Animoji on any iPhone..... Not just the X ?

[Piggie]

Interesting of Apple to have done this if true....
And a shame

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/11/only-the-iphone-x-got-animoji-apparently-for-no-good-reason/

Wonder if, after the X hype has died down they will enable it on other iPhones also?

 

[boshii]

I can see Apple doing this to make the X be more exclusive.

I don't think they'll bring it to phones released prior to the X, especially since they're saying it requires the True Depth camera.

 

[xxray]

"Update: Talked to Apple about Animoji: It does actually use data from the IR and depth sensors for better accuracy. Apple told me they wouldn’t want a worse Animoji experience for other iPhones without those sensors.

So the in-video experiment was still valid - Animoji technically still works when I cover those sensors… but wouldn’t be up to Apple’s standards for detail and facial expression. So they kept it iPhone X only."

-MKBHD

https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/930871683052920832

 

[Regime2008]

I'd like to see a comparison of with/without the sensors covered up. Would be a shame if the results were indistinguishable.

 

[Extoll]

I tried this last night. With just the camera the Animoji seem to lag and not as on point with movements. Once you uncover the other sensors the lag goes away and animojis flow like they should. Also with just the camera animojis they seem slower to find the face when starting out and even worst lag. I don't think the lag would kill the experience but the slight hit to movement and eyes and stuff would

 

[lordofthereef]

4s got Siri while the jailbreak community got her working just fine on the 4. Probably some other examples.

It is what it is. I honestly don’t see Animoji being a major selling point for a $1k phone but I have been wrong before lol.

 

[urkel]

It sucks to imagine these design meetings where someone suggests a more refined next gen iPhone 7+ body with Dual Optical Image Stabilization, a swipable TouchID Pad, smaller bezels, FaceID and even Animoji. But then an accountant says “Nope. We want to make sure the expensive phone has enough things to brag about so just photocopy last years stuff and add a new shade of Space Gray.

 

[Piggie]

I always hurts when any company deliberately makes something worse than they can/could do for marketing purposes.

I come from the era when a companies no.1 goal, was to push and push, and generally over-reach in an attempt to really offer the very pinnacle of what they are able to achieve.

Something like the Amiga would be a good example of creating the almost impossible at the time.

To tell those companies back then, that you hold things back would be unthinkable.

Perhaps if Apple, in a few years equip all their phones with all the sensors currently only in the X model, then this will be a non issue.

 

[C DM]

I always hurts when any company deliberately makes something worse than they can/could do for marketing purposes.

I come from the era when a companies no.1 goal, was to push and push, and generally over-reach in an attempt to really offer the very pinnacle of what they are able to achieve.

Something like the Amiga would be a good example of creating the almost impossible at the time.

To tell those companies back then, that you hold things back would be unthinkable.

Perhaps if Apple, in a few years equip all their phones with all the sensors currently only in the X model, then this will be a non issue.

How did they make it worse when they tried to make it better rather than worse?

 

[Piggie]

How did they make it worse when they tried to make it better rather than worse?

I was speaking in general.
We all know these days it's the money guys who have a big say on something.

And let's not even talk about 5,400 rpm hdd's in very expensive iMacs.
It makes me shudder when I hear people on stage coming out with the "We make the very best we can" statement, when you or I can buy something off Amazon to make this "so called best they can make" product better.