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iOS 11 GM Leak Reveals Details on Face ID, Apple Pay, Wireless Charging, and A11 Chip in iPhone X
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It'll be interesting to see just how much coverage will be true mainstream rather than "technology section". So far, the leaks have only made it into the latter on the BBC ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41220517 ) but all publicity is good. Look forward to a lot of journalists saying either that they predicted the announced features or else how Apple confounded other peoples predictions.
I'm really gonna miss Touch ID if it goes. EG; At a drive-thru I can stick my arm out the window of my car and pay using Touch ID really quickly and easily. With this new facial recognition system it sounds like I'd have to get out of the car and look at the phone to make a payment. Hmmm..
So will the 4.7 inch iPhone 8 actually be the fastest of them? It won't have to push the higher resolution display. Total overkill.
They're mega delusional if this is a PR stunt. You don't simply use a leak to misdirect and gain publicity especially after claiming to double down on secrecy. That's a BS contradiction. If Apple wanted to leak, all they simply had to do was create 'teasers' or sneak previews just like they did with Homepod. How HARD is that to create teasers?
It's incredibly douchy and asinine to create a leak as a PR stunt. Not to mention a waste of time and effort. After all, does one think Tim Cook is that devious enough to pull that when he would look like an idiot spewing forth that iPad Pro is a PC replacement?
I'm more curious how Reachability is going to work with no home button. Tapping the "wake/sleep button" is a far hand reach considering the purpose of Reachability.
You don’t have to hold your thumb on the button (or show your face) at precisely the moment you’re actually paying. I presume when you pay with cash or card you don’t stand motionless until the very second you have to pay, then act surprised about it. Take your phone out, activate Apple Pay and then pay when the cashier is ready. What is so hard about this?
So true.
Macrumors could at least hide such serious leaks behind a 'spoiler' button or move them to a dedicated section. At least they could do it when there're just few days left before the event. We already got used to the blurry and non-blurry images from the factory, so at the end everyone knows how the next iPhone looks well before the event, but this year it's just too much. Especially considering the latest iOS leak. You know how it looks, what it does, what it doesn't, what's new, what's missing, everything, from wallpapers to the phone itself. If macrumors makes a spoiler-free thread every year for those who wants to see a keynote themselves, then moving real major leaks to a dedicated section would also make perfect sense.
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As far as I can ascertain, "someone within Apple" is conjecture, not fact. Even without guessable keywords, it's simple enough to poll the domain and build a list of new URLs, then review these pages for unpublicized job listings, betas, etc.
I'm not sure what folks are getting excited about if this is the summary of "new" features. It can't be of course because these 'leaks' will not do Apple any good as the critics will be expecting more genuine market leading stuff than this 'paltry set' ... surely?
said person registered on forum focusing mainly on rumors and leaks lol.
I use the original airpods with my SE and they work just fine. I'm really not sure what this slightly revised version brings outside of putting the charging light on the outside of the case.
I could see it being somewhat common practice for companies to leak info about upcoming products. I’m not saying Apple is behind this or any specific leak, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they were behind some of them. I don’t really see it as devious or “douchy” as long as they’re not complaining about leaks while also doing some of the leaking. Either way, like others have said, these rumors & leaks generate a lot of hype and publicity for their products.
It's not as simple as you say. Otherwise this kind of leak have happened before in the past ten years of iOS releases.
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The only thing I want is stock availability at any time from the the release on. That one cannot be leaked.
Yet you frequent a website that by its very nature relies on these people to remain in business. I am sure it must be hard to contain your outrage at times.
Why stop there? Why not go after the websites that report information based on the leaks? Oh wait....
Apple might leak to Ming Chi-Kuo's sources many months in advance to misdirect the competition. But there is no reason to leak to the public.
Does Apple feel confident in random journalists and Twitter accounts disseminating their marketing information? Versus Tim Cook in a controlled environment operating under a Reality Distortion Field. That's what an intentional leak is essentially saying - MacRumors and 9to5Mac are better at presenting information than Tim Cook presenting at Steve Jobs Theater. The answer is clearly no.