The new iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max all support DisplayPort for up to 4K HDR video mirroring and video output to...
  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    21·
    10 months ago

    Seems like Apple is very much setting themselves up to compete against MS, Sony, and Nintendo for couch gaming.

    • Telodzrum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      209·
      10 months ago

      Until Apple stops being Apple and gives some freedom to devs and publishers, it’s just not going to happen.

      My hopes for this are media playback when traveling and using your phone as a mobile desktop which is still one of the things I miss from Samsung — Dex was really nice when I needed it.

      • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
        171·
        10 months ago

        Isn’t iOS already one of the most profitable gaming platforms across the board?

        • Skiptrace@lemmy.one
          51·
          10 months ago

          For Mobile sure. But your never going to convert a Console or PC gamer to Mobile.

          My iPhone (when I get it) will basically just become an extension of my Xbox and PC when I want to do any major Gaming. But, I will still have a few time waster mobile games and now I’ll also have Monster Hunter Now, which is an actually engaging and fun POGO style game.

        • Stovetop@lemmy.world
          21·
          10 months ago

          Sure, for mobile games. But there not going to compete with Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo in the console space. They should probably be treated as separate markets because there is really not much overlap between the two in terms of audiences.

        • Telodzrum@lemmy.worldEnglish
          43·
          10 months ago

          Really depends on how you segment gaming. Apple is constitutionally incapable of doing what it did with AppleTV+ in the gaming segment.

        • NightOwl@lemmy.oneEnglish
          55·
          10 months ago

          Sure, but to lot of traditional gamers that means as much as saying reality TV is one of the most profitable shows to someone who doesn’t like reality TV.

      • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 months ago

        Even just basic MHL was the bomb for use cases like that back in the day, and then Google axed it because… They wanted to sell more Chromecasts, of course. Seems we can just never have nice things.

  • johnthedoe@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    I hope there’s some kind of desktop mode when plugged into a monitor. All I ever wanted from a smartphone when it first became a thing was to be able to go into the office. Plug your phone in to do general tasks

  • AnonTwo@kbin.social
    9·
    10 months ago

    So wait, does it have a displayport?

    Because I saw news saying that some models would have USB-C 2.0, only USB-C 3.2(? FastDelivery) supports monitors. So unless it has a second port there’s no way this is true.

      • AnonTwo@kbin.social
        71·
        10 months ago

        Then there’s no way the non-pro models can use monitors, let alone 4k HDR. Pretty sure even if you power the monitor separately it just doesn’t transfer the data fast enough.

        I spent months trying to use a portable monitor with a USB-C 2.0 port until I found out there’s different versions and only 1 actually works for it.

        • lustrum@sh.itjust.works
          19·
          10 months ago

          It can. USB C can support DP ALT mode where the pins effectively become DP pins in a USB C connector. I’m guessing data transfer is done via USB2 this and display is in DP ALT. Typically we’ve not seen this as anyone willing to put in ALT modes would want a fast interface too for data transfer, also knowing apple there is something proprietary going on.

          The main point is it’s not limited to USB Speeds. The pins can take on other functions. Even the pro does 10gbps USB where as 4k60 HDR in DP would be 14-20gbps far in excess of it’s USB bandwidth.