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Re: iPhone X

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Post by acchow »

matthberg wrote: post #87

It's interesting how Apple is moving away from being the first phone with a feature (face id, Samsung did that before, or oled displays that are edge to edge). I think the shift from that innovation is a maturing step, but also a sign that the company is aging poorly. They can no longer claim to be leading with creation, just with quality. More and more the focus in smartphone development, not just Apple, is on being…

Samsung does every feature first, and terribly. They hit check boxes. Apple executes.

You could unlock Samsung phones with photographs [1]

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-galaxy-note-8-facial-...

Re: iPhone X

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Post by sosborn »

thsowers wrote: post #14
capkutay wrote: post #4

I have a suspicion that removing the home button and relying on swipe-interactions might be a step back in usability for the non-tech savvy people who have made up a large share of iPhone users.

The presenter claims that once you've tried it for the first time you will realize that it was the best way. I agree with you and think that it's quite an assumption. Sure the homebutton may of created problems when it needed repair etc, but I really love having actual hardware buttons on a phone.

iPhone 7 solved the broken home button and to me it is perfect.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by mtgx »

matthberg wrote: post #87

It's interesting how Apple is moving away from being the first phone with a feature (face id, Samsung did that before, or oled displays that are edge to edge). I think the shift from that innovation is a maturing step, but also a sign that the company is aging poorly. They can no longer claim to be leading with creation, just with quality. More and more the focus in smartphone development, not just Apple, is on being…

Samsung's face recognition software was hacked from day one. Not only did, it was hacked with a 2D picture, something that was also shown possible since 2011, when Google first introduced face recognition. It's like Samsung didn't even bother to improve it at all.

Being first with a crappy solution is not exactly ideal, either. We'll see if Apple's solution is that much better - I don't really trust any face recognition tech, but the 1:1,000,000 FAR ratio vs 1:50,000 for fingerprint looks promising at least.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by Shikadi »

oculusthrift wrote: post #60
bspn wrote: post #11

Face ID. I'd swear this was satire if I wasn't watching it with my own eyes.

what if it is dark? this guy even had issues just using it on stage

It probably uses an IR light source to illuminate your face invisibly. Trouble on stage may have been from stage lighting drowning out the IR, though that parts just speculation. I didn't watch

Re: iPhone X

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

The Animoji thing is surprisingly neat. I was all prepped to make fun of it when they put the name on the screen, but that's just... really really neat.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by function_seven »

oculusthrift wrote: post #60
bspn wrote: post #11

Face ID. I'd swear this was satire if I wasn't watching it with my own eyes.

what if it is dark? this guy even had issues just using it on stage

It uses an infrared camera, dot projector, and floodlight. It doesn’t appear to rely on ambient lighting.

But the guy did have issues on stage...

Re: iPhone X

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Post by gschrader »

balls187 wrote: post #25
rukittenme wrote: post #5

They put that stupid black thing at the top of the phone...

Unsure why this was downvoted, but that black bar at the top really ruins the "full screen" effect.

I hope by the time I upgrade they figure out how to get the screen overtop all the cameras. The black section looks horrible.
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