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Post by ihuman »

parthdesai wrote: post #295

$1320 CAD + tax for a phone. MacBook Air is cheaper than this. edit: meant CAD.

Where do you see $1320 + tax? The highest I can get it is $1,149.00 + tax for the 256GB version.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by alkonaut »

Karunamon wrote: post #233

I really don't see the extra $300 justification between this and the regular iPhone 8. A slightly better screen and better camera with otherwise similar specs. Edge to edge and face scanning emojis are neat , but I just can't justify that kind of spend for it. That, and I'm not all that jazzed about Face ID. Seems less secure than touch.

I'd have to see the oled next to the current screen to judge it.

That said: I go through at least a screen repair, maybe two, for a phone.

If I calculate the price of phone + 1 extra screen, it's probably looks even worse for the X.

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Post by sbov »

xvolter wrote: post #265

Are they aware that "Surgical‑grade stainless steel" means extremely cheap? Surgical‑grade stainless steel is designed to be single-use. They advertise their phone as having steel that is good enough to use once?

Define "use". I've had a steel rod in my leg for 14 years now. I use my leg to walk more than I use my phone.

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Post by bhnmmhmd »

gbrown_ wrote: post #271

It seems like iPhone X would have been the perfect candidate to switch to USB-C. I had thought this would have been a long time coming given the USB-C only approach on MacBooks, yet it remains curiously absent. I really don't understand the fracture in the Apple ecosystem in regards to connectivity here. Can anyone enlighten me as to why Apple are still using the Lightening connector here?

Honestly, when Tim said "one more thing", I thought they're going to introduce a whole new line of products, like the Surface Phone we've heard rumors of. A device that only looks like a phone, but is in fact, a whole PC. iPhone X proved to be just another iPhone, nothing more.

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Post by saagarjha »

humbleMouse wrote: post #58

Another reason to keep using my iphone-5s. New phones are way too big, and I love the home button. If I was forced to upgrade I'd get the iphone 7 se (the mini one)

iPhone SE, you mean. It's the same on that came out alongside iPhone 6S.

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Post by KZeillmann »

How does the "Home" gesture work with games that require gestures? If someone has a game that requires flicking items upward from the bottom of the screen, will that now be impossible? I don't have an iPhone, but I'm assuming that games like Flippy Knife and Flip Master, currently #1 and #2 on the Play store, could run into issues.

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Post by sunsetMurk »

ctdonath wrote: post #284

Projector-based 3D face recognition. Nifty. Shines an IR dot pattern onto the face, recognizes with that, works in the dark. Seems on continuously, wonder how much power draw.

I'd bet ~30 days with this in the public's hands we will see headlines like "How to beat iPhone's facial recognition with X". There are some crafty folks out there--

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Post by johnl1479 »

samrohn778 wrote: post #294

iPhone X has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained. What does this in disclaimer section means?

It hasn't been approved by the FCC for sale in the United States.
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