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Leaker: iPhone 12 Lineup to Feature Faster Face ID, Improved Zoom, and Longer Battery Life
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Looks like I won't be upgrading my phone this year. It would be only the 4th time that I'm not upgrading since the Original iPhone (didn't update to the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 6s and iPhone 8/X). A 120 hz display and Touch ID (on the power button) would have been the minimum for me to upgrade. I don't mind much about 5G for now.
People commenting to say you aren't buying one: save your time typing and my time reading
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The wife dropped her 6S+ and cracked the screen. Wants a new phone now. Looks like we will be upgrading from a 6S+ to the 12 mini. Now just have to decide on color. Hope there is a red color.
I'm definitely headed back to the larger[est] model if that's the case. Heck, I went with a Plus model back in the day, mostly due to the better camera tech (battery life was a factor, but very secondary).
I'm a few camera updates behind with an X, wife and daughter have 11 Pro, 11, respectively, and I've definitely got camera envy
I think Apple save them for later, maybe on iPhone 15 or newer, and called them 'breakthrough innovation'. Typical Apple.
It is compared to the slippery piece of soap of the 6-11 form factor. The 4-5 was great because you could hold onto it easily.
Could we please have an unlocking system that works with a face mask? Apple may not have noticed, but there’s this Coronavirus thing going on... The new iPad has it. No excuse.
I'm worried you're right, and if it turns out to be true then it's pretty disappointing to me... I'm still using an iPhone 6, but I upgraded briefly to the new SE and found little difference in the battery life (I returned the SE because I wanted to hold off for the iPhone 12 mini). After all these years it's kind of hard to believe the battery life isn't significantly better.
Doesn’t seem like it would be possible without severely compromising security.
You’re not the only one. There are a lot of skeptics, predominantly long time Apple fans, that are tired of waiting for Tim’s fabled pipeline to happen and cut through the hype BS to voice our discontent with Cupertino’s conveyor belt of lazy complacent iterations. Even if we’re getting piledriven by faithful Tim stans who’ll growl “just don’t buy an iPhone durr”. After so many same-ish iterations in a row you’d finally expect a revolutionary device, alas, it’s clearly not happening.
Since I have on my iPhone 8 Plus:
- 1920x1080 pixels at 401ppi (I don't need more than that)
- Home Button and Touch ID
- 3D Touch
- Control Center accessible from all the bottom of the screen, via swipe up
- Telephoto camera
- No notch
I really don't know how people can live with a Control Center accessible from the top-right edge... that's OK on my iPad Pro 11" with a large screen, but on an iPhone? My thumb is always near the bottom, the Control Center is always easily accessible for me from the bottom via swipe up. So I deleted the Calculator app from the home screen and added it to the Control Center.
And the Home Button helps a lot when I'm using my iPhone on landscape orientation.
hardware was most likely locked in february.
It's called TOUCH ID and proven as secure as FACE ID. You don't have to try to re-invent the wheel, just use it!
Like LiDAR that is very rumored to be a major addition this year. It will enable some truly incredible stuff.
I would have agreed if it weren't for the fact that tap and holding on the spacebar to go into cursor mode is awful compared to 3D Touching anywhere on the keyboard. Man I miss that one feature so much.
I'll take that over no hardware for it. Maybe they haven't gotten the software figured out quite yet.
The U1 chip is perfect for that kind of use case. That would be acceptable.
Actually FaceID is more secure than TouchID. That was one of the big points Apple made when they introduced it.
But for me, making a mini sized iPhone with a 5.4” all screen design counts as a major design overhaul. Going back to one handed usage really makes a load of difference for me. Can’t wait for the 12!
iPhones have always been much more than a ‘phone’. But calling them portable computing devices wouldn’t have the same appeal.
Nope. “Touting” is a strong word. “Mention” 5g they will, imo. Apple will “tout” the features that depend on the neural engine and a14. Battery life, camera and hidden features from iOS 14.
I’d like to see a source that says it will (drain the battery faster)...outside of a poor implementation.