Soli

1) Considering their Face ID-like tech is considerably worse than Face ID that notch is huge. Its lines are also considerably less attractive compared to the iPhone's.

2) Note that the top has more space between the display and edge than the sides of the display, while the iPhone X is uniform on all sides.

• https://medium.com/tall-west/no-cutting-corners-on-the-iphone-x-97a9413b94e

3) I question their 90% screen to body ratio considering the chin at the bottom.

• https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/bezel-less-phone-comparison/ ;

adm1 said:

So they notch the screen to accommodate sensors/camera/earpiece but still have a decent sized bezel at the bottom of the phone? The reason the iPhone X has a notch is there is no bezel area to put them in. They could've scored a win by having a notch-less screen going right to the bottom and used the bezel space at the top, but then it wouldn't "look" like an iPhone X.  smh

The bezel at the bottom of iPhones never held those sensors. Those were always at the top, so the question is why do these copycats still need a bezel at the bottom? They put the finger print sensor on the back.

lkrupp said:

I seem to remember a few other CEOs who “ribbed” Apple when Apple entered those CEO’s turfs. 

His comment is not the same as RiM's. In fact, I don't see where he says anything negative about Apple entering this space. His comment seems straightforward about how going piece-by-piece takes a long time to move the dial. The reasoning is sound and I agree with him that creating a lot of stuff and expecting failures in content is the best plan. I neither care, nor remember, all the failures for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, and all the network stations, but I know their hits. Maybe Apple should be less cautious and more gung-ho about creating content.

Rayz2016 said:

Soli said:

deminsd said:

You don't know your heart rate is racing at 161bpm until an Apple Watch alerts you?

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I have an uncle who was frog-marched to hospital by my aunt because his shortness of breath was not getting better. 

What she thought was pneumonia turned out to be a heart attack. Not only that, but after a thorough battery of tests the doctors informed that this was probably the smaller of two heart attacks he’d suffered in a week. 

The week ended with a bypass and drugs he’ll need to take for the rest of his life. 

So yes, it’s entirely possible that someone might not notice an unusually fast heart rate. 

And how does one tell if it's a heart attack v panic attack v asthma attack or any other potential ailment? I only know what my max heart range is from years of looking at my heart rate whilst exercising when pushing myself to the limit and feeling everything throb. I have a statistical history in which to draw comparisons about is and isn't normal for me for a given level of exertion. And that's range, like ±10 BPM (at best), not some weirdly specific 161, as the OP questioned as if we can determine our exact BPM just by thinking about it.

slprescott said:

Hilton hotels allow door entry today via their “Digital Key” feature within the Hilton iOS app.

Does that use NFC today? How will the new capabilities differ? Just curious.

It's Bluetooth.

Must have iPhone 4s or newer running iOS 8 and higher or an Android phone running version 4.3 or higher with Bluetooth Low Energy enabled phones.

• http://hiltonhonors3.hilton.com/en/hhonors-mobile-app/digital-key.html

ascii said:

Soli said:

ascii said:

This is exciting news because if Apple wants to retire the Mac I would rather move to an iOS notebook than to Windows.

Also, when Apple retired the Airport a few weeks ago, I and others said it might be because they were moving away from WiFi and focussing on 5G cellular (where the puck is going). And now we have a rumor of a notebook with cellular (joining the phone, ipad and watch). 

I wouldn't bet on Apple getting rid of Mac or getting rid of WiFi.

I don't think Mac will die, it will just transition to being iOS with a desktop mode. Someone made a Tweet today pointing out that macOS/OS X is now older than classic MacOS was when Steve gave it a mock funeral. Did you regard the Mac as having died when it made that transition? Because if not, the switch from current macOS to iOS desktop actually be a smaller change. It wouldn't even be a kernel change this time. So if the Mac didn't die that time it wouldn't die this time.

I don't think they will remove the WiFi radios from their devices, they're cheap enough to just leave in, but they will/have stop selling WiFi infrastructure of their own and start including cellular in everything. A future where little cellular radios are ubiquitous in most smart devices seems to be the future. This how small the Apple Watch is and even it has one.

You can really see an iMac booting up with iOS on it? I see no future where that happens. Zero chance it's just a bunch of giant icons designed for the iPad on a 27" iMac. macOS on ARM, absolutely; but iOS instead of macOS on a Mac that has no touchscreen display, absolutely not. The OSes are defined by their respective UIs and I/O, not their processor architecture. This is why iOS is unique from tvOS while all running similar ARM configurations.