I also use it for signs in unfamiliar places as well as things like moving in lines and such. I like it pretty well.
-----Original Message----- From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 9:19 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iPhone 16 vs iPhone 16 Pro - let the discussion begin It is most useful in the Magnifier detection mode where it can detect dorrs, people, and I believe text, though other scanning apps do a better and more direct job with text. Some people find the door detection helpful when they are trying to find a door in a building with which they are not familiar. A couple apps have tried to use it for objects like Seeing AI and I think the free Super Sense Lidar, but they are not great. It is also supposed to help with taking better pictures in low light situations. I have not yet listened to Jonathan Mosen's podcast that apparently mentions some expanded features coming in iOS 18. I hope to have time to do that in the next day or so. I bought the 13 pro when it came out in hopes LIDAR would be very useful. It hasn't been that useful for me, but I don't tend to go to unfamiliar places much either. Richard, USA "INTROVERTS UNITE ... SEPARATELY IN YOUR OWN HOMES" -- as seen on a T-shirt with a power fist raised My web site: https://www.turner42.com -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of paekstr...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 7:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iPhone 16 vs iPhone 16 Pro - let the discussion begin Can you give some examples of how you use LIDAR? I am just curious about its practical uses. I currently have an iPhone 13 Mini, and am just wondering how useful it would be to have a phone with this capability. Pam -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Jessica Barr Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 8:10 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iPhone 16 vs iPhone 16 Pro - let the discussion begin That makes my decision easier. While I don't use LiDAR every day, I do find it helpful enough that I won't buy another phone without it. From what Jonathan Mosen said in the Living Blindfully episode on iOS 18, the LiDAR will have more capabilities than ever, so I would probably find myself using it more often. Jessica ----- Original Message ----- From: 'Amy ruell' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 03:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iPhone 16 vs iPhone 16 Pro - let the discussion begin I listened to the Apple Keynote and also listened to the Living Blindfully podcast with Jonathan Mohsen. His daughter looked up the specs on the website and mentioned that lidar was not included in the 16 models other than the pro. Amy. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 10, 2024, at 2:27 AM, portillo....@gmail.com wrote: Oh, I totally get you, and I would be in the mindset you are if it weren't for my phone right now that is still having issues. I had it checked out and even changed phone carriers, but my phone still does very strange things, freezes, and even cuts out on phone calls when I'm in a solid place. I can technically trade it in if I want, and if I did that, I might just go for the 16 pro, but I don't want to make any hasty decisions yet. I'm just tired of a long time of fiddling with this phone, having others look at it, and it still not acting quite right. We will see. But yes, I would generally agree with your statements. Jim From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, September 9, 2024 11:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iPhone 16 vs iPhone 16 Pro - let the discussion begin Jim, sound and recording may be a deciding factor for some especially if you are playing music as this was a specific example shown during the presentation. For me recordings typically go as far as the occasional voice memo and I doubt the capabilities of the Pro series phones is going to make a difference there. Having said all that it is probably more likely that I would buy a Pro phone since the extra cost is something I can afford without having to think about it too much, but we'll see, I am not in a particular hurry to preorder this Friday or to try and buy at a store a week later. Unless you run the iOS 18.1 Beta, Apple Intelligence is a very small deciding factor right now since we'll only start seeing it in October when iOS 18.1 is officially released and much of it will stretch to iOS 18.2 in January and 18.3 in March and probably even beyond that. There is definitely an argument to be made for waiting until the iPhone 17 next year but of course thi s all depends on what one has now. If I had anything like an iPhone 12 or older I wouldn't even think twice. 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