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Apple delays HomePod launch until 'early 2018'
And rightly so. As if a delay means anything. Besides, Jobs, never operated Apple at the scale (hundreds of millions of iphones etc) that Cook does.tzeshan said:I was laughed at a few months ago here because I said Tim cool is a poor leader.
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Low markups in Beijing's gray market suggest lower Chinese demand for Apple's iPhone X
Yeah, check back in 2-3 months for the true story.
This is like the several stories about how the iPhone 6 or so was unpopular in Japan (it hit record sales there), then in China (again), more recently about how the iPhone 8 wasn't selling well (Apple's quarterly results show it broke last years 7 sales and exceeded guidance) and so on.
There's no way the X is going to sell bad in China. It has something Chinese buyers of premium phones look for specifically: it's distinct enough to signal you got the new model.
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Apple nixes plans to incorporate under-glass Touch ID in 'iPhone 8,' insider says
Reduction in friction? Is this a joke? You now need to hold your phone to your face every time you need to sign in.franktinsley said:
That seems like a perfectly ok trade-off. We go from having to touch a sensor over and over again every day with varying success rates to instantaneous authentication that requires no effort. In exchange it becomes less convenient when faces are covered. It's a clear and massive net reduction in overall frictionrotateleftbyte said:
There are huge limitations with Facial Recognition. Let me give you an example.franktinsley said:It's amazing to me how little imagination people have. It seems so obvious to me that they made 3D face topology scanning work plenty well enough to make touch ID obsolete. Now you'll be able to use your phone without even thinking about security and you'll get all the same security as touch ID. Apple has made changes like this A MILLION TIMES. How can everyone here not get this?
I ride motocycles. The law means that I have to wear a crash helmet. In winter I wear a silk balaclava underneath that. Coupled with active tint glasses there is often no bit of my face visible.
How would facial recog work then eh?
Now, with touch Id, I can simply stop the bike, take off one glove and touch the phone and I can use the phone. My crash helmet has BT connectivity to my phone.
Then you get people on building sites who have to wear protective gear and it is unlawful to remove them outside a building. So tinted safety spec would in many cases stop facial Id from working.
We shall have to wait and see how it works in reality but I am sure of one thing and that it Facial ID is not something that I want or need. TouchID works and "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
Just my thoughts on the topic which aren't worth anything so can be ignored.
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Apple nixes plans to incorporate under-glass Touch ID in 'iPhone 8,' insider says
That's not even wrong.jameskatt2 said:There is one big reason to forgo having an under glass fingerprint sensor: It would make the iPhone much harder for a blind person to use.
This made it unacceptable.
First, a blind person would have been accustomed to the position of the under glass sensor in less than an hour without any other cues. That's extremely easy for a blind person, no need to call in the Daredevil...
Second, and of course for blind persons Apple can very easily provide haptic cues in Accessibility mode for where the sensor is.
Lastly, the new design still doesn't have a physical home button, so the argument about the sensor is moot. Blind persons will still need to find the exact same under glass "button" location.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook drops from 8th to 53rd in Glassdoor rankings
Well, if someone can fall from 8th to 53rd in Glassdoor rankings in a single year with nothing special happening it means the rankings are totally random and useless.
