Face ID is so nice to use. I miss it when I sit down with my iPad or at my iMac.
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iOS 11.3 Firmware Subtly Hints at iPad With Face ID
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Your "palm" will also cover the screen and you have to keep moving it to see what's under it. Bad decision this.
Don't need FaceID as much as multi-user support on iPads. I also worry that the loss of home button will make the iPads unusable by children. The home button allows my children to always get back to home base and correct problems. Gestures are not intuitive in the same way.
Also defacing a supposed work machine with that notch is a bad idea. My laptop doesn't need a notch for a camera or anything else. If Apple wants me to do work on an iPad - no notch please.
Also defacing a supposed work machine with that notch is a bad idea. My laptop doesn't need a notch for a camera or anything else. If Apple wants me to do work on an iPad - no notch please.
They will have to modify Face ID a bit so it works sideways and upside down, which it doesn't do yet.
The notch is here to stay in iPhones for awhile.
iPads need bezels so you can hold them. The iPhone X form factor just doesn't work as a tablet.
and yeah, notches suck. I'd much rather have a bezel that goes across the entire top of the device.
and yeah, notches suck. I'd much rather have a bezel that goes across the entire top of the device.
'Just avoid holding it in that way.'
https://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/apple-responds-over-iphone-4-reception-issues-youre-holding-th/
If you're using TouchID to store multiple person's fingerprints you're doing it wrong. Craig Federighi said TouchID was designed to be used for multiple fingers on one user, not to allow for multiple different users. It is an unsupported workaround.
No reason FaceID couldn't be programmed to recognize multiple users though, it is just Apple's decision to limit it to a single person for now.
In the home maybe, and perhaps a 2nd gen FaceID will allow for multiple faces. I'm more concerned with usability for my myriad users of different ages.
I don't know. I think I'd rather have more screen with a notch than less screen without the notch.
So your logic is to not buy anything new now and just wait for when we have no notch in 3 years?
Looks like a logical progression for a new iPad revision.... Personally though? I've lost a lot of interest in the iPad. I have a 9.7" iPad Pro and it's a good device -- but not one I feel any need to update regularly. I typically use it only when riding on the train, commuting, which I don't find myself doing as often as I used to. Even then? I was mainly using it to read news sites and the online version of our local paper, to listen to music via linked Bluetooth headphones, or to check email or do light web surfing. The Apple Pencil enables a few neat "tricks" like letting people sign electronic documents saved on the iPad as PDF files, or signing for credit card payments with Square more easily. But that's stuff I only rarely have a need for.
I'll probably just keep on using it until it breaks or gets so outdated, it can't run the apps I want to use anymore. No matter what Apple tries to say about the iPad, it's still really just an iPhone with a big display and no cellular phone chipset inside it. Apps for iOS don't get me as far as OS X apps do.
I'll probably just keep on using it until it breaks or gets so outdated, it can't run the apps I want to use anymore. No matter what Apple tries to say about the iPad, it's still really just an iPhone with a big display and no cellular phone chipset inside it. Apps for iOS don't get me as far as OS X apps do.
I know you’re enthusiastic about the iPhone X, but dayummm!
For me, I’m thinking: This is a tablet, not a phone. There’s a bit of a difference in how we grip them and position them for use. I admit to having a hard time seeing myself comfortable with an iPad that looks somewhat like a larger version of the X. I definitely would not want the notch on a tablet. I’d want a nice even rectangle.
I’m not entirely sure Face ID would always be the most convenient method to unlock a tablet, in all circumstances so I’m hoping there will be enough room to keep Touch ID in there, too, though I’m not holding my breath.
Gesture based interactions would be good for most of us, but looking at how my in-laws use their iPads, I do still think they could cause difficulties for the elderly and young people with problems with manual dexterity, so I hope there are accessibility settings to help.
Oh well, Apple is clearly on a path with a commitment to a particular vision and won’t be taking my input, so my opinions are all moot. It’s fun to discuss, though.
I hope my Mini 4 lasts me a good number of years more. I have a 9.5” IPad Pro but still find it too large and unwieldy for most of my uses. I stick to it for art.
No one needs a notch when they can fit the sensors just fine...
That is just to show its 'cool-factor.'
Who really controls the screen from the top all the time anyway, apart from those time u need to access Notification center to give a valid point "The notch gets in the way"
