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Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by johnnycab »

asdojasdosadsa wrote: post #810
ab-dm wrote: post #807

My iPhone 6S+ is still running super smooth. Maybe because I'm not a huge photography buff or mobile gamer, but each year I wait to see something that will finally make me buy a new one, but each year I just don't see it. I don't know exactly what I'm waiting for, but this wasn't really it. (Also enjoying using one of the last TouchID iPhones during Covid 19)

This is pretty much my exact situation. The new iPhones have been so underwhelming and so highly priced that I haven't felt the need or want to upgrade. Now previously this year, I dropped my phone and the glass broke - but it still works. So I am on the verge of upgrading, but iPhone 12 still doesn't really... make me want to upgrade - if I can put it like that. So I am rolling with a cracked screen iPhone 6S+ until…

>So I am rolling with a cracked screen iPhone 6S+ until I can find the motivation to upgrade.

I recently fixed a iPhone 6S+ for a friend, primarily with an aim to retrieve the photos and contacts. It wouldn't switch on, and had a broken screen. I ended up replacing the screen, battery and the charger port+headphone jack flex. It cost less than £40 in parts and some elbow grease; a superb compromise for a phone, which supports iOS 14 albeit it might not receive any future OS updates.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by wil421 »

KerrickStaley wrote: post #784
Nextgrid wrote: post #760

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Face ID is a major downgrade from Touch ID regardless of the pandemic. Touch ID (combined with a home button) is a lot faster. You can reach into your pocket or handbag, put the finger on the button and press it while you're taking it out . By the time your phone is out it's unlocked and on the home screen. I don't recall seeing people failing to unlock their phones while paying with Apple Pay before but now it's a r…

One major downside of Touch ID that is niche but affects me personally is that if your fingerprints get damaged (e.g. by rock climbing, which I do regularly) then Touch ID will stop working for ~1 day while your fingers recover. For this reason I'm planning on getting a device with Face ID or a similar feature next time I buy a phone. The downsides of Face ID you mention are valid, though.

Good luck using your Face ID with a mask. At least you only had one day recovery time to use Touch ID.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by swiley »

whatever1 wrote: post #624

Huge miss to not have touch id in a era of a raging pandemic. I literally have not used the face-id once outside my house since March, because I always use a mask, so I have to type in my password. Which I had to revert to an unsafe 6 digit one from my 12char alphanumeric that I had until March.

Personally I never used either. Biometric authentication just seems like a terrible idea to me and I really don't want my phone collecting data like that.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by marc3842h »

secretsatan wrote: post #910
whoisburbansky wrote: post #6

Is 5G rollout in the US really comprehensive enough at this point to deliver on any of the promises they're making about it at this event? [Edit: found this benchmark from a month ago: https://www.tomsguide.com/features/5g-vs-4g ] basically looks like Verizon delivers on the promised speeds, but it still isn't clear to me what the spatial distribution of the higher speeds looks like.

Here in Switzerland, the rollout got delayed by the conspiracy theorists

Mobile providers still upgraded their existing antennas. With my Note20 Ultra 5G on Sunrise, half of the time I am outdoors I get 5G (in Aargau) with speeds between 400mbps-600mbps.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by Olreich »

sailingparrot wrote: post #930
trixie_ wrote: post #821

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I hope no one feels 'not needing to upgrade' is a 'bad thing' It's a testament to Apple's build quality and long term support that you don't need to upgrade. Samsung and Android are big on the half baked gimmicks and lackluster supports. Those phones you have to upgrade after a few years as they become more bloated than a Windows 95 machine bought from CompUSA.

> It's a testament to Apple's build quality and long term support that you don't need to upgrade. > Those phones you have to upgrade after a few years Shall I remind you that Apple was sued and lost in Europe precisely because it forced user to either upgrade after after 3 years or be condemned to live with a phone that was throttled at like 50% cpu clock? This is exactly why I never bought an iphone again, I don't w…

The throttling was battery related. They could either have the phone shut off or just throttle down, they chose the latter. The fault is assign there is not communicating what the problem was and how to remediate it. They will still swap out your battery for a new one for something like $80 out of warranty, giving the phone another 3+ years of life.

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by [deleted] »

mantap wrote: post #851
nojvek wrote: post #842

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When they released the iphone SE last year I immediately bought it. It was the fastest processor, best quality camera in an Apple phone with Touch ID. I refuse to upgrade to an iPhone without Touch ID. Until my phone absolutely dies and there is no choice, then I may consider.

I honestly feel a bit insulted that Apple is releasing a phone without Touch ID during COVID-19. They think I will gladly hand over large amounts of money for a phone that is highly inconvenient to unlock. When it became clear that people around the world were being legally required to cover their face, in some places at any time they left the house, Apple should have raced to equip the next iPhone with a fingerprint…

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Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by leokennis »

Nextgrid wrote: post #760
whatever1 wrote: post #624

Huge miss to not have touch id in a era of a raging pandemic. I literally have not used the face-id once outside my house since March, because I always use a mask, so I have to type in my password. Which I had to revert to an unsafe 6 digit one from my 12char alphanumeric that I had until March.

Face ID is a major downgrade from Touch ID regardless of the pandemic. Touch ID (combined with a home button) is a lot faster. You can reach into your pocket or handbag, put the finger on the button and press it while you're taking it out . By the time your phone is out it's unlocked and on the home screen. I don't recall seeing people failing to unlock their phones while paying with Apple Pay before but now it's a r…

I have to disagree. Both systems have advantages over the other, and of course with a mask on TouchID has a pretty big advantage right now. But:

- FaceID is way better when your fingers are not perfect: after washing hands, in the kitchen, when wearing gloves etc.

- FaceID is more secure (lower chance of a false positive)

- FaceID already starts working when you pick up the phone (you do not need to trigger it), so by the time I swipe up to unlock, it has already long since identified my face

- FaceID enabled you to hide the content of notifications and only show them when you look at the phone

Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

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Post by addicted »

rweir wrote: post #928
harha wrote: post #845

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I would have much preferred a USB-C plug for all my devices. It’s nice that it’s wireless on the new iPhone and all, but it’s still an extra cable (or puck) to carry around. Much like the headphone cable, I think that things like charging could be done in such a simple way, that the alternatives that are presented just don’t make the users lives easier and generate unnecessary waste.

if it was me, I'd skip straight to Qi-only just to avoid the amount of whinging they would have to endure (here would be among the worst) about "omg another cable change!!11" for their...second cable change in two decades.

Which isn’t much better than any other phone in the industry. The difference is that other phones have been using standard cables that inter operate with each other and non phone devices as well.

So we’re now in a ridiculous situation where you have to carry fewer cables with a MacBook + Samsung setup than a MacBook + iPhone one.

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