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Re: iPhone X

#153

I can't believe that video plays "under" the notch. I would have bet money that they would have blacked out the status bar during video playback.

Charitably, I assume if you’re holding the phone with no bezel, your thumb has to cover up part of the screen anyway. So it’ll cover that space.

Otherwise that’s the dumbest design decision I’ve ever seen them make on the iPhone hardware. It’s worse than the protruding camera that they STILL have.

Re: iPhone X

#154

I can't believe that video plays "under" the notch. I would have bet money that they would have blacked out the status bar during video playback.

Watch for the inevitable explosion of videos with important content (like "Apple sucks") placed in such a way that it will be hidden behind the notch.

Re: iPhone X

#155

I can't believe that video plays "under" the notch. I would have bet money that they would have blacked out the status bar during video playback.

I'm sure they're going to let you make the status bar black to make the notch seamless.

Re: iPhone X

#156

Probably not a good sign that FaceID failed on stage for Craig on his first try (had to use a passcode to log in) during the demo.

I don't think it failed, it just said you had to use passcode on first login after restart, just like the touchID

It totally failed, those guys repeat those demos for months and there is absolutely no way the phone was in such a state.

Re: iPhone X

#157

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…

Apple has never been first with any feature, don't know what gave you that impression.

Not even copy and paste.

Re: iPhone X

#158
post #108

That AI chip that runs 600 billion instructions per second - is that just for FaceID or can it be programmed?

I believe they said it was also used with their CoreML library and ARKit.

Re: iPhone X

#159
Finally, wireless charging, they even support standard Qi, but how are they making Qi work like a power mat?

Re: iPhone X

#160
post #11

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

A little surprising given all of their previous talk about "Leading innovation in security" to pick a technology that is inherently insecure

Unsure about the downvotes, do you really buy Apples 1 in a million numbers here? Really? This tech has proven to be unreliable before and is nothing more than security theater and for a minor convenience
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