Apple wanted the iPhone to once again be the most advance mobile device as it was during the early years. The mistake was not getting fully behind iPhone X as the iPhone 8 and naming the iPhone 8 what it really is the iPhone 7s. The "X" thing baffles me since I thought we have seen the end of that numeral for good and yet some marketing genius brings it back.
This *is* actually marketing genius. Apple is hedging it’s bets by calling thre OLED model the X instead of the 10. In the event that the model flops, or Face ID turns out to be less popular than they predict, Apple can simply say that the X was a one-off like the SE was. Then they can continue the existing numbering scheme with the 8s, 9, 9s, 10, etc...
i have no doubt that most of the X features will be added to the main lineup as it progresses - but I do hope that they find a way to provide both Touch ID and Face ID in the 9 or the X2.
Face ID - as a replacement for Touch ID - is a big disappointment for me and that’s the only reason I’ve preordered the 8+ instead of waiting for the X. Face ID makes nearly all of my unlocking use cases less convenient - and some of them downright awkward. I’d like to see a device that allows me to use one or the other or even to require both in order to unlock.
They said during the event that if your phone was stolen by a completely random person, there’s a 1 in 50,000 chance that the thief’s fingerprint would unlock your phone - and that Face ID increases those odds to 1 in 1,000,000 - and then they added “except within families”. So the odds are much lower than 1 in 1,000,000 that Face ID will keep a family member out. I’m not sure about the rest of the world - but my phone is left in the open where a family member could pick it up far more often than it’s as accessible to “random strangers” so 1 in 1,000,000 seems like an irrelevant statistic to me.
I can also see how some people might worry that it would be far easier for a spouse, police officer, government official or employer to gain access to the contents of your device simply by taking it from you and pointing it at your face while you sit there trying to avoid looking at it. But how long until they think to tuck it behind a magazine so that just the camera protrudes above the top and say “Have you read this article?” - boom - by the time you realize the phone is behind the magazine, it’s too late. You’ve already glanced at it and the device is unlocked - ready for a corrupt police officer to plant evidence or to peruse the contents of your device.
But - if you could configure your device to require both Face ID and Touch ID - then the combines odds of a random stranger being able to gain access becomes 1 in 50 billion - and by including both technologies, it gives those of us that don’t need -*that* much security, the ability to choose the technology that suits our lifestyle and use cases best.
iPhone 8 should have never been released. Instead iPhone X should be the only one with the price tag 799 on. This would have taken Apple into new heights... iPhone 8 is there just so that iPhone X high price can be justified. I don't like this practice from Apple.
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i have no doubt that most of the X features will be added to the main lineup as it progresses - but I do hope that they find a way to provide both Touch ID and Face ID in the 9 or the X2.
Face ID - as a replacement for Touch ID - is a big disappointment for me and that’s the only reason I’ve preordered the 8+ instead of waiting for the X. Face ID makes nearly all of my unlocking use cases less convenient - and some of them downright awkward. I’d like to see a device that allows me to use one or the other or even to require both in order to unlock.
They said during the event that if your phone was stolen by a completely random person, there’s a 1 in 50,000 chance that the thief’s fingerprint would unlock your phone - and that Face ID increases those odds to 1 in 1,000,000 - and then they added “except within families”. So the odds are much lower than 1 in 1,000,000 that Face ID will keep a family member out. I’m not sure about the rest of the world - but my phone is left in the open where a family member could pick it up far more often than it’s as accessible to “random strangers” so 1 in 1,000,000 seems like an irrelevant statistic to me.
I can also see how some people might worry that it would be far easier for a spouse, police officer, government official or employer to gain access to the contents of your device simply by taking it from you and pointing it at your face while you sit there trying to avoid looking at it. But how long until they think to tuck it behind a magazine so that just the camera protrudes above the top and say “Have you read this article?” - boom - by the time you realize the phone is behind the magazine, it’s too late. You’ve already glanced at it and the device is unlocked - ready for a corrupt police officer to plant evidence or to peruse the contents of your device.
But - if you could configure your device to require both Face ID and Touch ID - then the combines odds of a random stranger being able to gain access becomes 1 in 50 billion - and by including both technologies, it gives those of us that don’t need -*that* much security, the ability to choose the technology that suits our lifestyle and use cases best.