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jd_in_sb said:

VRing said:

TheUnusual6 said:

Apple doesn't slow down all the phones, only those with degraded battery. Also it slows down only in the peak performance time. Why can't people just understand that? When would you buy a new phone? when your phone shuts down randomly or when it lags sometimes? If Apple wants you to buy a new phone, it could just let your phone shut down due to poor battery. Its actually making you not to buy a new phone often. My 6S has the same exact Geekbench score now on iOS 11.2.1 just like it the day I bought it.

Users that did experience this problem never knew that a battery replacement could remedy it. Apple never told them either, and to top it off, some of these users might have been under warranty and eligible for a free battery replacement.

All good points. I think Apple should have been transparent about it. But I disagree with you that Apple had bad intentions. 

tango81 said:

TouchID is one step to unlock

rem.koolhaas said:

Not much satisfaction here, unfortunately. I did return the X and went back to an 8. Great screen and cam on the X, but the Face ID just does not work well for me at all. One cannot simply unlock the phone if it is flat on a table - you have to either lean in a lot or bring it up to your face. It does not recognize you with sunglasses, which necessitates punching in your code while driving during the day. Closing apps is quite cumbersome; getting to app switcher requires a little strange up-and-side gesture, etc, etc. Animoji are rather tasteless at this point too IMHO. Sorry again, but it all does not seem that well thought out - the high price of the unit is not justified at all. It even had an annoying bluetooth crackle in the car, which was not present with my old ones and went away once the 8 came in. Not to mention the crack-prone glass back and the silly black screen indent at the top - who wants to see that in their pic or movie?!? There is only info bars on both sides of it, which could sit very well on black background too... Perhaps Jony will get it better in time, however, for now a regular iPhone (I had the + for 2 years and it is awfully heavy) works better for me. 😉

macxpress said:

Boy would I love to have one of these. I have absolutely no use for it, but I'd still love to have one, even the standard $4999 config is enough for me. Has anyone seen one in the Apple Retail Store yet? I think I read somewhere that they were going to be in stores as a demo Mac this week.

spice-boy said:

Apple just reminded everyone that it is a big corporation which uses a steel fist to control it's image. I'm not surprised.