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Kuo: All iPhone Models in 2018 Likely to Abandon Fingerprint Recognition
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They aren’t focusing on it cause it’s a selling point itself...the selling point in their minds is what they can avoid by NOT having the hardware req for Touch ID...in terms of screen, freed up space for other hardware, etc. So while most people won’t buy a phone because of face id, some people will buy a phone Apple is able to design because of face id....
There is no infra-red in visible light by definition. Visible light is the range of wavelengths that the eye can see. Infra-red is outwith that range. As is ultra-violet.
I suspect you meant to say that infra-red is present in sunlight.
But the 8 cameras required hardly free up much space! What would have freed up space was behind screen touch ID and a far smaller bar at the top for cameras and speaker...
I am still waiting to see how FaceID handles the optical distortion of glasses, users switching from glasses to contacts, raindrops or sweat on the face, partial obstruction of the face (e.g., scarf, bandage), puffiness from colds, the growth of facial hair, sunburn, and for some there might be issues related to make-up. The facial recognition had better be bulletproof if Apple are abandoning something as reliable as TouchID. This is particularly true given what Apple are charging for the iPhone X. Also, Apple need to get rid of the notch and the camera lens bump on the back.
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The fact that Apple themselves prohibit dev's from hiding the notch is ridiculous, as if its something that should be embraced. The fact is, if Apple could hide these sensors underneath the screen, they would be hidden just there. Giving customers a SMALLER screen than on the plus models, removing TouchID, and having that awkward eyesore is not acceptable for many in 2017. Apple is known for making drastic changes in short periods of time, but the X model may have been too big of a change, and could have an adverse chain reaction if they don't manage to get everything worked out by launch date.Would have preferred it like this, still using the real estate but less awkward looking -
As I have noted above, there are significant problems to overcome. You can decide not to be a fan because you believe that some engineering problems seem intractable. I guess we'll see, but like many users I see spending a lot of money on the iPhone X as a risk because the new technology hasn't been tested in the real world.
They’ve been testing this technology for a long time. Several phone releases have had issues yes, but you just have to wait and see for yourself.
And is the iPhone X really that much money? September 2016: iPhone 7 Plus 256GB $969 revealed. If you finance the iPhone X for 12 months (even tho it’s a 24 month term) and trade it in for something else, you only paid for half the phone.
That's what they said about TouchID
What they did take away when adding touch ID?
No Thanx! I will NEVER buy a Face-ID device.
Don't shoe-horn things into consumers faces that they've never asked for and don't take away things they care deeply about. Enjoy the free-slide in sales. It may not be immediate, but it will be profound.
Like it or not, 99% of the people who were going to buy an iPhone are still going to buy an iPhone.
Personally, I intend to be enjoying my 8 Plus for years to come. After that, I’ll see what’s out there.
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It's only reliable if you live in a bloody desert where you neither can get your fingers wet nor have to wear gloves.
How is that more usable screen? Displacing the screen estate that the notch takes up, to show notifications, does not miraculously "create" more screen estate. It's almost the same as buying a bag of chips, that contains half air, and half chips. If manufacturers replaced all the air in the bag with just chips, it wouldn't magically make the bag bigger. It just means they were more efficient with using up available space.
When this forum goes into a tizzy, you can be sure that Apple is doing something right.
It’s like when your claypot friend tells you he is betting on a certain soccer team, you mortgage your entire house and bet everything you have on the opposite team.
It’s like when your claypot friend tells you he is betting on a certain soccer team, you mortgage your entire house and bet everything you have on the opposite team.
I hope you are right, but even the demo of the iPhone X didn't work as planned. When has that last happened at any Apple demo? I understand the that the problem was actually a security feature, but the whole point of any ID is quick accurate authentication of the user.
So far as I can tell Apple has discussed the properties of FaceID only with respect to false positives, in effect citing evidence that it is extremely unlikely that somebody other than you will not be able to unlock the phone. That's swell. However, they have not discussed the issue of false negatives, in which the phone doesn't recognise you. I know something of the science of face recognition in the brain. My bet is that false negatives will be the biggest challenge. I hope Face ID works, but if it doesn't it makes the price of the iPhone X very high for a phone that you would have to unlock through typing a password.
My 2 satoshi's on this issue.
I think the whole idea behind this is the economy of scale.
Its far more profitable if they use only one technology and then they mass produce it
I also think we will see this technology on iPads, iMac and Macbooks soon.
Just imagine if you sit down and look computer and it instantly unlocks and vice versa, you stand up and computer automatically goes to sleep.
Animoji-s are the beginning of what can it be done with FaceID technology.
I also think the current iPhone 7 with minor changes (A10, iPhone 7 display, FaceID, smaller body because of the lack of TouchID) will be the next SE phone.
We can now comment on FaceID technology and use and be very critical on it, because the majority of us have not tried it yet.
And remember people were sceptical of TouchID when it was first introduced.
I think the whole idea behind this is the economy of scale.
Its far more profitable if they use only one technology and then they mass produce it
I also think we will see this technology on iPads, iMac and Macbooks soon.
Just imagine if you sit down and look computer and it instantly unlocks and vice versa, you stand up and computer automatically goes to sleep.
Animoji-s are the beginning of what can it be done with FaceID technology.
I also think the current iPhone 7 with minor changes (A10, iPhone 7 display, FaceID, smaller body because of the lack of TouchID) will be the next SE phone.
We can now comment on FaceID technology and use and be very critical on it, because the majority of us have not tried it yet.
And remember people were sceptical of TouchID when it was first introduced.
Yeah... It's like when TouchID was announced a few years ago. All of a sudden there were going to be muggers who after accosting you, would chop off your thumb and run away with both your thumb and phone. Some people really believed that was a probable real life scenario.