You’re paying 350 USD to remove the bezels and replace Touch ID with Face ID, and increasing your insurance/repair costs. If that’s what you want then more power to you.
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AT&T Confirms iPhone X Demand 'Has Been Strong' Following 'Highly-Anticipated' Launch
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Looks like the scalpers aren't getting their high profit dreams either. The phones aren't selling for much more than retail price on eBay. Given the fees and PayPal fees, I doubt they'll make a dime.
Sure you have a couple choices. One use passcode only. That is the most secure of all. Or remove passcode and use phone without any security.
These choices have been available on all iPhones since passcode was first used and you have these choices on the iPhone X.
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Good, maybe start putting an end to this scalping.
Nope not this year. The line waiters killed the scalpers especially after everyone realized there was just enough supply to keep people happy.
Go you. Millions have shown they're totally cool with the new tech. As most have said, it works so seamlessly, they forget it's even there. Have fun pressing your button.
Who cares? Lol it’s still fast. It’s what? A second or 2 difference? Are you just trying to justify and nitpick why people shouldn’t be buying a thousand dollar phone?
I hear one 8 iphone was sold to someone. The X has eclipsed the 8 7 6 world.
AT&T chief John Donovan has confirmed that demand for the iPhone X has been "strong" following the device's "highly-anticipated" launch in the United States and over 50 other countries just four days ago.
"All the signs are that customers love it. It's probably the most highly-anticipated version... and demand has been strong. So we're pleased," Donovan said at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Portugal, per CNBC.
Apple no longer provides first weekend sales numbers for iPhone launches, and it doesn't reveal iPhone sales on a model-by-model basis in its quarterly earnings results, but it did say pre-order demand was "off the charts."Apple's guidance for the current quarter is between $84 billion and $87 billion, which would easily be an all-time record even at the lower end of that range, suggesting that iPhone X sales are and will remain very strong.
Localytics, a mobile engagement platform used by more than 37,000 apps, said iPhone X adoption outpaced iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus adoption over the first three days of availability following each device's respective launches.
iPhone X online orders placed today are estimated to ship in 3-4 weeks around the world. The device is also available to purchase in stores, but inventory is extremely limited right now, especially outside of the United States.
Article Link: AT&T Confirms iPhone X Demand 'Has Been Strong' Following 'Highly-Anticipated' Launch
As an absolute value, yes, it can be slower. As a practical value, it's immaterial. I may be unimaginative so forgive me, but there's no practical or appreciable value in Touch ID being fractions of a second faster than Face ID. Touch ID's speed vs Face ID's speed is a virtual tech paper tiger. Besides it literally doesn't matter unless you're running around drag racing people on biometric id speeds. If you are doing that, you gonna have to let me get in on some of that action. I will add speed holes and a turbo charger to my fp scanner.
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A. Apple increased the price by 54% ($350).
B. The YouTube reviews have been lukewarm.
Is $87B in revenue guidance for Q1 "strong" enough for you?
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You really think the majority of the population makes buying decisions based on YouTube reviews, which by the way, have actually been more positive than lukewarm? Almost 0 of any meaningful channels have been negative.
Apple guided for $87B which means they:
A. Expect huge demand for iPhone X
B. Expect to be able to ship those orders
C. Put to rest any supply concerns
You can get to the "Accessibility" menu and turn off having to press on the home button for the touchid. I can just place my finger on the Touch ID sensor and the phone unlocks already. Way faster than touchid on the X. Plus I can feel for the button also while 8+ is in my pocket so phone is unlocked and ready to go every time I take out of my pocket. With faceid, if I'm wearing my Maui Jims in bright sunlight, I have to either move my sunglasses out of the way or change how I'm standing so the sunlight isn't hitting the X at a certain angle. It's just a PITA...
The narrower screen size is another annoyance. Feels like a repeat of going from 4s to the 5 where majority of my apps are unoptimized and the screen feels as small as the non-plus models...
If anyone remembers, some apps took until the 5s before they were finally optimized for the larger screen...
OLED. Much higher resolution screen. New design. Dual image stabilization. Better cameras. The front camera module does and will do more than FaceID.
But let's keep saying it's just FaceID, no bezels, and more money.
No, because they are an indicator of feedback from the innovators / early adopters, not the majority. There views will be mainstream in the future.
Nope. It was a well known widespread issue with AT&T. I was at home.
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Lol, partly, but regardless, my reply was towards AT&T.
LOL. Source?
Demand does equal revenue for Apple. People demand it, Apple produces like no other, and people buy it. Apple has historically reported very LOW return numbers. Someone can check me on it, but I believe Cook has said it's well under 0.5% and satisfaction is consistently well over 92-94%.
Seriously, ALL of you acting like this X has been anything short of a ROUSING success are just haters, short, or both.
Did you just see the quarter Apple put up WITHOUT the X and just 2 weeks of the iPhone 8 and Watch 3? They were selling old everything and just beat profit by nearly a billion dollars.
I am predicting Apple gets close to $100B in sales this quarter. People have already forgotten Homepod will be in the mix as well as The 8, X, and Watch 3. They did almost $80B last Q1 and people expected doom because of "weak" iPhone 7 demand.
Lewis from Unbox Therapy and Marques Brownlee have both been lukewarm, with a both failing to say the phone is worth the price.
Considerable being the operative word here, just like the description 'has been strong' in the title is meaningless. Your description is qualitative or subjective, can you quantify the slowness, and how it hinders the user experience?
Some additional insight from a former insider that you might find interesting: After the debacle of the iPhone 3G launch on carrier activation systems, Apple started letting select members of each major carrier stress test the activation system at least 30 days in advance of a launch. Lots of NDA's are signed etc, and these people are told in advance of an iPhone launch in order to prep the systems. It is a coordinated test between Apple and the carriers, so it's not ENTIRELY on the carrier.
Want to guess how much extra activation traffic AT&T gets on iPhone launch day? 82 Times normal levels.
I think AT&T has done pretty well with this stress testing the past few years, but they obviously failed with the iPhone X. Perhaps they didn't think it would be more than iPhone 8 levels and they set capacity for lower levels. That would be my best guess. They messed up. As huge as AT&T is with hundreds of thousands of employees, the actual number who work in Mobility HQ is quite small. Small teams like Apple.
Looks like X isn’t for you then. That’s OK. You have choices.
Yup, except for the need to keep trying faceid, I am loving the X