Seems that a lot of this information would be more useful when consumed from an Apple Watch (where you just need to raise your wrist to your face), rather than having to take out your phone each and every time.
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Seems that a lot of this information would be more useful when consumed from an Apple Watch (where you just need to raise your wrist to your face), rather than having to take out your phone each and every time.
They haven’t added TouchID to their phones. Although certainly welcomed and I hope that rumor does come true. Their iOS 14.5 workaround, which does require the user to have a newer Apple Watch on watchOS 7.3 has a really convenient workaround by allowing Apple Watch to unlock your phone. It works every time and has proven to be very handy already, but TouchID is an even better solution. Masks aren’t going anywhere for a couple years I imagine.
So, can we asume that al iPhone 12S (or 13) lineup will have LTPO displays and Alway-on? For some time I was afraid this was only a Pro feature but it didn’t make sense.
And yet Apple is selling, on the average, roughly 600,000 premium-priced iPhones per day. Few care about the above.
You must not understand how AOD works, and Samsung, and every other Android Device has had this feature for 10 years with ZERO issues.
I am so excited about the AOD, Finally catching up to Android in another category. I have wanted this feature personally for years, I am really excited about this.
Now if only Android cared about customers enough to issue timely upgrades to their phone OS as usefully and long as iOS?
Oh, right, 'Android' is an OS used by companies that treat past customers as liabilities, not potential repeat customers.
Windows Phone did this a decade ago, and they would shift the icons and click around on the screen so that it was never in the same place for more than a minute.
They also lit the pixels super dim. It was readable on a black background, but not bright, thus saving battery and also helping to preventing burn-in.
To please all the people who have "Android Envy" of marginally useful features?
I plan to exchange all my Samsung 'innovation' to iPhone continuous improvement, especially in light of the continued UNNOVATION of Samsung and their attitude towards OS upgrades and continued customer support.
That comes from experience in a family with both OSs in the mix for phones, and the continued uninspiring Android tablet market, not to mention the entire Apple ecosystem.
I'm actually very intrigued by this! Maybe not the iPhone 13 because my XS Max is still going strong, but I might very well get whatever comes out in 2022.
Man this 12S is shaping up to be a banger! Is this the phone that 12 should have been from the start?
Because iPhone 8 gigantic bezels are way better than a notch 😀 I can understand the Touch ID thing, but if they add it this year...
Your perspective - two decades behind a trillion dollar company.
Apple rarely cares to be first. Apple cares about quality. To do things best, or at least far better.
There was an MP3 player in 1997. iPod came out in 2001. Four years!!!! Which still has a lineage into the modern era?
When Apple does do things first (remove CD drive, remove audio jack port, remove extraneous laptop ports), people just bitch. How far behind are other companies on these things?
Honestly, not too far behind (look at Samsung ditching the power brick), because all they do is copy to ride Apple’s coattails. Apple rarely copies. If they do, at least they do it better than what they copied.
You forget that Apple plays by the best rule in growth: they compete only with themselves.
Lastly, as someone who objectively loves Apple products and criticizes their missteps at the same time (MobileMe!), I just buy what I want and need and don’t care what “the competition” is up to. So when Apple releases something, that’s when it’s available. And it’s generally a great experience. 🤷🏼♂️
Here in the US it's more than just credit cards. Our state ID's / Drivers License's are all mag stripe too.
What I don't get is .... if there's no hardware change for this feature, the 12 Pro should get this as well, yes?