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Photosets' Lack of Success has nothing to do with the App, ONLY with the App Store ! -----
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Photosets TV -----
Photosets Burst Camera Rocket Burst Photo Camera !
● Key STATs (June 10, 2015 - Sept 24, 2020): ● Downloads: 46.7K ● Updates: 641K ● # of Approved Updates: 246 ! -----
Cosmosent Labs, Inc.
7514 Girard Avenue
Suite 1179
La Jolla, CA 92037
Twitter: Photosets@PhotosetsTV
Privacy Policy Terms of Use -----
Our Claim to Fame
● App Developer of the Most-Advanced & Highest-Performance Burst Photo Camera App on the planet ! ● App Developer of the ONLY Burst Photo Set Media Player on the planet ! ● App Developer of the ONLY iPhone Unit Sales Estimator App on the planet ! ● ONLY App Developer who directly influenced Apple's decision to Stop Reporting iPhone Unit Sales ! ● ONLY App Developer who discovered a serious Performance-limiting Hardware Chip Bug in Apple's A-series family of processors ! ● Best in
Our Apps
| |
List (USD) |
AAPL's Cut (USD) |
Our Cut (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photosets v8.3 (iOS App Store) |
FREE ! |
- |
- |
| "Pro" In-App Purchase for Photosets (iOS App Store) |
$0.99 |
$0.29 |
$0.70 |
| Photosets TV v1.0 (this website ONLY; Mac App Store soon ?) |
FREE ! |
- |
- |
| Timmy v2.0 (TBD) |
TBD |
- |
- |
● Photosets is the Most-Advanced & Highest-Performance Burst Photo Camera App on the planet ! ● Many do NOT need the "Pro" IAP, except perhaps to Disable the Watermark during Capture. ● The Base Version of Photosets offers lots of nice Features & Capabilities ! ● We do highly recommend the "Pro" IAP to Everyone using ANY one of the three 2019 iPhones 11 models (i.e., iPhone 11, 11 Pro, OR 11 Pro Max). ● Likewise, we ALSO highly recommend it to Anyone who intends to upgrade to ANY one of the four 2020 iPhone 12 models. ● We intend to port ALL "Pro" IAP Features & Capabilites of the 2019 iPhone 11 models to the 2020 iPhone 12 models. ● Please see the Quick Overview Table on our Photosets webpage. ● Timmy made its Debut in the iOS App Store in May of 2018. ● Apple pulled Timmy from their iOS App Store on Sept 9th, 2019, the day BEFORE their 2019 iPhone Announcement.
---------- News Updates ----------
Update for 12 Noon (La Jolla, CA-time) Thursday, Sept 24th, 2020 FYI, now that Photosets v8.3 has been Approved & is Available for Download, our Top Priority now is Teaching Users How Best to Master Photosets !
Lesson #1 Waking Up your A-series Processor Did you know that if your iPhone & iPad has been Idle for awhile (i.e., NOT used for anything Performance related), the A-series processor inside it effectively goes to sleep ? As such, if you try to use your iPhone OR iPad for ANY High Performance task, it won't perform very well, Unless / Until its had time to Wake Up & Warm Up. And of course, this naturally ALSO applies to Photosets' Burst Photo Camera. Photosets includes lots of Secret Sauce Code (in the Camera) that helps Quickly Prep-Up your iPhone OR iPad for Max Capture Performance. Additionally, new with v8.3, is an "Abort" (Capture) Memory Leak Fix that enables Users to now have More Control over Prepping-Up their iPhone OR iPad ! The important thing to know is that your first 1-2 Capture Runs may NOT be High Performance. It ALL depends-upon how asleep your A-series processor was, BEFORE launching Photosets. This is where Abort (Capture) can provide a significant benefit ! DRAM Availability is ALSO key to achieving Max Capture Performance, & we'll describe that in Detail in Lesson #2, "Maximizing Available DRAM Maximizes Capture Performance". And last but NOT least, Users have Full Control over the Camera Start Up Delay, which is where the Secret Sauce Code Prepping-Up occurs. We call it "Prime the Pump".
User-Controlled Camera Start Up Delay
| PTP Mode (Segment) |
Max Photos per Set (Segment) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 15 (sec) |
30 (sec) |
45 (sec) |
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| Performance |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
| Efficiency |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
● PTP = Prime the Pump
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Update for 9 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Wednesday, Sept 23rd, 2020 Three things to announce: 1.) We'll be out at our local Windansea Beach later today. If we find "the right girl," we're going to make her our first-ever "Photosets Covermodel" ! We didn't find what we were looking for with our first attempt, one week ago. So today, we'll try again. Make NO mistake, if we do this right, Photosets will catapult to the Top of the Charts ! 2.) Today we've added a new position, V.P. of Business Development ! We hope to soon announce our first-ever Corporate Partnership ! 3.) We've just Dropped the Price of Photosets' ONE & ONLY In-App Purchase, "Pro," to ONLY "ONE U.S. Buck" ! -----
Update for 9 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Tuesday, Sept 22nd, 2020 FYI, we intend to submit Photosets v8.3 to Apple App Review by week's end ! It will include a Fix for a Memory Leak in the Camera's "Abort" feature. The Fix enables you to use Abort to Quickly Prep-Up your iPhone OR iPad for Max Capture Performance ! -----
Update for 7 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Saturday, Sept 19th, 2020 FYI, we're On Track to submit the latest Build of Photosets v8.2 to Apple App Review NO LATER THAN day's end on Sunday ! It includes Important Fine-Tune Adjustments to the Camera's Capture Pipeline ! The Build that we had submitted to Apple App Review late Thursday, didn't complete processing on Apple's end until Friday afternoon. Yesterday morning, we decided to move to a subsequent Build, & have been working on that ever since. It (now) includes important Refinements that were NOT in Thursday's Build. There is a 20% chance we will submit it by day's end today. -----
Update for 10 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Thursday, Sept 17th, 2020 FYI, we intend to submit Photosets v8.2 to Apple App Review by day's end ! In addition to the iPad Enhancements that we've already announced, it includes something entirely new. Specifically, In-App Tips, the first of which will enable anyone using an iPhone OR iPad to quickly learn How Best to Prep-Up their iPhone OR iPad for Max Capture Perf. UN-fortunately, most (currently) have NO clue how to properly work a Max Perf Camera App. We intend to soon change that ! We'll be doing so by Raising the Educational Bar in Mobile Burst Photography !
Also, on a completely different subject, we'll be out at our local Windansea Beach later today. If we find "the right girl," we're going to make her the first-ever "Photosets Covermodel" ! As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, Photosets is ONLY a Marketing Campaign away from becoming the Next Big Thing in Mobile ! It is a High-End Burst Photo Camera App that has NO direct competition ! It is very-likely the Single-Best UN-Discovered Gem in the entire iOS App Store ! If it wasn't for Apple's Stranglehold on App Discovery, you would have heard about Photosets many years ago ! -----
Update for 5 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Tuesday, Sept 15th, 2020 FYI, we are so impressed with the all-new 10.9" iPad Air that Apple announced earlier today, that we've decided to update Photosets' iPad Camera Capture support in the next version, v8.2, which we intend to submit to Apple App Review by week's end ! Specifically, ALL iPads with a 12 Mpx image sensor (& 3.5 GB or more of DRAM) will see a BIG Feature & Capability Improvement ! And of course, this includes the just-announced all-new 10.9" iPad Air. Also, last but NOT least, we ALSO intend to update the Home View for ALL iPads when in Portrait orientation. Here, we're giving it the same UI as when in Landscape orientation.
Complete list of iPads with a 12 Mpx image sensor (Assuming the newly-announced 10.9" iPad Air has 3.5 GB or more of DRAM, 7 of the 8 listed iPads below will soon have Full-Res 12 Mpx capture support !)
| iPad |
Release Date |
Camera |
DRAM |
4K Cinematic Stabilization |
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| Front |
Back Wide |
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| 10.9" iPad Air |
Oct 2020 |
7 Mpx |
12 Mpx |
TBD |
NO ! |
| 4th-Gen 12.9" iPad Pro & 2nd-Gen 11" iPad Pro |
March 2020 |
7 Mpx |
12 Mpx |
6 GB |
NO ! |
| 3rd-Gen 12.9" iPad Pro & 1st-Gen 11" iPad Pro |
Nov 2018 |
7 Mpx |
12 Mpx |
4-6 GB |
NO ! |
| 2nd-Gen 12.9" iPad Pro & 10.5" iPad Pro |
June 2017 |
7 Mpx |
12 Mpx |
4 GB |
NO ! |
| 9.7" iPad Pro |
March 2016 |
5 Mpx |
12 Mpx |
2 GB |
NO ! |
● iPad camera modules do NOT include Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). ● As such, iPads do NOT offer 4K Cinematic Stabilization support. ● As such, when using an iPad, we highly-recommend the use of a Monopod OR Tripod when capturing Burst Photos OR Videos. -----
BREAKING NEWS: 10 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Tuesday, Sept 15th, 2020 FYI, Photosets is now a Stepping-Stone to something greater, "Rocket" ! Specifically, we are announcing today that we've taken Rocket Off the Back Burner ! As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, Rocket is simply a "Dedicated," Higher-Performance version of Photosets. Also as a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, to-date we've devoted more than 24,000 R&D hours into Photosets ! It is the Most-Advanced & Highest-Performance Camera App in the history of smartphones ! -----
BREAKING NEWS: 10 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Monday, Sept 14th, 2020 FYI, Build #48 of Photosets TV v1.0 is now Available for Download ! The Install Deadline is Midnight on Sept 30th. -----
Update for 7 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Monday, Sept 14th, 2020 FYI, we did NOT submit Photosets v8.1 to Apple App Review yesterday as planned. We will do so by day's end today. -----
BREAKING NEWS: 9 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Sunday, Sept 13th, 2020 FYI, we've RE-surrected our "Day Pass" for Photosets efforts ! Please see our relevant Tweets. Go Pack Go ! -----
Update for 6:30 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Sunday, Sept 13th, 2020 FYI, we intend to submit Photosets v8.1 to Apple App Review by day's end !
Here is a Head's-Up on the What's New description: ● Adds an Important Fix for a recently-Discovered Apple Bug ! ● If your iPhone OR iPad has 3 GB or more of DRAM, your Default capture resolution will (now) be Full-Res 12 Mpx. ● If less than 3 GB of DRAM, your Default capture resolution will (now) be 8 Mpx. ● As a reminder, Photosets supports the capture of Full-Res 12 Mpx, 4K, & 8 Mpx, @ 30 fps, on ALL newer iPhones ! ● The (stated) Default capture resolution simply specifies which capture resolution the Camera starts-up in. -----
BREAKING NEWS: 5 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Saturday, Sept 12th, 2020 FYI, we've been able to determine that it's a Core Media Framework "start up" Bug, & that it ONLY occurs when first starting-up the Camera in 4K, which is the Default capture resolution that Photosets has been using lately (i.e., since early June). The problem occurs when the capture resolution is then changed to either Full-Res 12 Mpx OR 8 Mpx. Specifically, we believe it's a Memory Clean-Up / DE-allocation issue. And, most-importantly, we've just added a necessary fix to Photosets v8.1 that resolves the issue ! Specifically, if your iPhone OR iPad has 3 GB or more of DRAM, the Default capture resolution will be Full-Res 12 Mpx. If less than 3 GB of DRAM, the Default capture resolution will be 8 Mpx. And very specifically, the problem does NOT occur if the Camera is first started up in Full-Res 12 Mpx OR 8 Mpx. Transitioning from one capture resolution to another works as expected. -----
Update for 12 Noon (La Jolla, CA-time) Saturday, Sept 12th, 2020 FYI, today we provide more Details on the Apple "VideoDataOutput" Camera Framework Bug we discovered late-yesterday, & ALSO look (briefly) at how it may impact the upcoming iPhone 12 models, which we believe will ALL get the Sony IMX686 64 Mpx image sensor (in their Back Wide Camera). The last column represents the amount of DRAM allocated by VideoDataOutput JUST for its dedicated Capture Buffers !
Table 1. Actual
| Resolution |
Size (MB) |
# of Buffers |
Extra / UN-necessary Allocated Photo Buffer Memory (MB) |
Total Allocated Photo Buffer Memory (MB) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expected |
Actual |
||||
| 64 Mpx |
256.9 |
6 |
9 |
398.1 |
1,939.5 |
| 8K |
132.7 |
13 |
13 |
- |
1,725.1 |
| 16 Mpx (pixel binning) |
64.2 |
6 |
7 |
132.7 |
517.9 |
| 12 Mpx |
48.8 |
6 |
9 |
99.6 |
392.4 |
| 4K |
33.2 |
13 |
13 |
- |
431.6 |
| 8 Mpx |
32.0 |
6 |
7 |
33.2 |
225.2 |
Table 2. Ideal
(i.e., if we ran AAPL's Camera R&D)
| Resolution |
Size (MB) |
# of Buffers |
Extra / UN-necessary Allocated Photo Buffer Memory (MB) |
Total Allocated Photo Buffer Memory (MB) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expected |
Actual |
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| 64 Mpx |
256.9 |
3 |
3 |
- |
770.7 (40%) |
| 8K |
132.7 |
3 |
3 |
- |
398.1 (23%) |
| 16 Mpx (pixel binning) |
64.2 |
3 |
3 |
- |
192.6 (37%) |
| 12 Mpx |
48.8 |
3 |
3 |
- |
146.4 (37%) |
| 4K |
33.2 |
3 |
3 |
- |
99.6 (23%) |
| 8 Mpx |
32.0 |
3 |
3 |
- |
96.0 (43%) |
● Please note that adding support for a 3-Buffer Queue would be trivial (for Apple R&D), & would ONLY require one new property. ● Please ALSO note that the Camera's ISP very-likely does ALL its work with ON-Chip Buffers, & that the Off-Chip Buffers are simply there for (legacy) system latency purposes. ● As such, it is fair to say, that irrespective of the New Bug Discovery, Apple's current (VideoDataOutput) implementation is NOT optimized for late-CY2020 smartphone technology ! -----
BREAKING NEWS: 8:30 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Friday, Sept 11th, 2020 FYI, late-today we discovered a Bug in the most-important Apple Camera Framework that we use with Photosets ! Specifically, when configured for Full-Res 12 Mpx OR 8 Mpx, "VideoDataOutput" is now ALSO allocating additional buffers, typically 4K Buffers, that it shouldn't be, which effectively means it's wasting precious DRAM, & thus limiting capture performance ! We need more time to run additional experiments & complete our work-around, & as such, won't be submitting v8.1 by day's end today. -----
Update for 8 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Friday, Sept 11th, 2020 FYI, there is a 50% chance we will submit Photosets v8.1 to Apple App Review by day's end today. -----
Update for 2 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Wednesday, Sept 9th, 2020 FYI, we've just concluded a company-wide meeting, & have decided to Drop Photosets' recently-announced "Day Pass". Instead, we've decided to focus ALL our of efforts on our first-ever "Photosets Marketing Campaign,"
effective immediately ! -----
BREAKING NEWS: 12 Noon (La Jolla, CA-time) Wednesday, Sept 9th, 2020 FYI, we've updated our Business Strategy for Photosets' recently-announced "Day Pass" One Time Purchase (OTP) In-App Purchase (IAP). As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, a Direct Relationship with the Customer is key to every company's financial success. As such, we're now working through the Details of a what we consider to be a Unique & Innovative Business Strategy for "Day Pass" that prioritizes that. Specifically, you'll need a Code to UN-lock "Day Pass," & most-importantly, we'll be Handing Out those Codes to (select) individuals here in La Jolla & the greater San Diego area. This will enable us to establish an ALL-Important Beachhead for Photosets here locally ! The significance of that should NOT be UNDER-estimated by anyone. And BTW, we'll be Handing Out the Codes "primarily" on the Beach ! "Day Pass" will be FREE, but you'll need a Code to UN-lock it. And you will need to have the Base version of the App installed on your iPhone OR iPad beforehand. We call this the "Day Pass Grass Roots Business Strategy". And best of ALL, it does NOT require anything special OR new from Apple to Make it Happen !
To adhere to Clause 3.1.1 of the App Store Review Guidelines, we believe we simply need to label things appropriately in the app (e.g., Enter Your Code:), & to make Entering the Code a wrapper around a traditional IAP. Specifically, Entering the Code will enable support in the app for making a "Day Pass" IAP request with the App Store. With such an approach, we believe we will adhere to the key part of the clause, which is: "Apps may not use their own mechanisms to unlock content or functionality, ..." The Code is ONLY used to UN-lock "Day Pass IAP request" support in the app. Once that's done, the User will still need to make a Day Pass IAP request with the App Store, which is then used to UN-lock Features & Capabilities (for a period of 24 hours). Please note that Apple App Review may Reject our approach. -----
Update for 8 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Wednesday, Sept 9th, 2020 FYI, we're On Track to Kick Off our first-ever "Photosets Marketing Campaign" this week, perhaps even later today ! -----
Update for 12 Noon (La Jolla, CA-time) Tuesday, Sept 8th, 2020 FYI, now that v8.0 has been Released, we've decided to NOT ONLY make Photosets' recently-announced "Day Pass" One Time Purchase (OTP) In-App Purchase (IAP) our Top Priority, but ALSO to make others aware of our efforts as we progress ! Our intent it to put Photosets in the Limelight, as we progress with this brand-new type of OTP IAP ! Please see our Monday update immediately below for additional Details. -----
Update for 10:30 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Monday, Sept 7th, 2020 FYI, today we're Kicking Off R&D work on Photosets' "Day Pass" One Time Purchase (OTP) In-App Purchase (IAP) ! As the name implies, if approved, Day Pass will UN-lock ALL Features & Capabilities for a perid of 24 hours ! Please note that there is a 50/50 chance that Apple App Review will NOT approve it. Restore complicates the issue. If "Day Pass" could be assigned to ONLY ONE Apple mobile device (i.e., the one used to sign up for Day Pass), then it would be easier to implement. Ideally, Restore would NOT be supported with Day Pass ! And if so, it would very likely become the Most Popular IAP to hit the iOS App Store in many years ! Both by App Developers & by Users.
Today we are asking Apple to let us lead the charge on this. The Day Pass concept is an Ideal Fit for any FREE app that has a single OTP IAP that UN-locks ALL Features & Capabilities, such as Photosets. -----
Update for 1 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Friday, Sept 4th, 2020 FYI, except for the screenshots, Photosets v8.0 is now Ready to Go ! -----
Update for 10 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Friday, Sept 4th, 2020 FYI, today we've decided to begin trying to recruit "select individuals" who have impressed us on CNBC, to help us take Cosmosent Labs, Inc. to the next level ! Photosets is Primed to Become the Next BIG Thing ! -----
Update for 7 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Friday, Sept 4th, 2020 FYI, we did NOT submit Photosets v8.0 to Apple App Review by day's end yesterday as planned. We will do so by day's end today ! -----
BREAKING NEWS: 1 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Thursday, Sept 3rd, 2020 FYI, the update of Photosets that we are currently working on, & which we intend to submit to Apple App Review by day's end, has just been Bump'd-Up to v8.0 ! That should tell you ALL you need to know about its "Under-the-Hood" Enhancements & Refinements ! -----
Update for 10 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Thursday, Sept 3rd, 2020 Two things to announce: 1.) We intend to submit Photosets v7.52 to Apple App Review by day's end today ! It adds a number of Important "Under-the-Hood" Enhancements & Refinements ! 2.) We've stepped-up our efforts to Educate Users on How Best to Master Photosets. More specifically, we're now working on a Photosets User Guide, & have made it a Top Priority of the company ! We consider it to be an integral part of our Marketing efforts. We hope to Release it just-after Labor Day weekend !
| |
Capture Pipeline #1 (...VideoDataOutput) |
Capture Pipeline #2 (...PhotoOutput) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPEG |
HEIC |
Uncomp. RGB |
Port |
3xE |
RAW DNG |
|
| Photo Capture Rate |
30 fps |
30 fps |
30 fps |
~1.5 fps |
~3 fps |
~4.5 fps |
| Max # of Full-Res 12 Mpx photos / set |
30-45 |
30-45 |
30-45 |
10 |
30 |
30 |
| "Pro" IAP Required |
- |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| iPhone 11, 11 Pro, OR 11 Pro Max Required |
- |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
-----
Update for 12:30 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Wednesday, Sept 2nd, 2020 FYI, today we want to make one point crystal clear. We believe it is Apple's Duty & Responsibility to present the Best Apps to our mutual customers. NOT doing so, as in the case of Photosets over at least the past few years, should provide sufficient Ammo for Congress to act ! Along that line, we are a strong proponent of Alternative iOS App Stores ! Furthermore, we believe Apple's "cut" of ANY sales should be based-upon whether they helped with Marketing. Very specifically, we strongly believe Apple should get their 30% cut if they had ever helped with Marketing, & ONLY 10% if they had NOT ! And that for existing apps, the Decision Date for that should be Monday, August 31st, 2020, two days ago ! The same day AAPL had its 1-for-4 stock split. -----
Update for 9:30 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Wednesday, Sept 2nd, 2020 FYI, we're On Track to submit Photosets v7.52 to Apple App Review by day's end tomorrow. It adds a number of Important Enhancements & Refinements ! Upon its release, the entire company will be pivoting (on a temporary basis) to Marketing ! Specifically, we'll be promoting Photosets here locally in La Jolla, as well as in greater San Diego. As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, it was just-after Labor Day weekend in 2014 that we began working on Photosets ! As such, we're using this Labor Day weekend as Photosets' Six-Year R&D Anniversary ! To date, we've devoted more than 24,000 R&D hours into Photosets ! We made the decision to pivot late yesterday. We intend to (soon) focus on Marketing for the next 1-2 months. -----
BREAKING NEWS: 2:30 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Tuesday, Sept 1st, 2020 FYI, today we've Kicked Off work on a "third" Long Overdue R&D Project ! Specifically, we're now porting Timmy's two "native iOS" iPhone Unit Sales Estimator algorithms to our Amazon Web Server (AWS) ! One algorithm covers Apple's FY2018, the last year Apple released iPhone Unit Sales numbers, & the other covers the period after that (i.e., starting with Apple's FY2019 Q1). Our goal is to offer a Progressive Web App (PWA) version of Timmy ASAP ! As a reminder, Apple booted Timmy from their "curated" iOS App Store the day BEFORE their BIG iPhone 11 announcement in Sept of 2019. The reason they gave us for doing so was, & still is, Total BS ! Make NO mistake, they pulled it because it offered Rare Insight into AAPL that NON of the so-called Pro Stock Analysts who cover AAPL for a living have, even to this day, yet figured out ! The Catalyst for us making this decision & announcement today is the rumor that Apple ordered 75M iPhone 12 units to be built, approximately the same as the past two years. Few appear to remember that Apple hasn't exactly had smooth sailing the past few years WRT iPhone Unit Sales, OR that it was ONLY AFTER Apple announced a Trade In Program in early 2019 that a rebound in iPhone Unit Sales began to occur. The so-called Pro Stock Analysts who cover AAPL for a living have NOT (yet) figured-out the significance of that ! ONLY those who are willing to do their Homework will be able to figure-out the "true" significance ! That excludes most who work on Wall Street ! We continue to believe that AAPL is trading 40% ABOVE its true Market Value ! -----
Update for 6 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Monday, August 31st, 2020 FYI, we've decided to ask both Google & Facebook if they'd each like a (small) piece of the action ! Ideally, they will both say YES, & Google will ALSO agree to make a custom Photosets-branded version of their new Pixel 4a for us, one that incorporates the Sony IMX686 64 Mpx image sensor. ● Recommended Reading (arstechnica.com Pixel 4a review)
Here's the catch: Our market cap is tied directly to AAPL's market cap. In our case, simply divide AAPL's market cap by xxxx. GOOG and/or FB may balk, & if so, it is what it is. We strongly believe that once our accomplishments become common knowledge, our Valuation will be perceived by most to be "Extremely Reasonable" ! To date, Photosets has been held-back primarily by one thing & one thing only, AAPL's Stranglehold on App Discovery in their "curated" App Store ! We are 100% convinced of that ! With just alittle bit of luck, we can go from a valuation of $xxx USD today, to 5x that by year's end ! Photosets is an Ideal Fit for the two (soon-to-be-released) iPhone 12 "Pro" models. As such, with just alittle bit of (Good) Marketing, those two iPhones could act as a Major Catalyst for Photosets ! As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, Photosets has been a rare, true Flagship-caliber Burst Photo Camera App since the early days of the 2016 iPhone 7+ ! Also, & very importantly, if Apple had recommended Photosets even as late early-2017, the A11/A12 Performance Controller Chip Bug would very-likely have NEVER happended ! It is our very strong opinion that Phil Schiller deserves ALL of the blame for that screw-up ! For those who don't know, Apple fixed the bug in the A13, making the 7+ & the three 2019 iPhones the ONLY true High-Performance iPhones ! Those in the middle have what we refer to as the "Phil Schiller Chip Bug" ! Very specifically, if Photosets hadn't (simply) been an UN-Discovered Gem App in early 2017, Apple's R&D very-likely would have used it to stress test their A11 design ! And in the process of doing so, would have discovered what we ultimately discovered the first day we tested our first 2018 iPhone XR ! Very specifically here, the Chip Bug made it through two generations of Apple's A-series processors. Note that we did NOT buy any of the 2017 iPhones. We had NO reason to believe that a Performance-Crippling Chip Bug was even a remote possibility ! As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, Cosmosent Labs, Inc., is a small company of Cal Poly, SLO, Electronic Engineers, who have ALL worked in Chip Verification, & ALL most-recently at Qualcomm on their SnapDragon processors. -----
BREAKING NEWS: 3 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Monday, August 31st, 2020 Two things to announce: 1.) Today we've Kicked Off work on another Long Overdue R&D Project, a companion app for Photosets, we call Burstchat ! Upon its release, Burstchat will enable Users of Photosets to Share their Burst Videos & Photos ! As a reminder, Burst Videos are Videos crafted from Burst Photo Sets. Photosets supports crafting Burst Videos from up-to "30" independent Burst Photo Sets. Meaning you can craft Burst Videos with up-to "30" independent video scenes ! Think High-End TV commercials. That's the kind of power that Photosets currently offers its Users ! OK, but Why a Dedicated Sharing App ? We're staking out NOT just the Extreme High-End of "Content Capture," but ALSO "Content Distribution" ! Here, think Resolution, Color Space, & Color Depth, as well as applicable HDR attributes. Simply stated, the ONLY way that we can ensure that it's done right, is to do it ourselves ! 2.) Today we are ALSO announcing that Rocket will in-deed support 10-bit Color Capture ! Specifically, for 10-bit Color Capture we'll be using BGR10A2. That's 10-bits of Red, Green, & Blue, per pixel, with 2-bits of Alpha for memory alignment purposes. -----
BREAKING NEWS: 11 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Sunday, August 30th, 2020 FYI, today we've Kicked Off work on a Long Overdue R&D Project, one that will NOT ONLY provide a HUGE benefit to Photosets, but which will ALSO greatly help us expedite the development of our "Rocket" Burst Photo Camera ! WRT Photosets, we're now in the process of replacing Apple's CGImageDestinationCopyImageSource() with our own fully-custom Photo Metadata Buffer Manager function ! And, we're NOT starting from scratch ! Shortly AFTER the release of the iPhone 7+ in late 2016, we added a low-level JPEG Metadata Buffer Manager function into Photosets that enabled us to Embed the ICC Profile into a Photo's Metadata whenever so desired (e.g., for burst photos captured in the Display P3 color space). And very specifically, here we're referring to photos captured via AVCaptureVideoDataOutput, the ONLY High-Performance option for capturing burst photos. To this date, we are UN-aware of ANY other Camera App on ANY platform that ALSO has this capability ! Stated differently, we're now simply enhancing the function that enables us to Embed the ICC Profile. It's simply low-level C code, & a such, will run on ANY processor, including the one we've selected for Rocket ! When done, we'll pivot to another similar function in Photosets that we use both for HEIC Burst Photos & for HEVC-encoded Burst Videos (i.e., Videos crafted from Burst Photo Sets). As a reminder, & very importantly, both use the exact same Container File Format ! Make NO mistake, the significance of this Breaking News Announcement should NOT be UNDER-estimated !
One final comment on a different but somewhat related topic, we strongly believe Apple will (finally) announce support for "10-bit" Color Capture, when they Announce their iPhone 12 models in Sept OR Oct. Probably NOT for JPEG, but very-likely for ALL HEVC-encoded content, meaning both HEIC Photos & HEVC-encoded Videos. As a reminder, Apple added support for the Display P3 color space in March of 2016. It is our very strong opinion that they should have ALSO added a first-cut of support for 10-bit Color Capture at that time ! So, they too appear to be moving forward with a Long Overdue R&D project ! -----
Update for 2 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Saturday, August 29th, 2020 FYI, we've decided to add a Day Pass feature into a near-future update of Photosets ! We intend to implement it as a One-Time Purchase In-App Purchase, & offer it at $0.99 USD. ----- BREAKING NEWS: 10:30 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Saturday, August 29th, 2020 FYI, today we've taken our "Rocket" Burst Photo Camera Off the Back Burner, & with a very special twist ! Specifically, we're now moving forward with it, with a 64 Mpx image sensor !
Also, as a reminder, those who Master Photosets will have NO issues Mastering Rocket ! Rocket is simply a (Dedicated) Higher Performance version of Photosets ! And very specifically, UN-encumbered by the limitations of iOS & Apple Frameworks !
| Resolution |
Rate |
Max # of Photos / Set |
Performance (Mpx/sec) |
Relative Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 Mpx |
15 fps |
15 (1 sec) |
~960 |
2.67x |
| 16 Mpx |
30 fps |
60 (2 sec) |
~480 |
1.33x |
| 12 Mpx |
30 fps |
45 (1.5 sec) |
~360 |
1x |
| 4K |
30 fps |
45 (1.5 sec) |
~240 |
0.67x |
| 8 Mpx |
30 fps |
45 (1.5 sec) |
~240 |
0.67x |
● We include the 12 Mpx, 4K, & 8 Mpx rows for comparison purposes. ● 12 Mpx, 4K, & 8 Mpx, represent what Photosets is capable of on the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, & 11 Pro Max. -----
Update for 8:30 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Friday, August 28th, 2020 FYI, we hope to submit Photosets v7.52 to Apple App Review by day's end today ! We're working on a number of things concurrently, so there is a Fair Chance we won't submit till Sunday. -----
Update for 10 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Wednesday, August 26th, 2020 FYI, here is a Head's Up on the What's New Description for Photosets v7.52, which we intend to submit to Apple App Review by day's end tomorrow: ● Adds RAW DNG White Balance support ! ● Adds RAW DNG (Burst Photo & Burst Photo Set) Share support ! ● Adds Important Photo Metadata Enhancements (JPEG & HEIC) ! -----
Update for 8:30 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Monday, August 24th, 2020 Two things to announce: 1.) We intend to submit Photosets v7.51 to Apple App Review by day's end ! In addition to the brand-new RAW DNG™ (Burst Photo Set) Camera support, it ALSO includes RAW DNG (Burst Photo Set) Editor support ! The RAW DNG Editor support, has in fact, been much more challenging to add-in than the RAW DNG Camera support ! 2.) Tomorrow we're Kicking Off our first-ever Photosets Marketing & Branding Campaign ! -----
Update for 10 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Friday, August 21st, 2020 Two things to announce: 1.) We hope to submit Photosets v7.51 to Apple App Review by day's end. Since Tuesday, we've been working on adding RAW DNG (Burst Photo Set) Editor & Playback support, a NON-trivial task to say the least ! 2.) Yesterday, we read an article by a well-known Apple & Google tipster, who states that ALL four of the upcomong iPhone 12 models with include a 64 Mpx image sensor in the Back Wide Camera. Based-upon our research, Apple had two to choose from, one from Samsung, & one from Sony. We believe they chose the one from Sony, their IMX686. Furthermore, we believe availability of the IMX686 could be the primary factor affecting the Release Date of the two "Pro" models. As a reminder, it is rumored that the two "Pro" models will be released in mid/late-October, 3-4 weeks later than the two NON-Pro models.
The rate at which Pixel Data can be read-out of the IMX686 image sensor is critically important ! So much so that starting today, we'll be looking into it in Detail !
Also, different subject, the article stated that ALL four of the iPhone 12 models would include 6 GB of DRAM. That was the first time we saw that anywhere. If we see more convincing evidence of it, we'll update our expections. Until then, this is what we believe:
How the late-2020 iPhones Stack Up
| |
2019 |
2020 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Pro Max |
2nd-Gen SE |
12 mini |
12 |
12 Pro |
12 Pro Max |
|
| Screen Size |
6.5" ($1,099) |
4.7" ($399) |
5.4" ($699 ?) |
6.1" ($799 ?) |
6.1" ($999 ?) |
6.7" ($1,099 ?) |
| OLED Country of Origin |
South Korea (Samsung) |
- |
South Korea (Samsung) |
South Korea (LG) |
South Korea (Samsung) |
South Korea (Samsung) |
| LPDDR5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
| LPDDR4X |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
- |
| Amount of DRAM (MB) |
~3700 |
~2800 |
~3700 ? |
~3700 ? |
~5600 ? |
~5600 ? |
Notes: ● LPDDR5 is Off the Radar of most, but should NOT be ! ● Recommended Reading (Synopsys LPDDR5) -----
BREAKING NEWS: 11 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 Five important things to announce: 1.) We've Kicked Off work on adding RAW DNG Editor & (Burst Photo Set) Playback support into Photosets ! When released (by month's end ?), it will represent another mobile industry first for Photosets ! 2.) We hope to release Photosets TV in the Mac App Store by month's end ! As a reminder, Photosets TV is the planet's first-ever, & still ONLY, Burst Photo Set Media Player ! 3.) Effective immediately, Photosets is (now) Available for Download ONLY via the iOS App Store here in the States ! Strictly a Business Decision, & strictly Our Call ! 4.) We will soon be hiring select Females here in La Jolla (& greater San Diego) to help us promote Photosets ! They will be an integral part of our first-ever Marketing & Branding Campaign ! 5.) A near-future update of Photosets will include an important "Base Metadata" enhancement. EXIF is already covered well. -----
Update for 5 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Monday, August 17th, 2020 FYI, upon the release of Photosets v7.51, we'll be Kicking Off our first-ever Marketing & Branding Campaign ! Here's an important hint, but ALSO see the first table below.
v7.51 Screenshot Illustrates the "Camera Settings" Dialog on an 11 Pro Max (RAW DNG is new with v7.51) [The bottom segment is ONLY presented on 2019 iPhones with the "Pro" IAP]
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Update for 1 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Sunday, August 16th, 2020 Two things to announce: 1.) Photosets is (now) Available for Download ONLY via the iOS App Store here in the States. Additionally, we've Removed from Sale the app's ONE & ONLY In-App Purchase, "Pro", at the iOS App Store end. Today, we began evaluating a brand-new Business Strategy.
2.) Additional Important Details on on the next update.
Photosets v7.51
| Burst Photo Capture Mode |
Burst Photo Capture Rate |
Burst Photo Capture Options |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPEG |
HEIC |
UN-comp. RGB |
RAW |
||
| Max-Perf |
30 fps |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ (1) |
- |
| Portrait (Port) |
~1.5 fps (Back Dual) ~1.5 fps (TrueDepth) |
- |
✔ |
- |
- |
| Multi-Exposure (3xE) |
~3 fps |
- |
✔ |
- |
- |
| RAW DNG |
~4.5 fps |
- |
- |
- |
✔ (2) |
● Max-Perf uses Photosets' legacy AVCaptureVideoDataOutput Camera Capture Pipeline. ● Port, 3xE, & RAW DNG, each use Photosets' relatively-new AVCapturePhotoOutput Camera Capture Pipeline. ● UN-comp. RGB is 8-bits of Red, Green, & Blue per pixel, with NO image compression, but with ALL the benefits of Apple's Image Signal Processor (ISP). ● RAW DNG is 14-bits of data per pixel directly from the image sensor (i.e., NO processing by the ISP). ● (1) Beginning with the next update, v7.52, to expedite post-capture analysis, UN-comp. RGB will ALSO store every other captured Burst Photo in JPEG format (i.e., photos 1, 3, 5, etc.). ● (2) To expedite post-capture analysis, RAW DNG ALSO stores every other captured Burst Photo in JPEG format (i.e., photos 1, 3, 5, etc.). -----
Update for 11:30 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Saturday, August 15th, 2020 FYI, for the 2nd day in a row we did NOT submit Photosets v7.51 to Apple App Review yesterday as planned. This time the reason was simply that we wanted to Fine-Tune the Strategy. We have First Mover Status, & as such, if done right, what we implement has a fair chance of becoming a De Facto Standard. We do intend to submit it by day's end today. See our 8 AM update of Thursday for a Head's-Up on the Details. -----
Update for 10:30 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Friday, August 14th, 2020 FYI, we did NOT submit Photosets v7.51 to Apple App Review yesterday as planned. Late yesterday we simply decided it needs another day of Fine-Tuning. We will submit it by day's end today. See our 8 AM update of yesterday for a Head's-Up on the Details. -----
BREAKING NEWS: 10 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Thursday, August 13th, 2020 FYI, today we are going to propose a Partnership to (and with) Apple, in which Apple (bulk) purchases 1M units of the "Pro" In-App Purchase (IAP) for Photosets, & raffles them off to 2019 iPhone owners around the world.
Why would Apple do that ? Photosets is Better-Positioned than ANY OTHER APP in the iOS App Store to trigger Up-Sales to the two iPhone 12 "Pro" models" ! We believe both will include ~6 GB of LPDDR5 DRAM, a topic that has been Off the Radar of most, but should NOT be ! Photosets benefits from the DRAM upgrade MORE THAN ANY OTHER APP in the iOS App Store ! And it is an automatic Performance Boost for Photosets ! For the strategy to work, Education is key, & thus Timing is key. In other words, the strategy MUST Kick Off soon with the three (2019) iPhone 11 models ! For Apple to benefit, it MUST soon become common knowledge to iPhone owners that Mobile Burst Photography has real value, & it's something that they've been missing out on. Photosets has been a rare, true Flagship-caliber Burst Photo Camera App since the early days of the 2016 iPhone 7+, Apple's first-ever High-Perf iPhone. Lack of a Marketing Budget is the only thing that has held it back !
And, we've just reduced the Price of the Pro IAP by half, to $2.99 USD, to try to make the decision easier for Apple's Upper Mgmt. It would cost Apple $2.1M USD. By our estimate, assuming each Up-Sell adds $300 USD of Revenue & $180 USD of profit, Apple would need to sell ONLY ~12K additional 6.1" iPhone 12 Pro units to break even. If done right, we believe Apple would sell ~12M additional 6.1" iPhone 12 Pro units ! Make NO mistake, Apple has been working on their own Burst Photography Camera App for years. For the strategy for work with their app, they would need to release it "now". Starting in June of 2015, Photosets has been Approved 242 times by Apple App Review ! It is Ready to Go now ! Our forte is Low-Level Design & Verification. That & Best-in-App-Store Perseverance ! Hopefully we can convince Tim Cook of our value proposition. -----
Update for 8 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Thursday, August 13th, 2020 FYI, we intend to submit Photosets v7.51 to Apple App Review by day's end ! It adds support for two RAW Burst™ capture modes, both mobile industry firsts ! -----
BREAKING NEWS: 5 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Wednesday, August 12th, 2020 FYI, we've pivoted Timmy v2.0 to a "Game App" ! Soon, everyone will have a chance to run Apple ! -----
Update for 10:30 AM (La Jolla, CA-time) Wednesday, August 12th, 2020 FYI, we're On Track to Release the next build (#47) of Photosets TV v1.0 by 12 Noon today ! When done, we'll be devoting our Time & Energy "equally" to: ● Photosets v7.51 ● Timmy v2.0 -----
Update for 6 PM (La Jolla, CA-time) Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 FYI, we hope to soon release Timmy v2.0 as a Progressive Web App (PWA), our first-ever PWA ! Soon after Apple pulled Timmy from the iOS App Store, they suggested we turn it into a PWA. So that's what we're now doing. The native iOS version of Timmy (i.e., the one that Apple pulled), incorporates two Real-Time constraint-based (math) algorithms. Is it possible to make a PWA version of Timmy with Real-Time algorithm update support ? That's the key challenge, & we don't currently know the answer to that question. It's what has prevented us from moving forward in the past.
As a reminder, Timmy is the planet's ONLY per-Qtr, per-Device iPhone Unit Sales Estimator App. It's a Best Fit for Graduate Business Schools. -----
Update for 12 Noon (La Jolla, CA-time) Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 FYI, Photosets v7.50 was Approved earier today, & should soon become Available for Download. It's an Important Update ! Specifically, Photosets now has two Independent Camera Capture Pipelines ! Welcome to the Revolution !
● Portrait Burst™ ! ● Multi-Exposure Burst™ ! ● RAW Burst™ !
Photosets v7.50
| Burst Photo Capture Mode |
AVCapture...Output |
|
|---|---|---|
| VideoData |
Photo |
|
| Max-Perf |
✔ |
- |
| Portrait (Port) |
- |
✔ (1) |
| Multi-Exposure (3xE) |
- |
✔ |
| RAW (+RAW 3xE) |
- |
v7.51 (2) |
● Max-Perf is Photosets' legacy Camera Capture Pipeline. ● It has been Fine-Tuned for Highest Capture Performance since the early days of the 2016 iPhone 7+, Apple's first-ever High-Performance iPhone. ● We define Max-Perf Burst as Full-Res 12 Mpx capture at 30 fps with Perfect OR near-Perfect cycle-to-cycle timing. ● Photosets supports up-to "45" photos per set of Max-Perf Burst ! ● Multi-Exposure Burst is referred to as 3xE in the app. ● (1) Portrait Burst ALSO piggybacks on VideoData. ● (2) RAW Burst piggybacks on top of Multi-Exposure Burst; we came close to releasing it in v7.50, but decided to Hold-Off & Refine It for a few extra days; it gets released in v7.51, out by week's end ! ● Playback support for Portrait Burst will (very-likely) be added in v7.51.
Portrait Burst (referred to as Port in the app)
| iPhone |
Capture |
Playback |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Dual Camera |
Front TrueDepth Camera |
Photosets |
Photosets TV |
|
| 11 Pro Max |
✔ |
✔ |
v7.51 ? |
TBD |
| 11 Pro |
✔ |
✔ |
v7.51 ? |
TBD |
| 11 |
- |
✔ |
v7.51 ? |
TBD |
Multi-Exposure Burst (referred to as 3xE in the app)
| iPhone |
Capture |
Playback |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Wide Camera |
Back Telephoto Camera |
Front TrueDepth Camera |
Photosets |
Photosets TV |
|
| 11 Pro Max |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
TBD |
| 11 Pro |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
TBD |
| 11 |
✔ |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
TBD |
RAW Burst (v7.51) (referred to as +RAW 3xE in the app)
| iPhone |
Capture |
Playback |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Wide Camera |
Back Telephoto Camera |
Front TrueDepth Camera |
Photosets |
Photosets TV |
|
| 11 Pro Max |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
TBD |
TBD |
| 11 Pro |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
TBD |
TBD |
| 11 |
✔ |
- |
✔ |
TBD |
TBD |
---------- Photosets TV Updates ----------
The Install Deadline (for v1.0 Build #48) is Midnight on Sept 30th. If you install it prior to the Install Deadline you can use it (with NO strings attached) for 30 days ! As a reminder, Photosets TV is our 100% FREE companion macOS app for Photosets ! Please note that the User Interface is optimized for a 16:9 aspect ratio Monitor / Display / BIG screen TV ! Please visit our Photosets TV webpage to Download it.
Where does Photosets TV fit into the mix ?
| |
Photosets (iOS) |
Photosets TV (macOs) |
|---|---|---|
| Camera |
✔ |
- |
| Editor |
✔ (Trim & Fav Tagging) |
- |
| 30-scene Video Maker |
✔ |
- |
| 8K-Res Thumbnail Maker |
✔ |
- |
| BIG-screen TV Media Player |
- |
✔ |
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