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The Teardown-Revealation Edition Monday, October 26, 2020

Full iPhone 12 And iPhone 12 Teardown From iFixit Reveals Modular Design With Interchangeable Parts, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

Interestingly, the teardown reveals that the displays work interchangeably between the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, even though the iPhone 12 Pro features a higher maximum brightness thanks to its support for HDR.

iPhone 12 Drop Test Result Are In: Ceramic Shield Is As Tough As It Sounds, by Vanessa Hand Orellana, CNET

Because our tests aren't scientific, we can't say for a fact that the screen is stronger than any other phone in the market, but we can definitely say that our iPhone 12 was incredibly tough to crack (and scratch) even on tile and sidewalk.

Coming Soon?

Apple Developing Smaller AirPods Pro, Revamped Entry-Level Model, by Mark Gurman and Debby Wu, Bloomberg

The design of the updated entry-level AirPods will be similar to the current AirPods Pro, gaining a shorter stem and replaceable ear tips. Apple is also looking to improve battery life. [...]

For the new AirPods Pro, Apple is aiming to make the earbuds more compact by eliminating the short stem that currently sticks out from the bottom.

Stuff

Notion Is The Underrated Productivity App That May Change Your Work Life, by Srilekha Cherukuvada, Mashable

Having my thoughts down in one place helped me gain a lot of time and energy back in my life. It connected the lines between my personal life, such as my health and journaling, with my professional life, such as tracking freelancing articles and emails.

Notes

What Happened With Security Updates And HP Printer Software?, by Howard Oakley, The Eclectic Light Company

What should surprise and anger us more than anything else is not that these failures occurred, but that neither Apple nor HP have seen fit to explain what has happened and advise us what to do to work around the problems they have created. Instead, as usual, they leak a little unattributed comment to a reporter and then pretend that nothing happened at all. That isn’t being open or honest with their customers, and only brings discredit to both companies.

Former Apple Engineer Details How The Apple TV Remote App Inspired The Siri Remote, More, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

Cannistraro writes that he started writing the app in 2006, before he could even see the rest of the iPhone user interface. The app ended up being the first production app that the “App Store team used to test their upload flow to the Store.”

Bottom of the Page

Instead of dreaming of new places to visit, new people to talk to, new adventures to be had, I dreamt last night that I was checking a CSV file for some work stuff. Line by line.

So, I have already started this week wrong.

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Thanks for reading.