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k2kw said:

wood1208 said:

gatorguy said:

wood1208 said:

Apple done it again. Answer to critique but for users who can't let go Touch ID, At $399 price point, what not to like !!

Recently it's been all about "OMG that FOREHEAD!" and "Geesh, what massive bezels, LOL". I suppose this newest iPhone escapes those complaints.

  something got to give to put well recognized Touch ID on front. Obviously, could shrink mm side bezels and may be bit from top/down area but with Touch ID, can't get rid of much. That is a reality of physical touch id in front.

I don’t think touchID is great,  wish it could read your fingerprints  through latex gloves.

charlesn said:

blastdoor said:

quakerotis said:

Let’s rearrange the deck chairs.

I actually non ironically would like a deck chair rearranged. My father has an old iPhone from the era of Thin. I happened to pick it up the other day and was struck by how nice it is to hold a thin and light phone. So maybe it’s time to create an iPhone Air whose main feature is thin and light. 

Guess what, blastdoor? You're in luck! The "era of thin" iPhone of your dreams--you know, like the iPhone 5, so thin and light--is available for purchase today! It's called the iPhone SE. Not only is it "as thin" as the iPhone 5... it's THINNER! Just 7.3mm vs 7.5mm for the 5. Sad news, though... it IS heavier! Yes, the SE weighs a whopping 1 gram more than the 5... actually, 1.1 grams... so that might be a deal breaker for you. But did I mention that the SE, while being thinner and about the same weight as a 5 has a screen that's 18% larger and leaves the 5 in the dust in every other aspect of the phone, in both performance and capabilites? So there's your "iPhone Air" available for purchase today! How hard was that?

ralphie said:

MplsP said:

ralphie said:

jedijeff said:

This new button seems like a great place to bring TouchID back instead of forcing us to use FaceID,  which was total shit during the pandemic when we were forced to wear masks.

Oh man, wouldn’t that be nice!  FaceID sucks no matter how much people say otherwise.

Sucks? How? I look at my phone and it unlocks instantly. Every time. 

Lucky for you. You must have a very static face/environment.  Direct sun vs not; glasses vs no glasses vs sun glasses; cap vs no cap; mask vs no mask.  It just does not work reliably in all situations.  TouchID just worked, period.  Choice is nice, but Apple
is all about removing choice, as are you it seems.

Tower72 said:

As someone that ping ponged between iPhone and Androids since 2007 (currently with iPhone for a few phone models now and 15PM), let the consumer do what they want BUT add a disclaimer. If they install a 3rd party app outside of the App store and their phone goes all wonky on the software side,  Apple will NOT fix it and the consumer has to accept responsibility .  I have rooted all of my Android phones and jailbroke my old iPhones in the past, knowing full well that my actions could have consequences and I could install something that I probably should not.  I dig the walled garden approach Apple has but honestly, I do miss the freedom I had with Android devices sometimes and if my devices ever went nuts, I simply restored from a backup and lesson learned. 

Still though I think this is a scare tactic, as installing things from outside of the official app store, will cut into Apples profits.