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News Update : 8:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Oct 4, 2024

FYI, one more thing to announce today.

We're devoting almost ALL of our Time & Energy to the 10-bit High-Perf, High-Precision Burst Photo Capture support that we've described over the past few days.

It's a NON-trivial upgrade.

We have it working in our R&D lab.

We would very-much like to include a first-cut of it in the next update of Photosets, v10.31, out soon.

On a side note, we are well-aware that there is Opportunity to lead the market.

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News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Oct 4, 2024

FYI, today we simply want to point out that, from our perspective, if Tim Cook has simply done his job, Apple would have sold 5-10M more high-end iPhones per year, starting with the 2016 iPhone 7+, Apple's first true High-Perf iPhone.

Instead of doing what they should have been doing, Apple released a string of three "gimmicks," first Dynamic Island, then the Action Button, & now Camera Control.

It amazes us that Tim Cook still runs Apple.

And that Phil Schiller still runs the App Store.

Seriously ?

Two guys with NO Engineering OR Software Development experience, & very-likely with NO "Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise.

Go Figure !

Make NO mistake, the AAPL Board has been Out to Lunch.

In our opinion, Cook should have been replaced after the release of the 2017 iPhone X.

How many know that the ONLY so-called "Apple Fellow" is responsible for Apple having left, by our count, $113B USD of mostly high-end iPhone revenue "on the table" over the years ?

Certainly NOT the so-called Pro Stock Analysts who cover AAPL for a living.

And yes, we're referring to shortened iPhone Upgrade Cycles.

i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade.

NOT Rocket Science, AAPL is the place where people park their Coin when things don't look so rosy elsewhere, OR in general.

For background on the $113B USD, please see the custom graph below.

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News Update : 5 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Oct 3, 2024

FYI, quick update ...

If ALL continues to go well, the next update of Photosets, v10.31, could be out by week's end !

50% chance it will include 10-bit High-Perf, High-Precision Timing Burst Photo Capture support up to 60 fps !

On a side note, we want to point out that it's NOT possible to make it work when just using what Apple provides to App Devs.

We had to "roll our own".

Basically, we crafted a custom solution that piggybacks on Photosets' existing
8-bit High-Perf, High-Precision Timing Capture Engine.

We consider it to be an innovative twist.

We think others will as well.

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News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Oct 3, 2024

FYI, today we simply want to point out that if you plan to run Photosets on ANY of the four "16" family iPhones, you'll need the next update of Photosets, v10.31, out soon, to get the most out of the app.

That's because we use the Device-specific platform strings to specify which iPhones get what.

E.g., capture support.

v10.30 was released prior to the announcement of the four "16" family iPhones.

On a side note, we're continuing to make excellent progress on adding
High-Perf, High-Precision Timing 10-bit capture support !

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News Update : 6:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Oct 1, 2024

FYI, today we're making it Official, today we are announcing that we're adding 10-bit (High-Precision Timing) Burst Photo Capture to Photosets, an industry first.

Very-likely as a $5/year Auto-Renewing Sub IAP.

And BTW, we intend to price it low because we want it to go Mainstream.

Details to follow ...

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Cosmosent Labs, Inc.

La Jolla, California


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Photosets

High-Precision Timing Burst Photo Camera (App)

with integrated

Short-Form, 60-scene Video Maker
with Rock Solid A/V Sync support !


iOS App Store here in the States



● Key STATs (June 10, 2015 - Oct 4, 2024):

● Downloads: 50.1K World, 13.8K In the States

● Updates: 990K World, 538K In the States

● # of App Review Approvals:  393

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📌 Photosets vs. Apple's "Burst mode"


(table last updated 10 AM, Mon, Sept 9, 2024)
High-Precision Timing
Photo Capture

(fps)
Optional Concurrent Audio Capture


Native Res


LL 2x Res

(1)

8 Mpx


4K

(8.3 Mpx)


12 Mpx


8 Mpx


4K

(8.3 Mpx)


12 Mpx


Photosets

(2)
30


30-60


30


30


30-60


30


✔


Apple's
Burst mode


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


(1) Available on iPhones with a 48 Mpx image sensor.

We call it "LL 2x" after "LossLess 2x" (our term).

It's basically the center (12 Mpx) portion of a 48 Mpx image sensor.

It represents a 2x Zoom-In relative to the Back Wide's native Zoom.

(2) 4K30 & 4K60 includes Image Stabilization,
8 Mpx & 12 Mpx does NOT.

That's standard for High-Precision Timing Burst Photo Capture.

The gist, for Handheld operation, your best bet is 4K30 OR 4K60.

8 Mpx & 12 Mpx are best with a Tripod OR Monopod.

Note also that iPhones (& iPads) used to incorporate 8 Mpx image sensors,
then 12 Mpx image sensors (across the board),
& now/recently the trend is clearly to 48 Mpx.

Photosets' Burst Photo Camera Engine was first developed for iPhones (& iPads)
that had an 8 Mpx Back-Wide image sensor.

We've intentionally kept 8 Mpx capture in over the years,
because it's an excellent choice for Experimenting.

i.e., due to the reduced storage requirements.

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📌 Photosets v10.30+

(released Mon, June 17, 2024)


(table last updated 6:30 AM, Tues, Oct 1, 2024)


Version
of
Photosets


Price

(USD)


High-Precision Timing
Burst Photo Capture

(photos/set)
Multi View Capture

(1)
Short-Form,
60-scene
Video
Maker


8 Mpx

(30 fps)
4K

(30-60 fps)
12 Mpx

(30 fps)

1x
Capture-Duration

(App Store version)


$4.99


25


25


20


-


✔


2x
Capture-Duration

(In House version #1)


-


50


50


40


✔


✔


3x
Capture-Duration

(In House version #2)


-


75


75


60


✔


✔


(1) The ONLY feature NOT included in the 1x Capture-Duration version is Multi View Capture (MVC).


(table last updated 8 AM, Thurs, July 18, 2024)


Version
of
Photosets


High-Precision Timing
Burst Photo Capture

(seconds/set)
Our
Estimate
of
Market
Value

(USD)


8 Mpx

(30 fps)
4K

(30-60 fps)
12 Mpx

(30 fps)

1x
Capture-Duration

(App Store
version)


0.833


0.833-0.417


0.667


$15M


2x
Capture-Duration

(In House
version #1)


1.667


1.667-0.833


1.333


$1B


3x
Capture-Duration

(In House
version #2)


2.5


2.5-1.25


2.0


$1.5B


1.) The 3x version is a superset of the 2x version.

And that naturally includes the Applications/Use-Cases that it supports.

2.) Likewise the 2x version relative to the 1x version.

3.) v10.29 had offered the 2x version as a One-Time-Purchase IAP (upgrade), but it had NO sales.

So, just-prior to releasing v10.30, we Removed it from Sale.

i.e., the IAP is NO longer available for purchase.

We "may" change our mind on that at some point in the future.


(table last updated 10 AM, Thurs, July 18, 2024)


Version
of
Photosets


Max Video Duration

for an example 4K30 video

(seconds)
Our
Estimate
of
Market
Value

(USD)


3
scenes


12
scenes


60
secenes


1x
Capture-Duration

(App Store
version)


2.5


10.0


50.0


$15M


2x
Capture-Duration

(In House
version #1)


5.0


20.0


100.0


$1B


3x
Capture-Duration

(In House
version #2)


7.5


30.0


150.0


$1.5B


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📌 How Apple's upcoming iPhone "16" family stacks up

(table last updated 8 PM, Mon, Sept 9, 2024)


Significance


New

OR

Upgraded


6.1"

16

($799)


6.7"

16+

($899)


6.3"

16P

($1,099 ?)
($999)


6.9"

16PM

($1,199)


#1


Display


-


-


✔

(6.1" -to- 6.3")


✔

(6.7" -to- 6.9")


#2


Telephoto Camera


-


-


✔

(3x -to- 5x)


-


#3


NAND
Flash Storage


-


-


✔

(128 GB -to-
256 GB)


-


#4


Apple Intelligence


✔


✔


✔


✔


#5


DRAM


✔

(6 GB -to-
8 GB)


✔

(6 GB -to-
8 GB)


-


-


#6


Ultra-Wide Camera


-


-


✔

(12 Mpx -to-
48 Mpx)


✔

(12 Mpx -to-
48 Mpx)


#7

(1)
Dolby Vision
Video Recording


-


-


✔

(4K60 -to-
4K120)


✔

(4K60 -to-
4K120)


#8


Capture Button


✔


✔


✔


✔


#9


Action Button


✔


✔


-


-


Our
Market
Share
Estimate

(2)


-


40%


20%


30%


10%


(1) We were the ONLY ones to correctly predict this !

(2) Thru the end of Dec.


📌 How iPhones "with a 48 Mpx Back Wide Image Sensor" Stack Up

(WRT Zoom-In, Image Sensor Pixel Size, & DRAM)


(table last updated 8 PM, Mon, Sept 9, 2024)


iPhone
Back Wide
Back Tele
DRAM


1x

Pixel
Binning


2x

Native

NO Pixel
Binning


3x-5x

Native

NO Pixel
Binning


6 GB




8 GB

(1)

2.0
um


2.44
um


2.44+
um


1.0
um


1.22
um


1.22+
um


16 Pro Max

6.9"


-


✔


-


-


✔


-


5x

1.12 um


-


✔


16 Pro

6.3"


-


✔


-


-


✔


-


5x

1.12 um


-


✔


16 Plus

6.7"


✔


-


-


✔


-


-


-


-


✔


16

6.1"


✔


-


-


✔


-


-


-


-


✔


15 Pro Max

6.7"


-


✔


-


-


✔


-


5x

1.12 um


-


✔


15 Pro

6.1"


-


✔


-


-


✔


-


3x

1.0 um


-


✔


15 Plus

6.7"


✔


-


-


✔


-


-


-


✔


-


15

6.1"


✔


-


-


✔


-


-


-


✔


-


14 Pro Max

6.7"


-


✔


-


-


✔


-


3x

1.0 um


✔


-


14 Pro

6.1"


-


✔


-


-


✔


-


3x

1.0 um


✔


-


(1) Needed for Apple Intelligence.

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📌

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📌 8-bit now, 10-bit soon

(table last updated 5 PM, Sat, Sept 28, 2024)
Photosets'

High-Precision Timing

Burst Photo Capture Engine


8-bit

8 Mpx / 4K / 12 Mpx

(v10.30)


10-bit

4K60

(near future)


sRGB


P3 D65


PQ


HLG


sRGB


P3 D65


PQ


HLG


JPEG


-


✔


-


-


-


✔

(Lossy JPEG XL)


-


-


HEIC

(HEVC encoded)


-


✔


-


-


-


✔


-


-


Lossless

(1)


-


✔


-


-


-


✔

(Lossless JPEG XL)


-


-


HDR

(2)


-


-


-


-


-


-


?


?


(1) Data Compression ONLY, NO Image Compression;
also, NO Alpha channel, it's stripped-off before the Data Compression Op.

In the Photosets app & on this website we refer to it as RGB2 (2nd-Gen) & RGB3 (3rd-Gen).

RGB3 includes per-Photo Metadata, RGB2 does NOT.

That's the ONLY difference between the two.

(2) We-re investigating the possibility.

Think PQ (+ Rec.2020) and/or HLG (+ Rec.2020).

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