In the end, the changed UI with the elimination of the Home button does take some getting used to. But once past that, it appears to be a generally pretty solid phone.
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you don't need to **** on it to justify your own purchase. This was never really a phone targetted for people that like the plus phones. Its a larger screen iphone, or a smaller screened iphone plus. You don't want the compromise in size, wait for the plus version.
Funny enough, when I saw the iMore review option....I was thinking what kind of fluff piece is Rene up to?
uhm to me it sounds like it should be called the iphone superior in every way edition. don't know what reviews you were watching
...but then FaceID certainly won't work if you're wearing a Scream/Freddy/Jason/Guy Fawkes mask or have your face painted green... (looks at calendar)... Well, they sure picked a bad day to launch face ID!
I think it was, I remember many security firms reviewing the concept before release, followed by people attempting to hack it after it was released. Various threads about it on MacRumors, and articles being posted with regards to problems with it.
I predict we will see all of the same here, perhaps a little more volume this time since Apple is bigger, and there are many more tech websites / YouTube channels out in the wild here in 2017.
Works fine in my 5S now, same phone I purchased in 2013, and still on the original screen / sensor. Not sure how, but patches and software updates did seem to reduce some of the failure rates. The only thing that hasn’t been improved, is the read speed. I do notice it is slower when switching between it and my 7.
Notice how they all mention Animoji and give the gimmick much more prominence than it otherwise deserves? I bet mentioning it (and some other things) was stipulated by Apple in the review agreement. You really think Apple gives out review units early without requiring certain things be mentioned and shown? Of course, the major news sites are happy to go along with this for the views and their early access privileges.
Animoji was developed for a very specific and deliberate reason, and that reason is not because it’s cool or fun or that they thought people would want it, like it or buy the phone for it, all of which are debatable. It was developed to be a light-hearted distraction from the otherwise creepy notion of facial recognition and having an always-connected device that can recognise anyone who’s looking at it. Apple had to find a use for it other than its facial recognition and tracking capabilities to sell the technology.
Apple are masters of marketing, image manipulation and control.
Animoji was developed for a very specific and deliberate reason, and that reason is not because it’s cool or fun or that they thought people would want it, like it or buy the phone for it, all of which are debatable. It was developed to be a light-hearted distraction from the otherwise creepy notion of facial recognition and having an always-connected device that can recognise anyone who’s looking at it. Apple had to find a use for it other than its facial recognition and tracking capabilities to sell the technology.
Apple are masters of marketing, image manipulation and control.
From a security standpoint I believe the standard is the same. Although the average user just wants it to work and work fast.
I was mainly referring to fails. Failed attempts, and lets be honest it’s what everyone cares about, that and how fast we can unlock the phone.
Most likely cause is glare from Nilay's bracelet.
I didn't watch all of the reviews listed. I did watch others not listed in the article, and they said Face ID worked really well.
Oh I understand, and still think we are on similar roads to 2013. Speed and accuracy was the subject of quite a few articles and threads here on MacRumors back then too.
Apple released patches to help resolve some, and some people also had early hardware failures. I think we will see a lot of parallels between the rollouts of FaceID and TouchID.
And meanwhile, John Gruber is throwing a fit about how some “third rate” youtubers were allowed early access to the iPhone X.
Weird times.
No. We already know what happened there. Someone to whom the phone had not been matched had been looking at the demo unit before he had. He was locked out due to those unsuccessful attempts. It didn’t fail. That was FUD.
If you abstract them into "first gen authentication systems", they kind of look the same, but we don't know the limits of the sensors/instrumentation in context. The 1st gen TID [may have | did have] notable hardware issues, scanner fidelity, etc., where the 1st gen FID may have issues most biased towards the software. I will say that while working on a pretty sophisticated CV project on the west coast, there were *huge* gains made in just software (and when the hardware went from initial prototype to more of a beta product, the gains weren't nearly as significant).
It failed for Craig because someone handled the phone beforehand and caused it to lock out. What it was intended to do.
It needed a passcode to re enable Face ID.
Why? Glowing reviews. The most critical one still called it, “The best iPhone ever made.”
Okay, but besides mapping your face, how is it any different than having iSight cameras (or similar) on nearly every Laptop, smartphone, tablet, and even some in home devices from google and Amazon? Modern facial recognition used for law enforcement and others, only really needs a 2-dimensional image.
I would be more worried about those, and the ever growing array of open mics within these same devices. At least FaceID has limited range (for now).