Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator
by kalleboo on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:57AM
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If I try it several times in a row it's quick, since presumably everything is cached in memory. If I've been doing other stuff and pick my phone up hours later (exactly when I want that split-second shot of my kid or the license plate of the car that almost ran over me), that's when the phone and camera take ages to get ready.
Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator
by vostrocity on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @04:29AM
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I really miss Samsung's 'double-click home button to use camera' on the Galaxy S6 and S7. Probably the most convenient implementation of a camera shortcut I've seen.
Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator
by boterock on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:53AM
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I like the Motorola double twist for camera gesture, you can start the gesture just as you take it out of your pocket.
Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator
by kalleboo on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:58AM
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I miss my Sony Ericsson that had an actual shutter button you could hold down to activate the camera from sleep.
Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator
by darklajid on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @12:07PM
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OnePlus (five here) uses double power button for that and it feels quite fast/is very reliable.
Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator
by fphhotchips on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @07:14AM
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Double-power on the Nexus 6P on Oreo - it's very nice.
The time from wake to photo was ~2seconds (using the lockscreen short cut).
The time from wake to home screen photo app to photo was ~5 seconds.
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I had to start the timer myself then go back to using the phone so I believe I could cut ~500ms.
Since I have Live Photo enabled, the 2-second shots actually have a few frames that are sub 2 seconds.
Going to the homescreen was accidental. In each attempt, I attempted to use the lock-screen camera shortcut.
As a whole, the experience using the iphone is too unpredictable to be reliable for quick reaction shots (< 3 seconds). A number of times I either: bypassed the lock screen, didnt get passed the lock screen, unlocked my phone to a different app, and on one occasion, the camera app paused for a few seconds before focusing.