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Newer News Updates are below. On Friday, August 25th, 2023 we moved the contents of this webpage to our secure server. i.e., we Archived our Older News Update. -----
News Update : 12:30 PM Tuesday, Sept 19th, 2023 FYI, for the Record, we plan to be Ready to Pounce when the current U.S. Debt Crisis issue gets resolved. -----
News Update : 11 AM Tuesday, Sept 19th, 2023 FYI, Cosmosent Labs, Inc. is a California C Corp. If ALL goes well, we will soon be Responsible for, & get Credit for, breaking up Apple's App Store Monopoly. Of ALL the companies that have ever tried to do so, we have the most & best Ammo (i.e., relevant Data Points) to make it happen. And BTW, the Speaker of the House doesn't just represent a district north of us here in San Diego. For now, that's ALL you need to know. More to follow. -----
News Update : 11:30 PM Monday, Sept 18th, 2023 FYI, our understanding of Apple's 24 Mpx photo capture is that it's a Deep Fusion combo of a 48 Mpx photo capture, plus (at least two) Pixel Binned 12 Mpx Bracketed Exposure (+2 ?, -2 ?) photo captures. The key thing to know is that Apple is switching the 48 Mpx image sensors from 48 Mpx mode to Pixel Binned 12 Mpx mode, OR vice-versa, during photo capture. It's a novel approach, & should work exceptionally well in bright light environments. But NOT in low light environments. See the pixel sizes specified in the table below. And BTW, it's a table from an update of a day OR two ago for a different subject, but it's relevant to this subject as well "for those who are sufficiently Skilled in the Art," that is. (table last updated 9:40 AM Mon, Sept 18, 2023)
| iPhone |
Back Wide |
Back Tele |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1x (Pixel Binning) |
Lossless 2x (NO Pixel Binning) |
1x |
Lossless 2x |
|
| 6.9" 16 Pro Max / 6.3" 16 Pro (Our Projection) |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 5x, 1.4 um (Pixel Binning) |
✔ 10x, 0.7 um (NO Pixel Binning) |
| 15 Pro Max |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 5x, 1.12 um |
- |
| 15 Pro |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 3x, 1.0 um |
- |
| 15 Plus |
✔ 1x, 2.0 um |
✔ 2x, 1.0 um |
- |
- |
| 15 |
✔ 1x, 2.0 um |
✔ 2x, 1.0 um |
- |
- |
| 14 Pro Max |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 3x, 1.0 um |
- |
| 14 Pro |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 3x, 1.0 um |
- |
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News Update : 10:30 PM Monday, Sept 18th, 2023 FYI, we're gonna Expand on this update (& clean it up) tomorrow, Tues, when we're fresh ...
FYI, we now have additional Ammo (i.e., relevant data points) to trigger a complete & total break up of Apple's App Store Monopoly. In the past, whenever Apple Sherlocked a third-party app, OR features OR capabilities from a third-party app, it was always from a popular app. Today, for the first time ever, with the release of iOS 17, they did so from an app & "app category" that we believe we can prove Apple intentionally neglected & supressed, since at least the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+. And very specifically, Apple neglected & suppressed the entire app category because they had been Leapfrogged in both Technology & Applications/Use-Case support. And, the ONLY reason they've been able to get away with it to-date, is because they have a Monopoly. Apple acquired the popular SnappyCam app in Dec of 2013. And subsequently Dropped the Ball with that acquisition. Upon the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+, Photosets had leapfrogged Apple's Burst mode feature in both Performance & Applications/Use-Case support. The day AFTER the iPhone Xr was released in Oct of 2018, we discovered a serious HW bug in the A12 chip. i.e., the A11/A12 Performance Controller NEON Access Chip Bug, aka "Phil's Bug". We immediately put the word out. A few days later Apple announced they would NO longer report iPhone Unit Sales. BTW, our 2nd app in the App Store at that time, Timmy, the ONLY per-Qtr, per-Device iPhone Unit Sales Estimator app on the planet, had made its debut in the App Store in May of 2018 & was becoming more-refined month-by-month. Over its 9-year R&D history, Photosets has been Enhanced & Refined & Approved by Apple's App Store Review Team 388 times ! It is Light Years Ahead of ALL other Camera Apps in its category, & has been since at least this time LAST year.
| Apple's term |
what is it ? |
Its Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Deferred Photo Processing |
A method for speeding-up Burst Photo Capture, by delaying certain operations. |
Apple's form of Deferred Photo Processing is very-likely derived from Photosets' form of Deferred Photo Processing. |
| Zero Shutter Delay |
Nothing fancy, just a circular buffer |
Apple's form of Zero Shutter Delay (i.e., a 3-deep buffer) is very-likely derived from Photosets' form of Zero Shutter Delay (i.e., a 75-deep buffer). |
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News Update : 10:30 AM Monday, Sept 18th, 2023 FYI, we're On Track to Release the next update of Photosets, v10.26, by week's end. It adds support for iOS 17, what we refer to as "Lossless 2x," as well as Apple's form of "Deferred Photo Processing". And BTW, we plan to Field Test the code changes on our first 15 Pro Max on Friday, BEFORE submitting to Apple App Review. -----
News Update : 9 AM Monday, Sept 18th, 2023 FYI, today is the BIG day ! To celebrate the release of iOS 17 & in particular "Apple's form" of Deferred Photo Processing,
we've set Photosets FREE ! The Wheels (are now) in Motion ! Make NO mistake, Tim is soon gonna wish he had picked someone alot smarter than Phil to run Apple's App Store ! Also, different subject, we just checked. Here in San Diego, there is still In Store Pick Up Availability for the 15 Pro Max in ALL four colors on launch day ! Apple clearly wants "positive" press on Friday at their Apple Stores. And BTW, NONE of the so-called Pro Stock Analysts who cover AAPL for a living have yet picked up on this. Go Figure ! -----
News Update : 1 PM Sunday, Sept 17th, 2023 FYI, we've been Asked & have Agreed, to consider releasing (under NDA) the details of our custom Rate & Review API. As a reminder, such an API is needed both to properly support Sideloading,
as well as by third-party App Stores. -----
News Update : 11:30 AM Sunday, Sept 17th, 2023 FYI, Apple (clearly) wants to Control the Narrative on Friday, Sept 22nd. That's why, as of yesterday (i.e., Saturday), there's In Store Pick Availability for the 15 Pro Max in ALL four colors on Sept 22nd ! NO WAY did they NOT know that on Friday, & ONLY figure it out early Saturday. It was ALL planned ! As such, how many of those who pre-ordered on Friday 9/15 "& selected delivery" got screwed ? Apple wants (positive) Press Coverage at their Apple Stores on Friday 9/22. And they're willing to sacrifice some of their customers to get it. -----
News Update : 10 AM Sunday, Sept 17th, 2023 Three things to announce: 1.) We know how to break out of "Apple's Stranglehold on App Discovery". You'll see evidence of that by week's end. 2.) The next update of Photosets, v10.26, should be out by week's end. It adds support for what we refer to as "Lossless 2x"
(on ALL six Apple iPhones that natively support it). But more than that, we'll be "Raising the Educational Bar" in the process ! Most high-end iPhone owners don't know that there are UN-Discovered, Flagship-caliber Camera Apps in the App Store. OR that Apple will intentionally neglect & suppress entire Camera App "categories" simply to try to prevent it from becoming Common Knowledge that they've been Leapfrogged. 3.) We're scheduled to pick up our first 15 Pro Max Friday morning.
(table last updated 9:40 AM Mon, Sept 18, 2023)
| iPhone |
Back Wide |
Back Tele |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1x (Pixel Binning) |
Lossless 2x (NO Pixel Binning) |
1x |
Lossless 2x |
|
| 6.9" 16 Pro Max / 6.3" 16 Pro (Our Projection) |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 5x, 1.4 um (Pixel Binning) |
✔ 10x, 0.7 um (NO Pixel Binning) |
| 15 Pro Max |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 5x, 1.12 um |
- |
| 15 Pro |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 3x, 1.0 um |
- |
| 15 Plus |
✔ 1x, 2.0 um |
✔ 2x, 1.0 um |
- |
- |
| 15 |
✔ 1x, 2.0 um |
✔ 2x, 1.0 um |
- |
- |
| 14 Pro Max |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 3x, 1.0 um |
- |
| 14 Pro |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 3x, 1.0 um |
- |
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News Update : 8 PM Saturday, Sept 16th, 2023 FYI, 3778 MHz is the highest frequency we see for the A17 Pro, in the current set of "66" 15P & 15PM Geekbench results. A few weeks back we predicted it would come in at 3.9 GHz. There is variance in the reported 15P & 15PM results, from a low of 3763 MHz, that we just don't see with the 14P & 14PM results (they are ALL reported as 3460 MHz). By the way, the two 3193 MHz results are the same & to us, appear to be someone faking it. From a pure operating frequency perspective: ( (3778 - 3460) / 3460 ) x 100 = +9.2% Please note that does NOT take into account the architectural improvements: improved branch prediction, & wider decode & execution engines We expect another +9.2% Perf improvement from those three architectural improvements. But there is still a BIG UN-known, the amount of on-chip SRAM. Specifically, the size of the L2 & System Level Caches. I/we don't trust what is reported by Geekbench for the L2. Anandtech has/had a much better approach.
See this pre-Announcement A-series chip table -----
News Update : 11 AM Saturday, Sept 16th, 2023 FYI, here & now we want to clarify an important point to the VCs & potential Corp Partners who are now evaluating us. From our perspective, the main problem with the App Store is its Mgmt Team, consisting of Tim Cook, Phil Schiller, & Matt Fischer. Combined, they have NO Engineering OR Software Development Experience ! But more than that, they have NO "Camera" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise ! As such, we believe it wasn't just Ego & Insecurity that prevented Apple from Recommending & Promoting Photosets OR other third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps (that had Leapfrogged their Burst mode feature), but ALSO Technical & Applications/Use-Case "incompetence" on the part of Apple's App Store Mgmt Team. About this time last year, we pointed-out to both Apple & the General Public just how much high-end iPhone Coin (i.e., Revenue) Apple had left on the table since the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+. And specifically, because of their decision to intentionally neglect & suppress the third-party Burst Photo Camera App "category". And what was their response ? They didn't give us ANY credit for pointing that out to them. It's crystal clear to us that Tim gave marching orders to Apple's R&D to develop "their own form" of Deferred Photo Processing, which BTW, should go live
News Update : 9:30 AM Saturday, Sept 16th, 2023 FYI, we've made a "temporary" price change to Photosets. i.e., from $4.99 USD to FREE. We made the change to try to put some visibility on the Insight we've recently offered up
to high-end iPhone owners. Simply put, we're ahead of the curve & we've given you a Nugget to think about.
As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, Photosets is divided-up into two versions, a Base version (for the App Store), & an In House version (for us). And, the ONLY difference between the two are the Capture Durations. Specifically, when using the app's High-Performance, High-Precision (Timing) Burst Photo Capture Engine. And the reason Photosets is divided-up into two versioins is because of the value that an app like Photosets offers WRT Capturing & Collecting AI/ML Training Data. See the table at the bottom of this webpage. -----
News Update : 11:30 AM Friday, Sept 15th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We hope to soon Agree to Terms with a Top-Tier VC. Those sufficiently Skilled in the Art should have NO problem figuring-out where we're headed. i.e., the market opportunity we hope to capitalize on.
News Update : 10 AM Friday, Sept 15th, 2023 Two things to announce: 1.) Everyone here at Cosmosent Labs, Inc. was able to secure a "Launch Day Pick Up" for their 15 Pro Max at the Apple UTC store. And BTW, NO ONE was able to get into the on-line store until ~5:20 AM, & ALL Orders were placed by ~5:35 AM. For ALL of us, it was a frustrating experience ! 2.) Yesterday, we made a bold statement regarding AI/ML Training Data. Today, we're following that up with a more general statement, but one which ALSO specifies where "the idea" came from: Two ? years from now, for some % high-end iPhone owners, their greatest financial asset will be their custom AI/ML Training Data ! You heard it here first, Cosmosent Labs, Inc. ! -----
News Update : 6:30 PM Thursday, Sept 14th, 2023 FYI, two more things to announce today: 1.) The 15 Pro Max's Back Tele's 3D sensor-shift OIS (& autofocus module) has NOT been receivig the attention it deserves ! 2.) Yesterday, we stated that FOMO on its potential benefit OR benefits would "Force our Hand". Today, we believe that could (soon) become almost Universal (as more realize its potential benefits). And here's the Kicker that we realized (just) today. It needs to deliver from an Applications/Use-Case perspective ! Otherwise it will go down in History as a flop ! And, we believe, Apple has ONLY a few months to prove its worth. What the first wave of 15 Pro Max buyers is Able to Accomplish (with their 5x Back Tele), from an Applications/Use-Case perspective, will determine if there is a second wave of 15 Pro Max buyers. -----
News Update : 11 AM Thursday, Sept 14th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. Everyone here at Cosmosent Labs, Inc. will be upgrading to a 15 Pro Max. i.e., vs. a 15 Pro. With the main reason being FOMO on the benefit OR benefits of the (15PM's)
Back Tele's 3D sensor-shift OIS. As we've stated before: The Back Tele's 3D sensor-shift OIS is a wildcard. It could offer a BIG benefit, but NO ONE is gonna know until it's Field Tested. -----
News Update : 10 AM Thursday, Sept 14th, 2023 FYI, two things to announce today: 1.) We intend to soon make it Crystal Clear to everyone with Avg. IQ & above, that Apple has "cheated" its Customers, its Shareholders, its Corp Partners & their Shareholders, out of "the benefits" of Burst Photo Technology & Applications/Use-Case support. And that they've done so since the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+. To our knowledge, & even though their own native Burst mode feature never compared favorably, following their SnappyCam acquisition in late-2013, Apple has never once Recommended OR Promoted a third-party Burst Photo Camera App. 2.) The next update of Photosets, v10.26, out soon, will include a new Educational Indicator, based-upon something we figured-out just this morning while Analyzing the first set of A17 Pro Geekbench results. -----
News Update : 7:30 PM Wednesday, Sept 13th, 2023 FYI, after more Analysis, we've concluded the Back Tele OIS & Battery differences may force our hand.
i.e., to order 15 Pro Max iPhones instead of 15 Pro iPhones.
The Back Tele's 3D sensor-shift OIS is a wildcard. It could offer a BIG benefit, but NO ONE is gonna know until it's Field Tested. Unfortunately, it's mated to an image sensor that has pixels that are ONLY 12% bigger than that of the 15 Pro. Which brings us to the Battery differences. Is the Battery difference "alone" sufficient to warrant $200 USD more ? For Producers like ourselves, the answer is definitely Yes. For Consumers, NOT likely. For Consumers, the 15 Pro is a much better fit & value.| iPhone |
Back Tele Zoom |
Back Tele OIS |
Display |
Battery (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Pro Max |
5x, 1.12 um |
✔ 3D sensor-shift |
6.7" |
25-29 |
| 15 Pro |
3x, 1.0 um |
✔ (NOT sensor-shift) |
6.1" |
20-23 |
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News Update : 11:30 AM Wednesday, Sept 13th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. Everyone here at Cosmosent Labs, Inc. is now Ready to Go for 5 AM PST Friday. i.e., to Order their new 15 Pro. The ONLY thing most of us worry we "may" be missing-out on (by NOT going with the 15 Pro Max) is the 3D sensor-shift OIS in the Back Tele Cam. And BTW, we've sent a Tweet to Tim Cook asking for clarification on that OIS topic. Their Tech Specs are UN-clear. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 9:30 AM Wednesday, Sept 13th, 2023 FYI, after Reviewing a number of Tech websites late-yesterday that covered Apple's Next-Gen iPhone "15" family product announcement, we've concluded there is Opportunity. And specifically, WRT "Camera Education". Combine that with the fact that Apple did NOT, to our knowledge, even mention "Deferred Photo Processing" yesterday, we now believe a Golden Opportunity has presented itself. One in which we plan to achieve First Mover status. And to make sure it happens ASAP, today we've made it Our Top Priority !
Also, we've updated our Projected Breakdown for the iPhone "15" family. Covers Apple's 4Q23 + 1Q24
| 6.1" 15 ($799) |
6.7" 15+ ($899) |
6.1" 15P ($999) |
6.7" 15PM ($1,199) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25% |
15% |
35% |
25% |
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News Update : 1 PM Tuesday, Sept 12th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. The 15 Pro will very-likely be Apple's last & best 6.1" Pro iPhone. As we ALL very-likely know, it's rumored that the 16 Pro will have a 6.3" display. -----
News Update : 12:30 PM Tuesday, Sept 12th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. Mgmt has just informed us that everyone here at Cosmosent Labs, Inc. will be getting a 2nd iPhone, a 15 Pro. Currently, everyone here has (just) a 13 Pro Max. The intent is that by equiping everyone with two iPhones, we'll be able to more-effectively promote Photosets' Mutli View Capture (MVC) feature. -----
News Update : 12 Noon Tuesday, Sept 12th, 2023 FYI, the A17 Pro's CPU caught our attention, in particular: ● Improved branch prediction ● Wider decode & execution engines Also, one other thing caught our attention WRT the A17 Pro in general: ● HW-based AV1 Decoder Also, we did NOT hear ANY references OR comments regarding
"Deferred Photo Processing". We found that surprising. Also, when one compares the Periscope Lens of the 15PM to that of the Google 7 Pro, it doesn't compare favorably. That being said, we believe the 15P is the one to get ! See our subjective "value grades" in the table. Also, support for 24 Mpx (HEIC) photos needs to be investigated. It has Game Changer potential, & appears to be supported across the entire
Next-Gen iPhone "15" family.
| iPhone |
Back Wide |
Back Tele |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1x |
Lossless 2x |
1x |
Lossless 2x |
|
| 15 Pro Max $1,199 (A- grade) |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 5x, 1.12 um |
- |
| 15 Pro $999 (A+ grade) |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 3x, 1.0 um |
- |
| 15 Plus $899 (B+ grade) |
✔ 1x, 2.0 um |
✔ 2x, 1.0 um |
- |
- |
| 15 $799 (B+ grade) |
✔ 1x, 2.0 um |
✔ 2x, 1.0 um |
- |
- |
| 14 Pro Max |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 3x, 1.0 um |
- |
| 14 Pro |
✔ 1x, 2.44 um |
✔ 2x, 1.22 um |
✔ 3x, 1.0 um |
- |
| 7 Plus |
✔ 1x, 1.22 um |
- |
✔ 2x, 1.0 um |
- |
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News Update : 9:30 AM Tuesday, Sept 12th, 2023 Two things to announce: 1.) We're gearing up for our, OR more precisely Photosets', (first-ever) Day in the Sun. Late yesterday we transitioned Photosets to a FREE app, & made it Available worldwide ! Make NO Mistake, we intend to take-on Apple in the Court of Public Opinion. And we'll be doing so with the assistance of our Congress here in the States. ALL who participate will gain a Feather for their Hat ! 2.) We just listened to Josh on CNBC give his two-cents regarding Apple. He doesn't know shit about Apple ! We would define him as being Totally Clueless ! There is a reason we refer to CNBC as "CNBC for Dummies". -----
News Update : 12 Noon Monday, Sept 11th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We want to clarify one important point. When we say that Apple has NO "actual" App Store Editors & that Tim, Phil, & Matt, have simply been "pretending OR playing" App Store Editor, we are referring strictly to the Photo & Video category, the one category we know best, & extremely well. And BTW, it was extremely easy for us to figure out ! -----
News Update : 11 AM Monday, Sept 11th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. The image sensor "pixel size" for the 15PM's Periscope Lens will determine whether we upgrade OR NOT. If it's the same 1.0-um size as ALL previous iPhone Back Tele Lenses, we won't be upgrading (to the 15PM). To capture surfing after 1 PM OR so here in San Diego, we require better than what Apple has offered in their Back Tele Lens since the 2016 iPhone 7+, Apple's first iPhone with an Optical Zoom Lens. If the 15PM's Persicope Lens image sensor pixel size doesn't meet our requirements, we'll consider upgrading to the 15P, IF AND ONLY IF, the price doesn't increase. If it does, we won't. Wi-Fi 6E is a nice feature addition, but we don't (currently) have a Wi-Fi 6E router, OR Wi-Fi 6E-enabled MacBook Air OR Pro. -----
News Update : 10 AM Monday, Sept 11th, 2023 FYI, yesterday, the Today tab of Apple's App Store App included a Developer Spotlight on a certain other Camera App Developer. The same Camera App Developer that years ago, because of (UN-warranted) Recommendations by Apple, enabled us to figure-out that Apple had NO actual App Store Editors, & that Tim Cook, Phil Schiller, & Matt Fischer, were very-likely simply "pretending to be" the App Store's so-called Editors. Simply put, Apple was "Playing Favorites" & it was very easy for us to figure that out. And BTW, we were the first to figure that out, but we weren't the last. The App Dev that was Spotlighted yesterday also figured it out. And they used that to RE-price their main Camera App years ago from $5.99 USD to $59.99 USD. Same app, just different pricing, based-upon Insight knowing that Tim, Phil, & Matt, probably would NOT create competition for them. As such, we see this as a Prime Example of an App Developer taking advantage of the limitations of Apple's App Store & Playing Tim Cook, Phil Schiller & Matt Fischer, for Fools. But NOT just them, ALL App Store consumers as well. Since Tim, Phil, & Matt did NOT do their job ! And BTW, anyone can independently verify what we're describing here. -----
News Update : 11 AM Sunday, Sept 10th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We want to make one important point Crystal Clear that contributed to the decision we announced earlier. We have NO confidence that Tim Cook knows what he's doing. We're convinced "the (Apple) Emperor has NO clothes" ! Apple's success can't just be mostly-about Financial Engineering & Buying Back Shares. -----
News Update : 10:30 AM Sunday, Sept 10th, 2023 FYI, on Tuesday, Sept 12th, Apple will announce their updated iOS 17-based Burst mode feature, itself based-upon something entirely new with iOS 17 which Apple calls "Deferred Photo Processing". As such, Tuesday represents "an Opportunity" for UN-Discovered Gem third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps (like Photosets) to "potentially" have their Day in the Sun. But, is it a BIG enough opportunity to pivot away from capturing & collecting AI/ML Training Data, something that Photosets is Uniquely-Positioned for ? Both our own Analysis & that of potential investors "says NO". As such & after careful consideration, today we are announcing that we've Agreed to go ALL in on Photosets for Capturing & Collecting AI/ML Training Data ! We've RE-priced Photosets back to its Regular Price & it is once-again Available ONLY via the iOS & macOS App Stores here in the States. For those of you who are UN-aware, Apple left alot of high-end iPhone revenue on the table by intentionally neglecting & suppressing the third-party Burst Photo Camera App category. And, very importantly, they were UN-aware of that. We brought that to the attention of both Apple & the General Public about this time last year. We're convinced that was the Catalyst for Apple to ramp-up their R&D Burst mode feature efforts. We're also convinced that they will NOT give us ANY credit for leveraging their form of Deferred Photo Processing from our form of Deferred Photo Processing. That's how Tim Cook's Apple operates. But Make NO Mistake, we will definitely get the word out. And we'll be doing it in an indirect way that won't require much Time & Energy on our part. i.e., via our AI/ML efforts, as well as working with Congress to author New Law regarding the App Store. -----
News Update : 12 Noon Saturday, Sept 9th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. It is rumored that the 15P & 15PM will include 8 GB of DRAM. Yet, NO ONE but us is correctly saying precisely why. It is to help support Apple's form of Deferred Photo Processing. i.e., their updated iOS 17-based Burst mode feature, itself based-upon something new with iOS 17 which Apple calls Deferred Photo Processing. It's a DRAM-intensive method for Apple to delay the ISP-based "Photo Fusion Processing Steps" until such time that iOS determines it's OK to do so. e.g., when the User transitions out of the Camera. For some UN-known reason, NONE of the so-called Apple-focused websites OR newsletters are talking about this very important topic. And BTW, & also very importantly, Apple resurrected their native Burst mode R&D efforts ONLY AFTER we pointed-out to them (& the General Public), about this time last year, just how much high-end iPhone revenue they left on the table since the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+, Apple's first-ever (true) High-Perf iPhone. See the orange line in our custom Reported iPhone Revenue graph on our App Store Critic's Corner webpage. By our count, Apple has left $100B+ USD of high-end iPhone revenue on the table since the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+. Their (upcoming) updated Burst mode feature is, we believe, simply their attempt to try to prevent as much further financial loss as possible moving forward. But that strategy won't work. Photosets will still be Light Years Ahead ! And we recently RE-priced it to become a Household Name. -----
News Update : 10:30 AM Saturday, Sept 9th, 2023 FYI, the R&D Team will be in the office this weekend, so that we can potentially release the next update of Photosets, v10.26, NO LATER THAN Monday. As we've hinted at before, "Wheels in Motion" on Sept 12th. And specifically WRT what Apple calls "Deferred Photo Processing". On Sept 12th, Apple will NOT tell you the origin of their form of Deferred Photo Processing. It's up to us to get the word out. Make NO mistake, Sept 12th (& the next 1-2 months) represents a Golden Opportunity. And NOT just for Photosets to "finally" gain traction in Apple's tighty-controlled, "curated" iOS App Store. We have much bigger plans
News Update : 11 AM Friday, Sept 8th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. Our estimates for the breakdown of sales for Apple's Next-Gen iPhone "15" family. Even though most won't have a Ready-to-Go Application/Use-Case for the 15PM's Periscope Lens, we believe it won't stop many from pulling the trigger on a 15PM purchase. And, if, as we suspect, the Periscope Lens is based-upon its own dedicated 48 Mpx image sensor, that too would support a Lossless 2x mode, taking it from 5-6x to 10-12x !
Covers Apple's 4Q23 + 1Q24
| 6.1" 15 ($799) |
6.7" 15+ ($899) |
6.1" 15P ($999) |
6.7" 15PM ($1,199) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25% |
15% |
25% |
35% |
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News Update : 6 AM Friday, Sept 8th, 2023 FYI, today we've made Photosets available via the iOS App Store in mainland China. And by that we mean, "new" downloads. Those who already have the app get "updates" on the day they are released, regardless of where they are on the planet. That is, if they have internet connectivity. BTW, for the past six months OR so, Photosets has ONLY been available via the iOS App Store here in the States. Also, today we've RE-priced the app to ONLY $0.49 USD. We made that change to make it easier for Photosets to become a Household Name, both here in the States & in mainland China. Make NO mistake, both are important strategic moves. -----
News Update : 10 AM Thursday, Sept 7th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We want to make one point Crystal Clear to ALL, & especially to our Congress here in the States, as well as to ALL state Attorneys Generals. We believe TikTok, & by extension, the Chinese Govt, poses the security risk that it does here in the States, because of the Ego & Insecurity and Technical & Applications/Use-Case Incompetence on the part of Apple's App Store Mgmt Team. TikTok could have, & should have, had credible & viable competition (at-least) the past few years. But Apple's App Store Mgmt Team did NOT allow that to happen. We believe Congress & the state Attorneys Generals should investigate as to how Apple's App Store Mgmt Team was "the enabler" for such a high security risk. -----
News Update : 9 AM Thursday, Sept 7th, 2023 Two things to announce: 1.) Today is Photosets' 9-year R&D Anniversary ! The App is an UN-Discovered Gem ! Unfortunately, we're (still) forced to use Apple's App Store :( ! But hopefully, NOT for much longer. And, if/when that happens, you'll see what will go down in history as
The Great Renaissance Period of Third-Party Apps. Just like Trump & Biden, Apple likes to pretend they know best. 2.) Why is Dan Ives NOT required to wear a cheerleader skirt whenever he is on CNBC talking about AAPL ? Same goes for Gene Munster ! Pent up demand ? What's the catalyst to trigger even a "mini" Super Cycle ? We don't see it. The 5G upgrade cycle has run its course, & that was led by the cellular service providers & Qualcomm's 5G chips. The last time Apple was the catalyst was with the 2014 iPhone 6/6+ and 2015 iPhone 6s/6s+. And that was in large part due to the (register-rich) A7 introduced in the 2013 iPhone 5s. -----
News Update : 8:30 PM Wednesday, Sept 6th, 2023 FYI, like other App Devs we received an email invite from Apple today. It was an invite to attend a Workshop in Cupertino on Sept 27th, for the sole purpose of learning how to optimize our apps for Performance & Battery Life. We do NOT believe Apple will Recommend OR Promote High-Performance NON-Game Apps ! We've simply seen NO evidence that they will. Perhaps if Apple had Recommended OR Promoted Photosets just once since the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+, when it first became a rare, true Flagship-caliber Burst Photo Camera App, we might attend. But since they haven't, we have NO plans to do so. What we really want is a Workshop on "How-Best to Circumvent Apple's Total & Complete Stranglehold on App Discovery" in their tightly-controlled, "curated" iOS App Store ! And if Tim Cook had the courage to offer that up as a Workshop, it would be ALL the rage. -----
News Update : 10 AM Wednesday, Sept 6th, 2023 Two things to announce today: 1.) Photosets' 9-year R&D Anniversary is tomorrow, Sept 7th, 2023 ! We're celebrating with the ultimate Sale, FREE ! Now is the best time ever to check it out ! And BTW, it is the most-Advanced & Highest-Performance Camera App in the history of smartphones. The primary reason it hasn't become a Household Name, at least here in the States, is because Apple has NO "App Discovery" competition. Ask yourself, How wold Pro Sports look here in the States if there was ONLY ONE Team in each league ? We'll, that pretty much sums-up Apple's tightly-controlled, "curated" iOS App Store. 2.) We have our doubts that Apple's Next-Gen iPhone "15" family will be a success. Sure, some will jump-in with both feet to upgrade to the 15PM with its 5-6x "optical zoom" Periscope Lens. A few will have Ready-to-Go Applications/Use-Cases for it, but we suspect most won't. And, other than the 15PM's Periscope Lens, we're very UN-sure ANY of the other rumored Product Attributes will move the needle. And that includes Apple's upgraded iOS 17-based Burst Mode feature, itself based-upon Deferred Photo Processing, & which NONE of the so-called Apple-focused websites have even mentioned. For some UN-known reason, we seem to be the ONLY ONE talking about Deferred Photo Processing. Perhaps it's because Apple doesn't want the General Public knowing where they got the idea from. Time to put Apple's App Store on trial ! -----
News Update : 1 PM Tuesday, Sept 5th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We want to clarify an important point. As you very-likely know, the 14P & 14PM incorporate a 48 Mpx Back Wide Image Sensor that supports what we refer to as the "Wide 2x" mode. The point that we want to make is that mode is currently disabled in Photosets v10.25, for both of the app's Burst Photo Capture Engines. We intend to RE-enable it in a near-future update of Photosets. And naturally, NOT just for the 14P & 14PM, but also for the four upcoming Next-Gen iPhone "15" iPhones, which are rumored to incorporate
News Update : 10:30 AM Tuesday, Sept 5th, 2023 FYI, like many we suspect, our R&D Team is debating whether to upgrade to 6.7" 15 Pro Max iPhones this year, OR wait for the 6.3" 16 Pro iPhones next year. ALL are currently using a 6.7" 13 Pro Max. There is a third option, but it is NOT guaranteed. Most don't know it, but there is a possibility to pick up a discounted 6.7" 14 Pro Max on Sept 12th. One of those "while supplies last" kind of sales. Would you pay $599 USD for a brand-new 14 Pro Max on Sept 12th ? We suspect most would if they knew about it.
(table last updated 12:30 PM, Tues, Sept 5th, 2023)
| iPhone family |
Pro (USD) |
Pro Max (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 16 |
6.3" ($1,099 Est.) |
6.9" ($1,199 Est.) |
| 15 |
6.1" ($999 Est.) |
6.7" ($1,199 Est.) |
| 14 |
6.1" ($999) |
6.7" ($1,099) |
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News Update : 11 AM Friday, Sept 1st, 2023 Two more things to announce today: 1.) Photosets v10.25 was just Approved & is now Available for Download ! We encourage everyone to get it & begin using it ASAP. 2.) Apple doesn't typically include third-party apps in iOS, but we believe we can convince them to consider making an exception this time when they release iOS 17 in mid/late-Sept. And naturally, we're referring to our Photosets. Apple's form of Deferred Photo Processing combined with Photosets' form of Deferred Photo Processing represents a (rare) Golden Opportunity to make a BIG splash. And BTW, each is based-upon a different Apple Camera Framework. -----
News Update : 9:30 AM Friday, Sept 1st, 2023 Two things to announce: 1.) We submitted Photosets v10.25 to Apple App Review at ~8 PM yesterday. And even though it's officially still "Waiting for Review," we believe Apple has been reviewing it. Make NO mistake, v10.25 is potentially a very BIG deal ! Please see the table at the bottom of this webpage. 2.) Yesterday we got wind that X/Twitter had changed their Terms of Service (ToS). When their new ToS goes into effect on Sept 29th we "may" Terminate our Account. -----
News Update : 10 AM Thursday, August 31st, 2023 FYI, today we want to make it Crystal Clear to ALL that our initial goal for our custom implementation of Apple's Deferred Photo Processing solution is simply to Analyze its Operation & Benchmark its Performance. On Sept 12th, as we ALL know by now, Apple will announce their Next-Gen iPhone "15" family. On that day, we expect them to ALSO announce, & possibly Demo, their upgraded iOS 17-based Burst mode feature. It leverages something new with iOS 17, called "Deferred Photo Processing". It's an approach to speed-up Fusion-based Burst Photo Capture. It is NOT used for Burst Photo Capture of neutral-looking Photos, which is Photosets' specialty. As a reminder, Photosets includes TWO Burst Photo Capture Engines. One for capturing neutral-looking Photos & another one for capturing Fusion-based Photos (as well as for capturing native RAW Photos directly off the image sensor). We've been working on adding a custom implementation of Deferred Photo Processing to the (upcoming) iOS 17-based version of Photosets. And very specifically, to Photosets' Alt. Capture Engine. NOT to Photosets' High-Perf, High-Precision (Timing) Capture Engine, which has supported a form of "Deferred Photo Processing" since 2015. See the following two tables for a Heads Up on the Details: Tech Specs Table #1 Tech Specs Table #2 -----
News Update : 10:30 PM Wednesday, August 30th, 2023 FYI, we've dropped Photosets+ from the App Store. We had simply UNDER-estimated its value for Capturing & Collecting AI/ML Training Data. Thanks Sequoia ! See the table at the bottom of this webpage. -----
News Update : 11 AM Wednesday, August 30th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We're pursuing what we believe to be a Unique & Innovative Burst Photoshoot Strategy that leverages tonight's Super Blue Moon. NO guarantee we can pull it off as planned, but we're gonna try. And, we'll be sticking with it till sunrise Friday. -----
News Update : 10 AM Wednesday, August 30th, 2023 FYI, quick update to our earlier News Update. We want to clarify one important point. Apple didn't just cheat high-end iPhone owners. They also cheated AAPL shareholders, their own cellular service provider partners & their shareholders, as well as high-end iPad owners & Apple Silicon Mac owners, out their respective benefits of Deferred Photo Processing. And from our perspective, Apple did what they did due to a combination of Ego & Insecurity and Technical & Applications/Use-Case Incompetence (on the part of their App Store Mgmt Team). Also, do NOT be surprised if Tim Cook is forced out if he did NOT keep the AAPL Board in the loop the past 5+ years. We don't think Warren Buffett is gonna be too happy to find out about the details as well. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 9 AM Wednesday, August 30th, 2023 FYI, today it hit us that Photosets already supports a form of Deferred Photo Processing ! Specifically, with its High-Performance, High-Precision (Timing) Burst Photo Capture Engine. And, has done so since the 2015 iPhone 6s ! When Apple announces their Next-Gen iPhone "15" family on Sept 12th, they will ALSO very-likely announce their upgraded iOS 17-based Burst mode feature, which is based-upon Deferred Photo Processing. We've been adding our own custom implementation of Apple's iOS 17 Deferred Photo Processing to Photosets' Alt. Burst Photo Capture Engine. ALL the while UN-aware that we already had support for a form of it in Photosets' primary Capture Engine. We simply just never looked at it that way, until today. On Sept 12th, you should expect to see a Dog & Pony show with lots of Smoke & Mirrors. And although we're referring to a different Capture Engine (than what Apple will be referring to), please note that we were there first ! And as far back as 2015. And as such, we believe it's fair to claim that Apple has "cheated" high-end iPhone owners out of "the benefits" of Deferred Photo Processing since 2015. i.e., Higher Performance & Higher Precision (Timing) Capture. Thanks to Tim, Phil, & Matt, for giving us more Ammo (i.e., another relevant Data Point) as to why Apple's tightly-controlled, "curated" iOS App Store (Monopoly) MUST be Broken Up. -----
News Update : 2:30 PM Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 Would you like to be able to generate your own per-Qtr, per-Device iPhone Unit Sales estimates ? More specifically, would you like to have an app that made it easy for you to do so ? We ask that today because we used to have a 2nd app in Apple's tightly-controlled, "curated" App Store, called Timmy, that was custom-built for precisely that. It made its debut in the App Store in May of 2018, was (we believe) at least partially responsible for Apple's decision to announce on Nov 1st of 2018 that they would Stop Reporting iPhone Unit Sales, & it was abruptly pulled by Apple without warning the day BEFORE their BIG iPhone event in Sept of 2019. The reason they gave us for pulling it was Total BS ! And BTW, it was a One of a Kind app. We bring this up today because we're seriously thinking about resurrecting it. As you may OR may NOT know, Apple will soon be required to support "sideloading" in the EU. We can think of NO better "flag bearer" for the sideloading cause than our Timmy, a Unique & Innovative app that Apple had previously pulled from their App Store. Make NO mistake, we have sufficient Ammo (i.e., relevant data points) to trigger a Complete Break Up of Apple's App Store Monopoly. -----
News Update : 9 AM Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 FYI, most don't know it, but we are about to (potentially) make the BIGGEST splash in the history of Apple's tightly-controlled, "curated" App Store. Just like Apple's App Store Mgmt Team of Tim Cook, Phil Schiller, & Matt Fischer, the so-called Pro Stock Analysts who cover AAPL for a living have NO Engineering OR Software Development experience. So most of those AAPL Analysts have very-likely believed whatever Apple has pitched over the years. Actually there is one Analyst who has an undergrad in EE & who might the experience we mention, Dan Niles, who is an Apple "Bear". The gist of it ALL, we're gonna soon put some much needed visibility on Apple's App Store Mgmt Team. Our intent is to get both Congress & Parents here in the States to question whether Tim, Phil, & Matt, should be allowed to continue to run the App Store. The #1 reason TikTok is so popular here in the States is because Apple intentionally neglects & suppresses third-party App Innovation, & in particular when such innovation makes them look bad. i.e., for having been Leapfrogged. And we have a name for it, we call it the "SnappyCam Syndrome". When Apple announces their Next-Gen iPhone "15" family on Sept 12th, they will also very-likely announce their upgraded iOS 17-based Burst mode feature. That will "Set the Wheels in Motion". You want a Topic that both Republicans & Democrats can get behind ? How about Breaking Up Apple's App Store "Monopoly" & in the process, significantly reducing the influence & (security) risk of the Chinese Govt here in the States (i.e., from apps like TikTok). -----
News Update : 10:30 AM Monday, August 28th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We are 100% convinced that "Peak iPhone" occurred with the 5G Upgrade Cycle. And that it was driven primarily by the cellular service providers & Qualcomm's 5G chips. And, very importantly, we're convinced the major cellular service providers, at least those here in the States, know that. Also, very importantly, moving forward, we believe it doesn't matter what Apple does. Things might be different today if Apple's App Store Mgmt Team had (just) some
Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise. But that's NOT the case. It is what it is.
Our analysis tells us: 1Q23-3Q23: 147M iPhone units sold (ASP = $1066) 1Q22-3Q22: 175M iPhone units sold (ASP = $933) As such, iPhone Unit Sales drop'd 16% YY. And yes, they represent Apple's "fiscal" quarters.
Click on the graph to view its 4K Res version.
The orange line represents what Apple could have sold if they had NOT intentionally neglected & suppressed the third-party Burst Photo Camera App "category".
We brought that to Apple's attention about this time last year.
It's the reason,
we believe,
they Kicked Off R&D work on an updated iOS 17-based Burst mode feature,
which we fully expect they will announce on Sept 12th.
And when they do so,
that will "set the wheels in motion".
Tim Cook & Phil Schiller can run,
but they can't hide !
They will soon be Forced to Fess Up to the Cover Up.
Either that OR Pay Up significantly.
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News Update : 9:30 AM Monday, August 28th, 2023 FYI, the Base version of Photosets had been FREE the past 24 hours. Yet, it had NO new downloads. Go Figure ! To us, it illustrates just how catastrophically-broken Tim Cook's App Store really is. This morning we've changed the Base version of Photosets back to its regular price. It is what it is. You can bring a Horse to water but you can't make him drink. -----
News Update : 10 AM Sunday, August 27th, 2023 FYI, Photosets' 9-year R&D Anniversary is just-after Labor Day weekend. This year we're planning to make a BIG splash.
On Sept 12th, it's rumored that Apple will announce their Next-Gen iPhone "15" family. On that day we expect them to ALSO announce their updated iOS 17-based Burst mode feature. That will "set the wheels in motion" ! It will very-likely be a Dog & Pony Show with lots of Smoke & Mirrors. But ALSO an opportunity to educate.
Make NO mistake, we are well-positioned to be Responsible for, & get Credit for, Breaking Up the App Store. And very specifically, we want everyone to know that Apple did it to themselves ! i.e., they dug themsevles into their Hole. Except for Best-in-Category Perseverance, we had nothing to do with it.
Also, different subject, we're now looking into adding an Email-based Newsletter. Apple has a Complete & Total "stranglehold on App Discovery" in their tightly-controlled, "curated" App Store, & X/Twitter has NOT worked for us either. We like the idea of an Email-based Newsletter. We got the idea from Mark Gurman's (i.e., Bloomberg) Power On newsletter. -----
News Update : 12 Noon Saturday, August 26th, 2023 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We're now stepping-up our efforts to make Photosets' Multi-View Capture (MVC) a very special feature. And we are doing so because Apple's Next-Gen iPhone "15" family is rumored to include
support for Wi-Fi 6E. When combined with an M3 MacBook Air OR Pro with support for Wi-Fi 6E, the solution enables Applications/Use-Cases that were never before possible. Made possible by the congestion-FREE 6 GHz band. Early Adopters will see the biggest benefit, as over time, even the 6 GHz band will become congested. -----
News Update : 10 AM Saturday, August 26th, 2023 FYI, today we are announcing that we plan to Kick Off our first-ever Photosets Marketing & Branding Campaign on Sept 12th, plus OR minus one-to-two days. As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, we Kicked Off Photosets as an R&D Project just-after Labor Day weekend in Sept of 2014. We thought we had discovered a nice niche. Specifically, Photosets was initially an iPad-ONLY Burst Photo Editor for Apple's native Burst mode feature. It's original name was HSPM, for High-Speed Photo Modeling, & we were using Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows as the first Application/Use-Case for the app. We expected Apple to update their Burst mode feature based-upon their SnappyCam acquisition, which then could have made Photosets a necessary companion Go To App, but that never happened. Apple (completely) Dropped the Ball with their SnappyCam acquisition ! So, by late 2015 we added both iPhone support & the mobile industry's first-ever High-Performance, High-Precision (Timing) Burst Photo Capture Engine. Upon the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+, Apple's first-ever iPhone with 3 GB of DRAM, Photosets became a rare, true Burst Photo Camera App. Simply put, the extra GB of DRAM made a world of difference. And BTW, we've Enhanced & Refined Photosets ever since, more so we believe, than ANY other App in Apple's tightly-controlled, "curated" iOS App Store. Apple can't promote Photosets ANYMORE than Republicans in Congress can Fess Up to the Hole they've Dug themselves into. There is an analogy between the two, that we fully intend to make Crystal Clear to ALL. -----
News Update : 8 PM Friday, August 25th, 2023 FYI, we're On Track to Release the next update of Photosets, v10.25, by month's end. We are also On Track to Release the (first) iOS 17 version of Photosets, v10.26, on Day One. i.e., the same day that iOS 17 is released. v10.26 includes support for something entirely new, Deferred Photo Processing. And with an innovative twist that ONLY Photosets can pull off ! -----