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Re: iPhone X

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Post by wmeredith »

dangjc wrote: post #378

Why are people comfortable carrying a $1000 piece of equipment that can be dropped or stolen in an instant in their pocket? My Nexus6p takes great pictures, runs everything smoothly, and I don't have to freak out as much if the $350 suddenly vanishes.

Plenty of people wear watches/jewelry that are worth more than this. My wallet, sans cash, is arguably worth more than $1000 to me if I had to replace everything in it. The value extracted from carrying the thing around is obviously worth more than the risk.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by TekMol »

Both the 8 and the X have the pressure sensitivity "3D Touch". Is that actually useful? To the HN users with iPhones: Do you use it?

Re: iPhone X

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Post by Helmet »

hfourm wrote: post #357
pritambarhate wrote: post #322

Do you think phones are a "done" thing? I mean what we are seeing these days is more of an evolution than revolution. With iPhone X I think we know what the phone industry will move towards for next 4 years. All these features are cool and somewhat exciting but nothing groundbreaking that will change computing/communications forever. VR was supposed to be the game changer but it appears that it will also take around…

I really wish a phone company would just make a "macbook pro" of the phone world. Something where the hardware and battery can keep up with the OS for the next 4 years. Something where every new OS release isn't destroying my performance, and maybe even MAKING my performance better. We are getting all this new tech in the phone space, faster processors, more ram, etc. But prices keep going up for "premium" experience…

You just described iphone....seriously, my iphone 5 still works great, as does my 2012 macbook pro (admittedly, i swapped in a ssd + ram)

Re: iPhone X

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Post by BinaryIdiot »

joeld42 wrote: post #316
KZeillmann wrote: post #308

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.

A swipe up that starts past the edge of the screen is already a different gesture than a regular swipe. It works the same way as the current phone (swipe up from bottom brings up the "control center").

Sorta. I've constantly opened the notifications or the control center on current and past iPhones in games that require swiping. Maybe I'm not precise enough when playing but I do it so frequently that I'm pretty confident I would accidentally close some apps in this case.

Still, I'm glad they're trying something different. I'm curious how it turns out.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by pi-rat »

sixothree wrote: post #435
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.

Can be used by police to unlock your phone by pointing it at your face.

Sure, but it might be stronger than fingerprints. If your eyes look away it won't unlock.

Also, there's a "cop button", in iOS 11 you can disable touch/face id by pressing the power button quickly 5 times.

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Post by lagadu »

mementomori wrote: post #62

Someone can drug me and hold the phone in front of my unconscious face to access all my data?

If someone is willing to do that to you, odds are that they're also willing to apply a crowbar to your limbs should you fail to comply with unlocking the phone.

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Post by coldtea »

godzillabrennus wrote: post #392
nunez wrote: post #362

These keynotes were magical before leakers leaked everything. I'm wondering if Apple should scrap these and aim for smaller, unplanned releases instead. As far as this phone goes, I am really excited to see how it stacks up to the Galaxy S8. Face ID is incredibly enticing, but Samsung Pay is much more universal. The only thing that is making me want to retreat back to an iPhone is its inferior Bluetooth audio quality…

Yeah the leaks gave this entire presentation away. We are at peak Apple. If I may borrow a similar peak story I'd look at Microsoft and the release of Windows XP. Balmer banked on that cash cow for far too long. Tim Cook is doing the same thing here. They need to buy Tesla and put Musk in charge of Apple. Everything they do these days is just another way to milk the money machine for them. They need a world class mic…

Because random advice from internet armchair experts would have worked wonders for them in the past have they followed it. I mean they're only breaking record after record, poor them...

Re: iPhone X

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Post by skc »

bdibs wrote: post #468
skc wrote: post #418

I'm wondering if it's easier or harder for cops to forcefully unlock your phone using faceID or touchID

iOS 11 comes with a nice feature to temporarily disable Face and Touch ID if you're ever in this type of situation. Tap the power button 5 times and that's it.

Yes but reaching for your phone can be lethal at least in the US.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by scarlac »

mads wrote: post #438

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Fellow Scandinavian here. Apple has talked a lot about privacy and security in last couple of years, both on stage and off stage. I'd even go as far ans say it's probably one of the topics they've been most vocal about off-stage.

What's your specific privacy concern in relation to the presentation given?

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