I love apple products, but number one thing I still don't understand is why Siri insists on taking up the entire screen. Siri should be a small overlay much like on mac os, its such an oversight by their software engineering team! This still hasn't been addressed on iOS 12.
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That's ridiculous: I was hoping the SE2 rumours would turn to to be true. No idea what I'll upgrade to when my current SE stops running up-to-date iOS then.
It would make a lot of sense to hold off on announcing it for a lot of reasons: customer confusion not to mention encouraging spend on pricier devices. Could realistically be a holiday release or 1q 2019, especially since they won't have a Red phone to release then.
Actually yeah .. the original SE was a special release now that I think of it ...
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The market has spoken loud and clear since 2010, when Androids bigger than iPhone became popular. iPhone dragged it's feet till 2013/2014 because they didn't want to appear conceding that they were wrong, but eventually they had to buckle.
If you want to push margins, larger devices selling for higher absolute prices are a better option. Imho, it's harder to convince people a "smartphone" is worth USD $1k+. But a laptop / tablet replacement? That's reasonable(!) compared to a MBP... Given Apple's build costs don't scale with device size (++screen, +battery, +gpu/mem), selling the same internals in bigger devices for more is a win. So you continue expan…
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#334I hate the loss of the home button.
Face ID is fine, but multiplexing so many different features on to the single, poorly-placed, side button has been a huge negative for me.
The side button is way too easy to hit when the device is in your pocket, and when that happens you're activating Siri, or Apple Pay, or some accessibility shortcut, or you're taking a screenshot, or you're activating emergency mode.
I've lost count of the number of times I've pulled my iPhone X from pocket to find that the screen is on, Siri is waiting for a command, and the accessibility menu is on screen.
And when I actually need to take a screenshot, or shutdown the device, I can never remember the actual key combination. It's such a mess.
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#335The showmanship really feels like it's run out. Even when it was the post-Jobs Ive and Cook it was still captivating, but this is just tiresome.
I just wish they would stop saying "the most advanced X ever made". Every new revision of a product is the most advanced version of the product.
And the most expensive. Maybe they could get J. Ive to use his best "I'll be your server today" voice and purr about how, "We think you'll agree that this is the most expensive iPhone we've ever made."
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#336Apple just announced the iPhone Xs. Surgical grade stainless steel. 3 finishes: Gold, Silver, Space Gray. New glass. Waterproof, saltwater proof, even beer proof. 5.8" screen. Still has a notch like the iPhone X. Improved FaceID.
> ... even beer proof. Is beer proofing that different from regular waterproofing? I can imagine juice leaving sugar residue and being sticky. Does beer have similar issues?
Beer has sugar (alcohol) in it. It gets sticky like juice when it dries.
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It is, just not from the Apple store. https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/ "Available at authorized resellers"
Translation: "Discontinued, but 3rd-party retailers will keep selling their stock until it runs out."
So what's wrong with topbanana buying the SE for his kids right now?
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#338I still cannot believe that in order to use the latest Apple watch, you still need an iPhone 6 or later with iOS 12 or later. I was dead set on grabbing a watch once I heard what it would feature but after reading the small print, why would I spend money on getting an iPhone, then an expensive monthly plan, followed by a watch, then a separate plan for that? Is there something I'm not seeing? This seems like a lot of…
Those are choices you are making. Other options:
Refurb iPhone7 is $379 (USA only) There are cheaper plans than $80. Do you need cellular watch?
I have an iphone 6+ and I will probably not upgrade to a new phone but get the series 4 GPS watch.
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#339I'm amazed by the sizing. The SE appears to be gone. This means the smallest device you can buy is the 7/8. Many still find this to be too large. Considering Apple's history of selling older iPhone models at a lower price, it seems like two years from now the bottom of the line will be the Xs and Xr announced today. The smallest lower-end iPhone available at that time would be the Xs which is larger than the 6/6s/7/8…
Does anyone think they'll make a next-gen SE next year? It could simply be they didn't want to release four phones this year.
I was looking forward to March this year for a new SE. Then I was looking forward to today. Now I'm looking forward to March again.
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#340I hate the loss of the home button. Face ID is fine, but multiplexing so many different features on to the single, poorly-placed, side button has been a huge negative for me. The side button is way too easy to hit when the device is in your pocket, and when that happens you're activating Siri, or Apple Pay, or some accessibility shortcut, or you're taking a screenshot, or you're activating emergency mode. I've lost c…
I've been using the X and while it's a great device, the one thing I miss most is TouchID. Things like ApplePay are less convenient using FaceID, so I'm less likely to use it. The side-button double-click is awkward and unnatural feeling. Unlocking the device when it's flat on a desk or table now requires that I pick up the device instead of placing a finger on the sensor. Unlocking on the X seems slower than with the finger -- perhaps because in order to unlock I need to have it aimed towards me, whereas with TouchID I could unlock as I brought the device in front of my field of view. I really wish they'd found a way to keep TouchID even while introducing FaceID capable cameras.