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> The improvements in camera, screen brightness, colors and many others strongly disagree with such claims. I've owned an X, a 12, a 13 (after the 12 got water
by pmarreck 3y ago
> The improvements in camera, screen brightness, colors and many others strongly disagree with such claims.
I've owned an X, a 12, a 13 (after the 12 got water damage), and have ordered the 15 (but not received it yet).
With the caveat of not having used the 14 or 15 (but just looking at the specs on paper), I would have to agree with the comment you're responding to that all the changes since the X have essentially been incremental. Not only that, completely and consistently annoying UI bugs such as the one where you accidentally tap a notification when you intended to tap a UI element at the top of the screen (which I blogged about way back when: https://medium.com/p/31773fe6bbd5 https://medium.com/p/31773fe6bbd5) have not been fixed despite the fact that my solution (adding a small input "debounce" or timeout whenever the UI changes, where inputs are ignored) would likely solve this problem. (This problem has likely annoyed YOU, even if you haven't heard about it until now! More generally, it's also a problem with websites that let you accidentally click or fat-finger on elements while they're still re-rendering and shuffling around, which my post also includes.)
Of course, that's a software problem... The hardware is largely exactly the same. There's still no way to TouchID through the screen (like Android has had for years... I absolutely cannot stand FaceID and just use an alphanumeric code to unlock with a long unlock time now), there's still no models with a foldable screen (again, like Android has had for years), and we are only JUST getting USB-C (whoop de frickin' doo... again, not an Android fan but Android has had this for years too) and ONLY (more or less) because the EU twisted Apple's arm.
(Aside: I still can't directly edit the custom spelling dictionary iOS maintains internally. Mine has a ton of garbage in it, but is just useful enough that I don't want to wipe it completely, which is the only option.)
And now with iPhones dominating the teen market with like an 88% marketshare (which is a fairly good indicator that Apple will be completely entrenched for years from now), they just don't have any incentive to take innovation risks anymore.
- trogdor 3y agoWhy can you not stand Face ID? I love it. For me, it works pretty much 100% of the time, including situations where Touch ID would be inconvenient, like when my phone or hands are wet. (I go kayaking almost every day.)
- Wowfunhappy 3y agoI'm not OP, but I seem to naturally hold my iPhone closer to my face than the distance at which FaceID works. Either that, or the system just doesn't like my face. FaceID works so poorly that I actually disabled it for unlocking my phone. At least when I use a passcode, I can set a grace period of one hour before the passcode is required again. If you turn on FaceID, it's always required as soon as you lock your phone. I have an iPhone 13 Mini fwiw.
- c-hendricks 3y agoBrushing my teeth? Can't unlock my phone. Fresh out of the shower? Can't unlock my phone. Phone too close? Can't unlock my phone. Want to quickly unlock my phone while it's laying on my desk? Can't, gotta lift it, point it towards my face, then lay it back where it was. I dunno, I have a bit of relief when I can just unlock my iPad with my finger.
- reddit_clone 3y agoWhen I am wearing a mask (for health reasons) it won't unlock. I too miss the finger print unlocking.
- hanche 3y agoBut fingerprint unlocking didn’t work with wet fingers, like outside on a rainy day. I find that face unlocking fails less often than fingerprint unlocking ever did. (Though outside on a sunny day can be challenging.)
- davidf18 3y ago[dead]