georgie01

Ok ... this is one thing I don’t like about Swift being open source. Progress is great, but it’s updated frequently enough that it’s a little bit of a pain without a lot of gain. Not everyone is a geek who feels they constantly need the latest and greatest in language developments. Swift is great and I really like the updates, but I don’t like having to alter code and wonder about deprecated or changed syntax as much as I’m having to.

wemclaughlins said:

Metriacanthosaurus said:

1. The SE is 100000% about price. Even its size is a result of cost considerations. It isn't using iPhone 5 design to please anyone, even if their marketing says so.

2. Face ID is a leading iPhone X feature. Despite its utility, it won't come to low-cost products soon.

Definitely about size/profile, thank you.  It’s an aesthetically gorgeous design, unlike the aesthetically goofy too big for your hand, easily slips out with its rounded corners design of the 6 on.

And no thank you on Face ID.  I’ll keep my Touch ID any day. 

My wife would snap up an SE in a second if it was like the one in the video. Smaller phones have a definite appeal. She’s even considered trading in her 6s for a current SE simply because of the size.

Though I have a different feeling than you regarding FaceID. I had my reservations when I got my X but now I prefer it. It can recognise my face at angles on a desk—the videos where people plop it right in front of their face are of people who don’t know how to use it. But it also adds a real sense that you don’t need to do anything to unlock your phone. Just pick it up and swipe up and you’re in. It’s not perfect but it’s quite good and adds a new dimension to the user experience. I also much prefer gestures now and a home button feels a little clunky and slow.

Also, the X doesn’t slip like the 6 did, nor did my jet black 7. Both have a tacky feel as where the aluminium 6 and up are a bit slippery.

This sounds like advertising. Nazarian is aligning himself with the mindset of his potential clients and selling his services. That seems normal.

And I agree with what they’re doing. I don’t think governments should ever be snooping on their citizens or invading their privacy or not allowing them to pursue secure privacy, but there will sometimes be instances where cracking phones would be helpful and governments should be doing everything they can to be able to crack them. However, they should not be lazy and just decide that citizens can’t have proper security just so the government can have easy access to private property.

I see this as a good thing actually. This is how it’s supposed to work. It’s not supposed to be the government mandating back-door access, it’s supposed to be a cat-and-mouse game with the pursuit of better security and the pursuit of cracking that security.

Maybe this will help silence those pushing for backdoor access for a little while...

I have always been amused by people who said (and still say) that the iPad is a toy and not for serious work. This is a tired argument—PCs were thought to be better than Macs because they had more ‘control’ and Macs were for simpletons, and so PCs were for people who wanted to do ‘serious’ work.

People who think similarly mislead others away from considering iPads as a replacement for a Mac/PC. Most people don’t need a full fledged computer. The iPad can satisfy most if not all of the computing needs of the average person and professional, and with greater simplicity and pleasure.

I bought the original iPad, the iPad 3, and the iPad Air. My computing needs changed and I moved to an iPhone for most of the things I am doing but I’m itching to find a reason to move back to an iPad.