[coldtea]

>* Hyperlapse is a much more useful and device-appropriate implementation of the same idea*

What same idea? These do entirely different things. Hyperlapse is a time-sped-up video with intelligent image stabilization, and timelapse is, well, a timelapse.

Not the same idea or feature at all. In fact even Apple themselves describe timelapse for what it is: a timelapse feature for static scenes: "Capture the experience of the sun setting, a city street bustling, or a flower blooming with the new Time-lapse mode in Camera".

[arrrg]

No, it’s the same, with one actually useful on smartphones and one not. The thing is, keeping a smartphone static is really fucking hard, so the correct thing to do (for a default feature – if you have to buy some crazy attachment it’s no longer a basic feature that deserves any space in the camera app) is to not force you to keep the camera static. Which hyperlapse does. it so, so, so much more elegantly and perfectly fits the device, time lapse is an embarrassment in comparison.