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As the very happy owner of an iPhone X, I couldn't disagree more. The (nearly) full screen display is fantastic. The notch and rounded edges don't bother me at
by dilap 9y ago
As the very happy owner of an iPhone X, I couldn't disagree more.
The (nearly) full screen display is fantastic. The notch and rounded edges don't bother me at all; it gives the phone screen an organic shape, previously only seen in sci-fi movies.
FaceID is fantastic; it's super reliable and incrdibly seemless. Touch ID was far worse.
Swipe motions instead of the home bar works great.
I've never been happier with a phone. Truely a phenomenal device.
- ben_jones 9y agoCounter point: I haven't thought about Touch ID since picking up the 7 (my first iPhone). Screen is good. Camera is good. I don't use gestures. I have an extra $1000 in my bank account from not buying the X.
- dilap 9y agoI think I may have been somewhat of a special case for Touch Id -- I could never get it to work reliably for me. And yeah, the 7 is a very solid phone. But the X is really special. And I sold my 7 for $400, so hey, my bank account is only out $600 for the X. :-)
- torstenvl 9y ago"Reliable" and "seamless" don't really go together when you're talking about a combination authentication/authorization mechanism. To know you truly have the user's authorization to do something, there needs to be a discrete, conscious act. Touch ID had that. Face ID got rid of it. That's a net loss for users.
- dilap 9y agoI guess it depends on what you want. For me, it means if I lose my phone I can be reasonably confident someone is not going to be able to log into it. It means I can leave my phone out on the counter and not worry about someone peaking at my incoming notifications, or snooping on my phone. So for me, that's reliable enough. The seemless part is when I'm using my phone, I barely notice that I'm authing it with face ID. So, pretty seemless.