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Re: iPhone X

#91
post #4

I have a suspicion that removing the home button and relying on swipe-interactions might be a step back in usability for the non-tech savvy people who have made up a large share of iPhone users.

I think you're right. Swipe up to go home is fine, but swipe up and pause for multitasking is going to be a pain to explain to my parents.

Re: iPhone X

#92

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.

And it failed in the demo...

Well, the beauty of presentations... Touch ID also fails sometimes. The important thing is that your finger can't unlock my phone.

Re: iPhone X

#93

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

There is far worse they could do to you in that state that open your iPhone...

Biometric has the same issues regardless of touch or facial recognition.

Re: iPhone X

#94
post #4

I have a suspicion that removing the home button and relying on swipe-interactions might be a step back in usability for the non-tech savvy people who have made up a large share of iPhone users.

It reminds me of Motorola's option to remove Android's black button bar and rely instead of swiping gestures over the fingerprint reader [1]. I tried it and, to their credit, it works very well. But it felt unnatural and my muscle memory didn't adjust quickly, so I disabled it.

[1] https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/inde...

Re: iPhone X

#97
Face ID seems like a great way to build a global database of people's faces. Not saying they will, but if they wanted to, that would be the way to do it.

Re: iPhone X

#98
post #85

Woah, they skipped 9 just like Windows!

Not necessarily, X will likely be a sub-line for iPhone like "Air" was for Macbook. See: OSX

I'd agree with you if they called it "Ex", but they're calling it "ten"

Re: iPhone X

#99

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.

Nah, he used his backup iPhone and it worked!

Re: iPhone X

#100
Could we have a modicum of skepticism in repeating press releases?

>Thanks to this new design, the iPhone X is sealed for water and dust resistance.

So the iPhone 7, which does not use this design, was not water and dust resistant? I know this is a meta point, but it's annoying. Apple can say whatever they like in their releases, but it would be nice to have people familiar with the domain do a smell test on the content.

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