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Re: iPhone 8

#31

Post by AlfeG »

DanHulton wrote: post #12
Tepix wrote: post #6

It was interesting to see how Apple tried to market the fact that you have to look at the phone for FaceID to work. I see that as a hassle, not a feature.

I don't think it went far enough. Consider the circumstance where an office or agent wants your phone unlocked. Your passcode is protected, your thumbprint is currently in debate, but holding your phone to your face? If that just always unlocked your phone without any sort of interaction from you? That's an uncomfortable level of privacy loss.

Rule of thumb - power off Phone. IPhone will force passcode on first unlock

Re: iPhone 8

#32

Post by tryingagainbro »

I was in tech when iPhone came out, the original one. I thought that they might make money but to a tiny, tiny percent of people. Boy was I wrong...in some countries an iPhone costs like 6 months of net-salary, yet they buy it. Status symbol, you don't know I'm a "loser" making $150 a month, but you know that I have an iPhone.

So I'm willing to trust that Apple knows what they do. Of course they will know what they do....until they don't :)

Re: iPhone 8

#34

Post by Brendinooo »

DanHulton wrote: post #12
Tepix wrote: post #6

It was interesting to see how Apple tried to market the fact that you have to look at the phone for FaceID to work. I see that as a hassle, not a feature.

I don't think it went far enough. Consider the circumstance where an office or agent wants your phone unlocked. Your passcode is protected, your thumbprint is currently in debate, but holding your phone to your face? If that just always unlocked your phone without any sort of interaction from you? That's an uncomfortable level of privacy loss.

iOS beta has a feature that lets you force passcode authentication without a reboot; I'm assuming this would disable Face ID as well but I don't think we'll know for sure until the new hardware and software are out in the wild.

http://gizmodo.com/a-hidden-trick-in-the-ios-11-beta-lets-yo...

Re: iPhone 8

#35

Post by CydeWeys »

Who wants an all-glass phone? I get that the designers want this, but do actual users really want something so fragile? I've only ever had phones with plastic or metal backs, and I've never bemoaned the fact that they weren't breakable enough.

Re: iPhone 8

#36

Post by wlesieutre »

AlfeG wrote: post #31
DanHulton wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think it went far enough. Consider the circumstance where an office or agent wants your phone unlocked. Your passcode is protected, your thumbprint is currently in debate, but holding your phone to your face? If that just always unlocked your phone without any sort of interaction from you? That's an uncomfortable level of privacy loss.

Rule of thumb - power off Phone. IPhone will force passcode on first unlock

In iOS 11 you can also quickly press the power button five times to require passcode for next unlock without turning the phone off.

Re: iPhone 8

#38

Post by partycrusherr »

Why are all smartphones so thick and heavy nowadays??? Even my 3 years old iPhone 5S is 7.6mm and weights 112 gramms. New model is 7.3mm and weights 150 gramm. It is worse than a 3 years old model!!!

Re: iPhone 8

#39

Post by wlesieutre »

CydeWeys wrote: post #35

Who wants an all-glass phone? I get that the designers want this, but do actual users really want something so fragile? I've only ever had phones with plastic or metal backs, and I've never bemoaned the fact that they weren't breakable enough.

iPhone 4S was my first and favorite smartphone. Glass front/back with a metal edge.

Back when phones were hand-sized they were a lot harder to drop.

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