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  • Apple's Craig Federighi details Face ID in new interview [u]

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    Kuyangkoh said:
    Every new tech that works takes sometimes for non tech savy to get used to them....even my wife still used pass codes, she ain't got nothing to do with touch ID or 3D touch, she said....hmmmm
    I'm sure that Face ID will be secure but I wouldn't use it and prefer Touch ID.
    It's kind of an irrational fear about a thief waving my phone in front of me.
    But I'd rather wait for Apple to bring back Touch ID in the new iPhone form factor.
    macplusplus

  • A11 Bionic processor in iPhone 8, iPhone X contains first Apple-designed GPU, new secure e...

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    tmay said:
    EngDev said:
    tmay said:

    The iPhone 7 Plus is delivering more than double the frame rate of any Android OS device for the same test. 
    Not that it really matters, but one more thing...

    GFXBench Manhattan ES 31 Metal Off Screen 1080p

    The Pixel XL scored 32 FPS in the peak test at 1920x1080.

    The throttle test is running at 2560x1440 (the iPhone ran this test at 1920x1080), so the take away here is the percentage difference after throttling.



    The Pixel XL only sees a drop to ~82% of its peak value from the throttle testing, which brings it to ~26 fps for the throttle test.

    So the Pixel XL performs about the same as the iPhone 7 Plus in this test as the iPhone also drops to around 26 fps.

    I confess that I have lost sight of what you are trying to accomplish. I'm guessing you are tying to prove something about the A10 design compared to the Qualcomm 820. I'm not seeing it all that relevant either way; these are synthetic benchmarks, and I doubt that you will have an actual issue with throttling in a iPhone or a flagship Android OS device under real world use. Lots of people complain about Apple's HD resolution being an unfair advantage, but, Apple doesn't have to compromise its design to differentiate its devices that way that Android OS OEM's have to. 

    Oh, and for the record, Apple will be shipping that A11 shortly, so why not keep an eye out for actual user reviews that might have opinions on the subject of throttling.
    Yes. All of the listing of benchmarks trying to mimic real world use has a simple answer; look at real world use comparisons between smartphones. 
    I've seen many real world smartphone speed comparisons and the iPhone almost always is faster than Android phones. 
    And importantly in these tests iOS animations are kept on which slows down the iPhone. 
    I never run an iPhone with animations on. It's trivial to turn them off in Accessibility. 
    So, for the handful of times that an Android phone might have been faster in a test, the iPhone could have been sped up by disabling animations which may have changed the result of the test. 

    Conclusion; year after year, with very rare exceptions, Apple makes the fastest smartphones. 
    tmaywatto_cobra

  • AppleInsider readers are split on the iPhone X notch, but most support Apple's decision to...

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    The notch allows for more screen real estate to be used for pull down areas with control center and notifications. 
    I support that. 
    - And videos can be viewed with black borders which hide the notch. 
    I don't see a downside here. 
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  • Rumors rename 'iPhone 7s' to 'iPhone 8,' leaving moniker for Apple's $1000+ OLED model up ...

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    robjn said:
    Apple have not "changed the name". The Media invented the "iPhone 7s" and "iPhone 8" names.

    Apple were never going to release a '7s' and an '8' at the same time!

    "iPhone Pro" was a far better guess than "iPhone 8" for the higher tier phone.

    The so called "7s" is actually a major redesign of the 7 which has been consistently misrepresented in the media as a "minor update".

    I long argued for "iPhone Edition" because I think Apple need to kind of 'anti-sell' the constrained, high end phone. They need to send the message that the high end phone is not the standard phone for most customers. Calling it the "Edition" will achieve this.

    My guess is also for iPhone Edition name for the OLED design. 
    - The problem with iPhone Pro is that the phone does not have new pro uses compared with the LED iPhones. 
    - As for iPhone X, meaning iPhone 10, that leads to confusion with having an iPhone 8 being released with an iPhone 10/X.
    watto_cobra

  • LTE Apple Watch will keep current form factor, be offered alongside standard versions

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    Nice to hear about the updates but I don't need LTE or glucose monitoring.
    I'm fine with my Series 2 stainless steel AW.
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