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  • Apple said to ditch home button for Face ID with thinner bezeled 2018 iPad Pros, but don't...

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    The OLED is literally the only reason to get a new iPad Pro.

    My iPad Pro display looks dated and the display quality is lacking. It hurts my eyes to look at a non OLED display now. Peoples eyes get strained trying to look at a dark dingy display from LCD screen tech. LCD displays are battery hogs and they make the iPad Pro heavier than it needs to be.
    doozydozenbluefire1

  • Notes of interest from Apple's Q4 2017 conference call

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    I was told that the 8 was a flop. Poor ATRL.
    watto_cobra

  • Qualcomm profit plummets nearly 90 percent amid Apple legal spat

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    The market clearly doesn't believe Apple can find a viable competitor. 
    Rayz2016

  • First look: Apple's bionic iPhone X with Face ID

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    Soli said:
    lkrupp said:
    Hi all, new member here and long time reader of this site :)

    I have a question maybe somebody could answer regarding this iPhone and its facial recognition - after the recognition is confirmed, is there any further security step (Pin code etc) that needs to be performed ? Or does the face recognition itself unlock the phone ?

    Thanks.
    No further steps. Face ID unlocks your iPhone, period.
    That's not accurate. Not only are there are more additional steps to being able to use Face ID, Face ID doesn't "unlock the phone itself," it only unlocks the phone within set parameters after the passcode has been inputted first which tells the device it can start to allow Face ID to be used. You can't even setup Face ID until you have created at least a 6-digit PIN because the PIN is the fallback for device security if you restart the device, if too much time has passed between unlocking the device, and if there have been too many failed attempts to unlock the device using Face ID. You also use that PIN access the Settings area if you wish to alter the Face ID setup.
    The same is true for touchID. So yeah there are not additional steps to use FaceID. In fact every reviewer noted that it was easier to set up FaceID than TouchID. 
    pscooter63StrangeDays

  • Apple designing iPhones, iPads without Qualcomm modems after key testing software withheld...

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    All-Purpose Guru said:
    As someone who has actually worked with Qualcomm in the past, I can tell you that Qualcomm is a thoroughly evil company to work with.  You even HINT that you're looking at alternatives and they threaten to sue you into oblivion.  

    The idea that they are pulling test resources is not even unexpected-- they play MUCH harder ball than this usually, such as cutting off access to support engineers and documentation.  This has been their method of operation since the mid-90s.

    At the time, they were the only game in town for CDMA-- luckily there ARE alternatives now and if Apple DOES seek to get rid of Qualcomm there will be lawsuits.  That's just how Qualcomm operates.

    Another part of the problem is that the licensing agreement that Qualcomm requires is VERY predatory-- they don't just want a fee to use their chips, their fee is based on the cost of the ENTIRE PRODUCT.  That's one of the reasons why you haven't seen a cellular modem in the Macbooks-- Qualcomm would get a large fee based on the cost of a $2000-$3000 product, which makes even putting the chips in the device cost prohibitive.  This is totally unreasonable and unprecedented in the industry.

    This isn't just about money-- Qualcomm is a very difficult company to work with in all areas.
    This is good stuff to know. Can you also post this over at a certain other Apple site. It's useful information to know about. 
    doozydozen