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Re: iPhone X

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Post by King-Aaron »

geodel wrote: post #801
mortenjorck wrote: post #439

I can understand the compromise of the "notch" for the sensor bar in portrait-oriented UIs. Some thoughtful juggling of the status bar, some added interaction, and you're all set. A reasonable trade-off. What I cannot understand at all is the compromise in landscape mode, for games and video. Rather than just black out the uneven area and limit the drawable area to the largest unbroken rectangle, everything Apple sho…

Well I think the notch at top of iPhone X is to make it a top notch phone.

Collect your last cheque from the front desk and get out

Re: iPhone X

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Post by nodesocket »

Do we have any idea what carriers like Verizon will charge to lease the X? I am currently paying $109 all in for 4GB of data and unlimited calls and txt. Phone is iPhone 7 128GB.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by cududa »

nom wrote: post #776

So how secure is FaceID actually? It does a 3d scan like the Microsoft Kinect and maybe gathers some more light information in the infrared sprectrum, but that can easily be circumvented with advanced 3D printing. They even demonstrate that it recognizes you with facial modification like a new beard, a new haircut or a new pair of glasses. By bet it that this technology is totally overblown and circumvented quickly.

With the Kinect "sign in to profile with your face" we made sure the person had a heartbeat - there's minute color fluctuations in your face that actually allow you to discern heart rate/ BPMs.

That was using primesense. Apple bought primesense. I'm sure they're doing something similar

Re: iPhone X

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Post by MBCook »

bhnmmhmd wrote: post #279
alkonaut wrote: post #257

Can't help wondering what the next model will be called given what a dead end "X" is. After OS X they never went to 11. They codenamed the 10.N versions but it doesn't seem likely with a "iPhone X 10.2 mushroom badger"-type name. Best guess: they'll just call it the iPhone next year. Like some other products they'll just use the model year to distinguish. Guessing we won't even see the "iPhone XS", it'll just be "iPh…

My question is: What are they going to call the normal iPhone after iPhone 9? iPhone 10?

My guess is that next year they drop the numbers and it just becomes the iPhone, the iPhone plus, and the iPhone X (or something similar).

Re: iPhone X

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Post by MBCook »

parthdesai wrote: post #295

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

Given leaked benchmarks for the new A11 chip this phone may be faster than a MacBook Air.

I'm pretty sure the 10.5 inch iPad Pro already is.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by zaroth »

lojack wrote: post #828
zaroth wrote: post #782

They make is so easy to login to the phone -- I'm still waiting for the ability to add multiple users. When I hand my phone to my daughter she should see her apps, my son, his. And when I hand my phone to my wife, she should unlock it and see.... her phone . If 256GB local storage and 11ac WiFi isn't enough storage and bandwidth to make this easy, I would be OK if it only kept the last GB of the camera roll. Of cours…

What does my twin brother see when I hand him my phone?

Even identical twins might not have facial features (due to body fat percentage differences or sun exposure) which are close enough to fool it.

It's an interesting question how exactly the device switches to the remote profile mode versus an "authentication failed" route. If the profile has never existed on the device you'll need permission from someone who is live on the device (in other words you need to get past the lock screen) to retrieve a new profile.

But if two profiles are live on a device owned by identical twins who can't be distinguished by FaceID -- perhaps detected by trying to authenticate the human to both profiles and seeing if both pass -- you're going to need a PIN (or something else) to distinguish them.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by MBCook »

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #124

All this time I'm wondering... Why should I buy this phone? Honestly, there's noting convincing in it.

It's all about your priorities.

For me? Having a phone is basically the same size but with a bigger screen is a great win, as is the improved contrast and visual quality.

I can tell you TrueTone fantastic from using it on my iPad.

I've wanted the camera system from the plus size phones but again I didn't want to phone that large. So to be able to get an improved version of that in a phone that's almost the same size? That's another big win.

The rest is just bonus.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by gxs »

Sgt_Apone wrote: post #794
goberoi wrote: post #211

Can the new camera technology be used to map spaces as big as rooms? If so, this could be game changing for allowing the creation of VR spaces quickly and inexpensively. E.g., play a VR game in your real house after mapping it with your iPhone X. Or better, do a detailed remodel in VR before doing it in real life. A lot of commercial uses of VR technology (e.g., construction, industrial design, etc.) can benefit from…

Someone has already built a measuring tape app out of this thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQpEWv9_6Cg . Not exactly mapping as you're describing, but it's an interesting use case.

Interesting - thanks for sharing.

I actually thought the trajectory app was pretty cool.

Re: iPhone X

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Post by pen2l »

mortenjorck wrote: post #439

I can understand the compromise of the "notch" for the sensor bar in portrait-oriented UIs. Some thoughtful juggling of the status bar, some added interaction, and you're all set. A reasonable trade-off. What I cannot understand at all is the compromise in landscape mode, for games and video. Rather than just black out the uneven area and limit the drawable area to the largest unbroken rectangle, everything Apple sho…

Did anyone else notice the false/misleading images in their promotional media?

https://images.apple.com/media/us/iphone-x/2017/01df5b43-28e...

There is no camera bulge there... they just deleted it. This is not something I expect from Apple.

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