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Matthijs Otterloo

iPhone X - Apple’s most advanced iPhone yet with a 5.8" OLED display

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iPhone X is Apple's long-awaited & extensively leaked special version of the iPhone, with a full-screen OLED display, Animoji support, and much more.

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Niv Dror
FaceID will steal your soul after 3 failed attempts. (my best tweet of the event)
Mike Ritchie
@nivo0o0 Nah, it's the most advanced, natural, and intuitive exfoliation experience ever on a smartphone.
Niv Dror
This "iPhone X first look" from the Verge is super interesting. For one thing, it will take a day or two to get used to the new swipe up on left/right side of the screen and learning the new app gestures. But more importantly... Face ID. It seems like all you have to do to unlock somebody's phone is point it at the person, and it will work, no matter what, as long as they have their eyes open. 😨
Soufian Malih
@nivo0o0 Re: what if someone steals an #iphoneX and points it to the owner's face? All it takes for Apple is pairing fingerprints ID of the hand holding the phone with the FaceID.
Ryan Hoover
This may be the biggest update to the iPhone in the last several years. It's expensive but I think I'll pull the trigger. Thoughts?
Filippo Mursia
@rrhoover I'm still wondering how to unlock it without Face ID (let's say something is broken); the back to home seems intuitive, but I'm curious to try the multitasking, knowing how I'm (we, I guess) using the phone with fast gestures I may end up in the Home all the time. Btw, it looks definitely cool and honestly I thought it was more expensive (same for the 8). I think the camera part at the top it will be super annoying when watching videos in landscape tho. Also, I'm wondering one more thing, where's the iPhone 9?
Caleb Ulffers
@rrhoover @mrdobelina it happened during the demo - when face ID didn't work it came up with passcode - similar to when your touchID doesn't work.
Sridhar Easwaran
@rrhoover @mrdobelina when faceId doesn't work, we get to unlock with passcode
Filippo Mursia
@calebulf ah you're right, I remember something weird happened when the demo started. So from now on is either face or type your code. I'm not sure is that great compared to Touch ID. I'm talking to someone and need to unlock the phone "ehm sorry let me watch my phone instead of you so I can show you pics of cute cats"
Sarthak Grover
@rrhoover @mrdobelina @calebulf I've seen that happen on the iPad. Usually it requires your pass code after a week or so of using touchID and has the exact same message 'to continue using your touchID you need to enter your passcode'. I believe that's what happened here as well, someone forgot about that edge case.
Alex Goodison
Anyone else underwhelmed?
Scott
@alexgoodison definitely. Especially compared to like the S8 and company. If it came out last year, then I would be more wowed.
Alex Goodison
@scotty_mcq Yes. Apple making a big deal out of wireless charging even though Samsung has had that for 2 years now? (or more, correct me if I am wrong) Not buying the Animoji gimmick and I don't know if they realised that Snapchat has been doing face filters for 2 years now. Switching from TouchID is also a huge risk. As an iOS developer, I am worried
Ernest Oppetit
As an iOS dev, no enthusiasm for #ARKit?
Alex Goodison
@ernopp I’ve been using Qualcomm’s Vuforia for a while which has worked quite well. ARKit only works on 6s and above aswell. Another gimmick??
Simon Bromberg
@alexgoodison well during the keynote Craig Federighi pulled up Snapchat and was playing with the face filters, I think to demonstrate AR on the new iPhone.
Joseph Hsieh
I get the bezel-less edge-to-edge screen appeal, but that top-notch is a bit annoying in video playbacks. Is it just me or do I just have to just get use to it?
Scott
@webjoe I kinda liked the essential where it was just a little dot but at least they don't use the status area for video playback. That seems... dumb.
Jack Reichert
@webjoe pretty sure there will be black bars in video playback. It's mostly with ar/camera where that will get in the way. That being said, I DO think Steve would have found a way to hide that.
Zach Dubos
The Animoji look sick. I’d rock the unicorn one.🦄🦄🦄
Andrew Falchook
Honestly cannot wait to see the great memes that come as a result of Animoji.
Tony Ana
@falchook just hold it upto a speaker when the Trump is talking.. you know this is going to be the hottest thing on youtube for well.. maybe a few months until someone works out a way to get him out of the hot seat! haha
Andrew Falchook
@tony_anastasi LOL! You're so right, those videos are inevitable
Nico Lumma
I don't care about the specs. I'll buy it anyways. ✌🏻
Tarun Gangwani
The appeal of the iPhone X compared to the iPhone 8 Plus if you have a 7 Plus: 1) Face ID (which seems to be fallible) 2) TrueDepth camera... for better selfies and animated emoji. 3) Nicer back camera 4) Full screen design in smaller form factor* To me, the only reason you'd choose the X over 8+ would be *#4*. The rest are nice, but don't represent that much more of a justification. The biggest downside? The notch. It covers video, photos. It just seems weird. Not much you can do about it, but to me... its a deal breaker for the extra $200 (considering I'll also be buying accessories and stuff).
Alex Goodison
@tarungangwani Craig very well demonstrated FaceID's faults. TrueDepth camera seems a gimmick for now... just like 3D Touch...
Peter Böttges
@tarungangwani "screen real estate"-wise it is not as spacious as the Plus models. See: https://twitter.com/stroughtonsm...
Tarun Gangwani
@boettges true... but I just can't imagine getting over the notch. Personally, I like having touch ID and bezels too.
Kostas Xiradakis
Almost all of the rumours turned to be true. Much different than what we're used to and it seems a lot futuristic. Can't wait to see how people react to this new iPhone.
Set Kyar Wa Lar
Their css is broken? Or only me?
Fouad
Impressively underwhelming. Design-wise, I don't find the black front camera strip appealing. I perceive it as negatively disrupting the way we look at screens. The borders look thick and not really giving you that infinity screen experience like the Samsung S8. Don't get me started on the protruding camera on the backside. In terms of hardware and tech, this might be the best phone ever made but I'm also an aesthetics guy and this just doesn't do it for me.
Leon Calcutt
@fouad_tolaib you run as android as your main?
Sheik Mohaideen
I am just amazed by Animojis 😍😍
Ratomir Soda Jovanovic
@sheikmohaideena hahaha my friend said: "they spent 1 years to came up with animated emotions, good job Apple."
Roulse
@sheikmohaideena Hopefully they intergrate it into Whatsapp messaging, for voice recordings. Don't use iMessage much
Nahom
Does it have a headphone jack?
Danny Guo
@mdnahom It doesn't. I doubt any iPhone in the future will. https://www.apple.com/iphone-x/s...
Hayden Evans
@mdnahom the headphone jack is not coming back to iPhone. It looks like it's going away on Android phones too. The Essential doesn't have one. I give it 5 years and you probably won't see a headphone jack on phones at all.
Tregg
I'm skeptical but also ready to get one.
Ernest Oppetit
FaceID now.. how long until we can scroll and tap with eye tracking?
Deepak BN
@ernopp what if don't have Tesla?
Simon Bromberg
I'd have to use it, but I have some reservations about Face ID. First off, I was just getting used to TouchID, and it's gotten a lot better since they first released it. Second, you have a lot less control over who has access to your face than your finger tip. Someone could easily pick up your phone, point it at you, and then they would have access to your device. Also, if you're near a checkout but not quite ready to pay, or some popup appears asking for authentication and you're already looking at your phone, I hope they have some way to confirm you actually approve the action. I also don't know how I feel about that black bar at the top, but again I'd have to hold it in my hands to really know. EDIT: also, in the status bar there doesn't seem to be any room for the Bluetooth indicator…? Unless they plan on squeezing it in on the left next to the time? Here's a useful hands-on from The Verge:
that mentions the issue I raised here with being able to unlock someone else's phone by pointing it at their face. Relevant article from MacRumors discussing Face ID further: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/0... Works with most sunglasses because of IR, have to stare at phone to unlock, and can temporarily disable Face ID quickly by gripping the buttons on both sides of the phone
Ryan Born

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Pros:

FaceID

Cons:

It finally has features Android had 5 years ago.

Brad Brooks
WANT.
ineffabilis
Does the iPhone X really need hunting though 🤔
Mohammed Toraif
That's a huge update! I love the button-less screen and it looks stunning! Two cameras! Just wow! What do you think guys?