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Apple's Greg Joswiak Talks iPhone X Face ID, Display and A11 Chip
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I have yet to watch anything that fills up the screen to that dimension. The notch isn't even blocking almost all videos unless you are watching cinema ratio movies, or zooming in, which cuts off the top and bottom of the video, which is way more annoying than the notch.
True story. Apple also knew FaceID would be another marketing opportunity and the whole notch tech could be used in MANY other ways besides phone authentication.
Remember kids, it wasn’t simply TouchID for FaceID. It was TouchID for FaceID and many other things that haven’t even been developed. This 3D sensing tech is in its very early innings. FaceID is just one function.
They should add a notch to the bottom and sides too, fanboys will rejoice 4x.
I just got my X a few days ago. The notch doesn't bother me surprisingly but I don't watch movies on it. FaceID has worked pretty well even lying down. I still don't think the notch is aesthetically pleasing and still surprised Apple did it.
I don't like the swipe up from the bottom to unlock though, need to be able to swipe up from the middle where the thumb normally is and they could just make a long press for bringing up notifications
I want a Spark and a Switch. Going to try and get a Spark next year.
I don't like the swipe up from the bottom to unlock though, need to be able to swipe up from the middle where the thumb normally is and they could just make a long press for bringing up notifications
I want a Spark and a Switch. Going to try and get a Spark next year.
Well I have 2 things to say about this article.
1. Of course Apple experimented with Touch ID under the screen. A company is going to explore MANY options with technology to see what works and what doesn't. This is just basic R&D. Apple most likely feels that admitting that will be seen as failure so they've required these guys to repeat the company line that they never intended it to be there from the beginning. This is marketing 101, guys.
2. I'm personally sad that they spent so much time “engineering” the screen to dull the colors down. I love the saturated colors of the Samsung display and I was really underwhelmed by the X's screen. I honestly like the 8's screen colors better than the X which is why I bought it instead. I'm sure my opinion is in the minority here, though. I still love Touch ID too.
1. Of course Apple experimented with Touch ID under the screen. A company is going to explore MANY options with technology to see what works and what doesn't. This is just basic R&D. Apple most likely feels that admitting that will be seen as failure so they've required these guys to repeat the company line that they never intended it to be there from the beginning. This is marketing 101, guys.
2. I'm personally sad that they spent so much time “engineering” the screen to dull the colors down. I love the saturated colors of the Samsung display and I was really underwhelmed by the X's screen. I honestly like the 8's screen colors better than the X which is why I bought it instead. I'm sure my opinion is in the minority here, though. I still love Touch ID too.
It learns. Just type in your code when it fails and it will update your face based on the failed conditions. Last week it wouldn’t recognise me in bed, this week it works without fail.I think I need to redo face ID and do it while lying down with my double chins. It fails probably at least 50% the time for me and pretty much always when I'm lying down. Miss touch ID and my headphone jack.
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The notch doesn’t show when you watch video. Unless you zoom in of course.
Until they mandate all apps must utilize the full screen's real estate, it is not much different than the 8, sadly.
The apps are basically behaving like the 6s that I had with blank screen space above and below.
The apps are basically behaving like the 6s that I had with blank screen space above and below.
Just make the frame at the top bigger (or the screen smaller). The notch is annoying and the only reason I am not buying the X (had every iPhone since the 1st one so far).
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.
Seems they went all in on chips and software, but forgot to involve the dudes from the Apple Design Team
Chip and software dudes: "Of course it will be fine if we cut out some of the screen to put in these awesome chips!" lol
You’re basically saying cut off the ears and make the bezel full width. If they wanted to do that, they would have done it this year. Instead, they opted to utilize what would otherwise be wasted space, by adding the ears.
They prototyped both versions, then decided on the notch. Though you dislike it, it’ll be here for the foreseeable future. Other manufacturers such as Samsung and LG do offer what you want, if Android is an option you’d consider.
I moved from a 5s to the X, last month. The biggest difference by far is the screen and camera quality. Functionally, I'm not sure it does anything that the old phone didn't do.
Face ID works well for me but the fact that it just leaves you on a home screen and doesn't take you back to where you were before is very, very annoying. I'm guessing the need for it to tell you to "swipe up" is related to patents because I can't see what it's purpose is.
Most annoying though is the difference in the way gestures work on the iPhone X and the new iPad. They are so different that they feel like they were designed by two different companies.
Face ID works well for me but the fact that it just leaves you on a home screen and doesn't take you back to where you were before is very, very annoying. I'm guessing the need for it to tell you to "swipe up" is related to patents because I can't see what it's purpose is.
Most annoying though is the difference in the way gestures work on the iPhone X and the new iPad. They are so different that they feel like they were designed by two different companies.
I keep hearing people say the notch is no big deal; that it's not long before they "don't even notice it." You know what I haven't heard yet?
"Boy, this notch looks great!"
"The notch really makes this phone look better"
"I was convinced to buy after seeing the notch"
I wouldn't be surprised if this was the first and only iPhone with the notch. Nor would I be surprised if it wasn't, though. I will be surprised if it becomes popular across many different phones over the next 2 years.
"Boy, this notch looks great!"
"The notch really makes this phone look better"
"I was convinced to buy after seeing the notch"
I wouldn't be surprised if this was the first and only iPhone with the notch. Nor would I be surprised if it wasn't, though. I will be surprised if it becomes popular across many different phones over the next 2 years.
I think iPhone 8 would be a better option if it’d had the dual camera (plus is too big for me). And yes basically cutting the ears would be preferable.
Oaaaah Tim, soo excited.
Man, that Notch revived the software industry.
Actually it saved us out of that terrible Notchless Era as only Joni could have done.
It is the Shape of Things to Come
NOT
Man, that Notch revived the software industry.
Actually it saved us out of that terrible Notchless Era as only Joni could have done.
It is the Shape of Things to Come
NOT
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Still more secure than Touch ID though.
For fooling Touch ID you need a fingerprint and $ 0.05 worth of conductive silicone. The rest should be obvious and has been demonstrated multiple times.
For fooling Face ID you need a professional mask making team, 3D scans of the person's face, high quality 2D iris pictures and some luck to get in within your 5 tries.
Nothing will come close to a strong alphanumeric password, but who would use that every time he's unlocking a phone? With my notebooks/PCs I don't have that issue, they get unlocked less frequently and mostly in a normal typing position, which makes it a 1 second thing. Typing my current PC password on a smartphone would be horrible.