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Re: iPhone X

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Post by jordache »

marcell wrote: post #30

FaceID seems pretty impressive, if it works as advertised, and it sounds like they've thought of a lot of edge cases. I can't get over the black bar at the top of iPhone X though. It looks like it has devil horns...

You got all of that from a press event? reallY?

Re: iPhone X

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Post by protomyth »

I fail to see how this Face ID will work in a North Dakota winter or on the ski slope.

// And they had a demo failure on their new unlock and swipe up for home.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by chrisked »

danijelb wrote: post #22

FaceID shows the difference between Apple and other smartphone manufacturers. Apple doesn't release features until they are absolutely sure they can engineer them to work perfectly.

it just didn't work twice live on stage.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by davrosthedalek »

davrosthedalek wrote: post #17
bspn wrote: post #11

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

CCC hack of face id arriving in 5..4..3...

Why the downvote? All of these system have been proved easy to trick. Do you really think depth perception is a real hurdle? 3d printers do exist. It is based on IR detection of projected points, so you might even be able to fake it with a specially prepared photo (for example with holes for the ir points) and an ir source behind it.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by seanalltogether »

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.

They just showed a full screen video and the black bar was blocking part of the video. This looks really bad while demoing with views animated in real time.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by aecorredor »

chris_7 wrote: post #13

I unlock my phone in my pocket with Touch ID all the time - ready to go and on the home screen by the time I've flipped it around in my hand. Feels like a straight downgrade in usability. also, some engineer at apple had to continuously grow a beard to test this

Ok, the guy demoing the iPhone X just had to switch to the backup phone because the Face ID on the first one didn't work quite smoothly.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by adamb_ »

Initial demo for Face ID failed -- Obviously less than ideal when trying to convince your audience that "it just works".

Re: iPhone X

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Post by selectodude »

WillKirkby wrote: post #46
chris_7 wrote: post #13

I unlock my phone in my pocket with Touch ID all the time - ready to go and on the home screen by the time I've flipped it around in my hand. Feels like a straight downgrade in usability. also, some engineer at apple had to continuously grow a beard to test this

For people using Apple Pay on the Oyster network in London, the speed of face recognition is absolutely gonna make or break this.

Just auth before you get to the turnstile.
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