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iPhone X Supply Revised Lower Yet Again as TrueDepth System Still Faces Production Issues

Wow. 36M will be produced for 57 countries before the year ends and so much panic that some won't get it on launch day.

Chillax. I would understand if they only produced about 4M-5M this year. But 36M and people are still panicking? Reminds me of last year when people were whining they couldn't get an iPhone 7 / 7 Plus. After a month, no more whining except that it looked the same as the 6 / 6s.

The typical "I love my new iPhone", "hated Apple's preorder system", or tiny OCD imperfection threads blah blah blah.
 
dmylrea said:
Since you're addressing me, my response is that while not perfect for 100% of users (what technology is?), it is mature and tried-and-true technology. Sure wet fingers, or over-dry fingers have a problem, but that is why you register multiple fingers, or lick them, wipe dry and try again. Really, I am completely happy with TouchID (except for the fact is sometimes is TOO fast at recognizing my finger when I don't want to log in but just turn on the screen).

I cannot comment on your Son's condition except for the fact that he's in the extreme minority (I guess double-amputees might have a problem too if that helps your claim that TouchID doesn't "just work").
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My wife has issues registering her fingers as well. So 2 people out of 5 in the family have issues and they are not even related, so cannot say it is genetic.
Fingerprint sensor may be a mature technology, but I am sure a few years ago when they started using it, people said the same thing about it. While touch ID works most of the time, it is an annoyance when it does not work. When you are working on something and sweaty or dirty and need to unlock your phone and go through the hassle of failing and then swiping for keypad, its just an annoyance.
 
Posted this two weeks ago:

"The 'Romeo' module reportedly includes the dot projector that beams more than 30,000 invisible dots to create a precise depth map of your face, while the 'Juliet' module includes the infrared camera that analyzes the pattern."

From an engineering point of view, the alignment among "Romeo" (the emitter) and "Juliet" (the receptor) need be precise and repeatable to avoid false positives (incorrect facial recognition) and, to a lesser extent, annoying false negatives.

Regardless, the miniaturization of this technology on the iPhone X is indeed a major accomplishment.
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And, even if resolution is reduced by some factor, to resolve manufacturing tolerances and improve repeatability, it is undeniable that the Phone X has achieved a major engineering feat.

Everything else is doomsayer noise.
 
Interesting read
Inside Apple’s Struggle to Get the iPhone X to Market on Time is located on the Mac rumors main page

**Edited and removed Bloomberg article since Mac Rumors has more info**
 
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