Its not. A product that costs £1149 and is visually bothering me is not silly. Its a valid reason.
Why paying so much money for a product that is going to bother you?
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iOS 11.3 Firmware Subtly Hints at iPad With Face ID
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Why paying so much money for a product that is going to bother you?
Notch/face ID seems to be a hot topic... Was horrible for me on the iphone 10, enough that I returned it.. Touch ID is much better for me... For the ipad face ID make more sense since I don't think you'll unlock with weird angles as you do with a phone... Windows Hello works flawless for me on my laptop, but I'm not holding with one hand and off to the side...
No no, you have every right not to buy something for whatever reason. It just seems silly to me because it's a great product and the notch is a non issue for those that have one. I don't even notice it. Totally get you not wanting to buy one though.
It's not the authentication that I'm worried about. It's the simplicity of a button. Very easy to say push this button to go back to the main screen. Explaining a gesture is more difficult.
OLED on an iPad is much welcomed, but notch with FaceID with tiny bezel is a big meh for me. I rather have a bit of bezel where I can hold it comfortably without worrying having accidentally touched something I didn't want registering.
The same way people hold their ipads today. Realticaly nothing will change, palm rejection is good and most of the time people have their ipads in cases or use a typ if smart cover for holding or placing on a flat surface. The “holding ipad” argument is getting old.
Also with ios11, i have used the home button maybe 1% in the beginning and now dont even use it. Glad to see apple moving forward without the homebutton.
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Please no. That mock-up with the notch looks so ridiculous.
Apple should just wait for under-glass finger print readers to hit production. A pretty good one was showcased at CES. There’s really no need for FaceID on the iPad, or the notch for that matter. It’s okay to have some bezel for such a large screen!
Apple should just wait for under-glass finger print readers to hit production. A pretty good one was showcased at CES. There’s really no need for FaceID on the iPad, or the notch for that matter. It’s okay to have some bezel for such a large screen!
Haha, yeah Apple's palm rejection *mostly* just works except for all the times when it doesn't.
Well, if the new iPad really comes with a notch, this is the confirmation that "the notch" will stay with Apple devices for a while. Apple sees it as a feature that makes their product instantly recognisable as an Apple device.
Or even just something to hold onto. Why would I want a bezel-less ipad? sounds like slip city
As someone that is firmly in the notch-is-the-best-of-all-alternatives group, I surely hope it happens. We’ll have to wait and see.
That’s never going to happen as Touch ID is gone for good
That tech at CES was so painful to watch with how slow it was
That tech is going to take time
As long as there is a front facing camera there will be some type of notch. Unless of course you make the bezel bigger in which case Face ID doesn't really make a difference.
Let me guess, the base price for a "modern iPad" will be at least $2,000?
TrueDepth system might add $50 but since it’s a technology Apple wants to proliferate, they might eat it.
If it had OLED, I could see a $200-$300 increase depending on 10.5” or 12.9”. That’s why I don’t expect an OLED display yet for iPad Pro. I’d guess a couple years, after more suppliers and capacity have come online.