balance, and rounded edges are great improvements.
• love the color. brushed finish is barely visible, which is great. the tint of the back glass could be a bit warmer. it's very neutral grey now.
• the camera… wow. I can’t wait to share my camera review with you. this is going to be fun.

(Shot on iPhone 14 Pro, 3×, @6e1e8b32 ProRAW)

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 Me and @135154de wrote a post about the how and why of developing Orion, our latest b-side app. Lots of fun peeks at the design process in here.

http://lux.camera/meet-orion

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 Wow. Foundation. What a great season. It’ll be a long wait til season 3. Someone get Laura Birn an award.

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 Not really into the FineWoven cases, I think I’ll opt for my usual iPhone case

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 Having a joyful last week goodbye with this iPhone 14 Pro camera. It’s been such a fantastic camera for me, and the 3× lens is my absolute favorite. 

Thanks iPhone, Amsterdam, @6e1e8b32 ProRAW, and fall light.

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 Love the MagSafe cable on my MacBook Pro but I’ll probably just travel with one Thunderbolt 4 cable and a single shorter USB-C cable now that iPhone has gone USB-C. 

One cable for my camera(s), iPad, Mac and iPhone is a great simplification of my travel setup.

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 I thought the Action Button settings screen was over the top already but check out what happens when you hold your phone sideways while configuring it – holy wow 

(via @cdeea38d)

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 Foundation is so incredibly good. What an insane episode.