jkichline

It’s well known in manufacturing that the cost of the product should be about 1/3 and no more than 1/2 the cost of the finished product. Sounds like Apple follows this pattern. Keep in mind they must pay for R+D, tooling, development, logistics, support, marketing, internationalization, shipping, support, customer service, insurances, trade, lobbying, etc...

foggyhill said:

This is as pointless as it gets. Use some kind of fracking science (it wouldn't even be that hard) of don't do it at all bonehead.

"It wouldn't even be that hard" <-- Pun Intended?

So not to be Mr. Apple supporter here, but I feel this actually makes sense, especially if you’ve dealt with people before on these issues. Let me explain:

What they are doing is separating the desired action from the technical implementation. For instance, instead of toggling the WiFi antenna off, what you really want to do is disconnect from the WiFi network. However, WiFi is used for more than just network connectivity.  It’s now used for all those other things too like AirPlay, Continuity, AirDrop... these use point to point WiFi instead. Apple is using the control center to control the most common desired function and allow your to configure those other features elsewhere since not everyone realizes that they use WiFi.

the same goes with Bluetooth. Sure Apple Watch and Apple Pencil may use Bluetooth, but they use it in a way that’s transparent to the user. They probably receive a lot of support emails about why this or that’s not working. If there’s not a compelling reason to turn the Bluetooth off completely, just perform the action you desire.

The automatic switching is to prevent users from forgetting they had turned things off. Again, I can see people being frustrated that something’s not working because they forgot to turn it back on.

These settings are convenient and do what most people would expect. For techies that want to shut the radio completely down, they can do that to.

Challenge? I looked up the benchmarks on the Snapdragon 835 and it's pretty bad compared to the A11 Bionic

Snapdragon 835: 2059/6461
A10 Fusion: 3924/9371
A11 Bionic: 4274/10438

Good luck with that one, Google.

macplusplus said:

AppleInsider said:

It is not clear where Gruber has obtained his information about Face ID

Read again the tweet: he says "my understanding is that..". There is no information obtained or whatsoever, just divination.

No, that's the type of phrase you use when you've heard tidbits of information form different people and your gut feeling is your understanding on the topic.  You wouldn't use "understand" if you're making it up without some kind of input.