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Apple's Greg Joswiak Talks iPhone X Face ID, Display and A11 Chip
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1: External of the iPhone X is simply very beautiful design
2: Internal of the iPhone X is simply very bad layout: because it take lots of time to process to put all the parts together during manufacture process. - Maybe John Ive could study all those component parts and figure out what's the best ways to pack together to speed up manufacture process.
2: Internal of the iPhone X is simply very bad layout: because it take lots of time to process to put all the parts together during manufacture process. - Maybe John Ive could study all those component parts and figure out what's the best ways to pack together to speed up manufacture process.
Doing anything besides opening Apps it is. It’ll absolutely destroy anything on the market.
And I’m sure people will still believe Face ID was plan B because they couldn’t get Touch ID under the display.
My brother has an iPhone X and he keeps telling me how Face ID isn't as convenient as touch ID. Is he simply "holding it wrong" or do you really have to be at least within a certain distance and angle to unlock the phone with Face ID? He misses simply touching the phone to quickly check stuff on the phone vs having to lean over every time. This is especially true when working and the phone is laying flat on the desk or when he is driving (no, you shouldn't operate the phone while driving, but he kinda was proving his point with how Face ID may not have been thoroughly tested for every use case).
Loving the X, the jump from 6 was incredible. Overall, I'm happy with the purchase!
However, is anyone having trouble with front speaker crackle when ringtones/music is anywhere near high? I had to set it down 3-4 bars to ensure morning alarm doesn't blow the speaker. Just the front, bottom speaker is perfectly fine! (Or is this defective and I should get it replaced?)
This is a known issue. I definitely feel like i read an article about this just few weeks back. Not sure if apple acknowledged it or not.
Notch looks way worse in still photos than when you’re actually using the phone. I hardly ever notice it. The only time you really would is when using the phone in landscape. But other than watching video how frequently do people use the X in landscape? The example always given is Safari but I can’t remember the last time I used safari in landscape on my phone.
Based on what Federighi stated, Touch ID under the dislay was always Plan B, which they experimented with. However, once Face ID was operating as intended, Apple abandoned Touch ID altogether. The idea of Apple not incorporating Touch ID under the dislay because they couldn't do it was complete nonsense. They chose not to pursue that route.
https://daringfireball.net/2017/09/iphone_x_event_thoughts_and_observations
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Do I really have to list the reasons?
Edge to edge display (sans notch but it doesn't bother me)
Screen size (I don't like plus sized phones)
OLED display (huge upgrade)
The X is light years faster and more advanced processing power.
Better camera.
Just because you miss features of old things doesn't mean it's better to go back to said old thing. Just saying I miss them but I can get pass them. Clearly headphones most likely won't be an option in future smartphones anyway.
It’s incredibly important for some to believe Apple failed at TouchID under the display. I assume that’s because in their minds, it rationalizes Samsung’s multiple year failure to get its under display technology working. (Supposedly they will be stuck with their plan C fingerprint sensor on the back again next year.)
The A11 and FaceID were in development for several years, and the design of the X was locked in November 2016, just as the design of the 2018 iPhone X.2 is now locked. Despite all rumors to the contrary, the X was always going to have FaceID.
I agree with this comment. I was very surprised at the Verizon store who was pushing way too much to sell a Samsung. In fact during my stay at the store these guys were telling everyone that Samsung was way advanced and a a far better value for money. Do these guys work on commission?
The "controversial" notch isn't really an issue. It provides a starting point for the pull down Control Panel which is actually very handy.
My X has performed flawlessly. Face ID has been seamless and I really quite like it. Adapting to swipes vs. button really not an issue. No speaker issues. All in all quite remarkable.
My X has performed flawlessly. Face ID has been seamless and I really quite like it. Adapting to swipes vs. button really not an issue. No speaker issues. All in all quite remarkable.
I really wished apple had put Touch ID on the power/side button and crammed the camera etc all above the screen. Also at the same time I wished they had removed the rounded corners to provide an edge to edge display with only minor rounded screen edges. I also wished they had maintained a perfect 16.9 aspect ratio and let the screen drive the design around it. The bezels are also pretty large in the x. I doubt I can bring myself to once again buy a design that I feel is worse than other makers just because it's apple. I think like many my love affair is over, it's been a while for me to love the ID of apple products. I'm sad that both hardware and software have been getting worse, I hate android and windows too so I'm a bit out to sea right now. Apple being so slow to improve ID is really gonna hurt these next two years of a design I hate.
Tom's Guide today shared its list of "2017 Innovation Award Winners," which of course includes the iPhone X, among other products like the Nintendo Switch, the DJI Spark, and the Amazon Echo.
Apple's iPhone X took the Tom's Guide "Best Overall" award for its Super Retina Display, Face ID, and A11 Bionic chip, and the site's iPhone X writeup includes some interesting commentary from Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of product marketing.
For the iPhone X's Super Retina Display, which incorporates the first-ever OLED panel in an iOS device, Joswiak says Apple had to "do a lot of engineering" to come up with "panels that were better" to address traditional OLED issues like oversaturated colors.
The iPhone X is using its own color management system, a folding panel design that stacks circuits for minimal bezel, and other technology improvements to outshine competing smartphone displays.
Reiterating previous comments from Apple executives on Face ID, Joswiak says Touch ID was never planned for the iPhone X. Prior to the launch of the device, there were rumors suggesting Apple had tried and failed to embed Touch ID both under the display. Apple execs say Face ID was planned for the iPhone X from the beginning. "We had a line of sight on how to do real facial recognition, in a way never done before," said Joswiak.
The "notch" on the iPhone X, which some believe is a questionable design decision, houses what Joswiak says is "one of the most densely packed technology areas" Apple has done. The notch includes a 7-megapixel camera, an infrared camera, a flood illuminator, a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, a speaker, a microphone, and a dot projector, all of which powers the TrueDepth system that enables Face ID and other features like Animoji.
At the heart of the iPhone X, there's an A11 Bionic chip with two performance cores and four high-efficiency cores that work together to make the iPhone X incredibly fast. An included neural engine powers Face ID and other machine learning tasks, while an embedded M11 Motion coprocessor captures motion-based data.
Apple's chip team "worked hand in glove" with the rest of Apple's hardware and software teams to design chips that are "perfectly suited" for the iPhone X's feature set. "That's huge," said Joswiak. "No one else can match that," he added.
Josiwak's full commentary on the iPhone X, which includes additional details about each feature, can be read over at Tom's Guide. The Innovation Award list also highlights multiple other products across categories like Augmented Reality, TV, Graphics, Design, Game, Entertainment, CPU, Tablet, Peripheral, and more.
Article Link: Apple's Greg Joswiak Talks iPhone X Face ID, Display and A11 Chip
The notch is "one of the most densely packed technology areas" Apple has done".
So what? It is UGLY!
This isn't the best iPhone ever. Those will come next year.
lets outshine everyone in camera and screen....but lets not do it for battery life....thats not important, right guys?
Apple's chip team "worked hand in glove" with the rest of Apple's hardware and software teams to design chips that are "perfectly suited" for the iPhone X's feature set. "That's huge," said Joswiak. "No one else can match that," he added.
hand in glove.....hmm....
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hand in glove.....hmm....
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Me too! The screen is way to small on the 5.8