Obviously...
They were never gonna offer FaceID on a “budget” iPhone.
The rumoured 5.4” iPhone looks to be taking the iPhone 11 price point spot.
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They were never gonna offer FaceID on a “budget” iPhone.
The rumoured 5.4” iPhone looks to be taking the iPhone 11 price point spot.
Buy it in Portland, no sales tax
Caporegime
I don't mind either TBH.
In my experience TouchID was much faster and accurate.
First world problems, don't get me wrong, but with TouchID I could pick up phone out of my pocket/off my desk or whatever, and it be unlocked before I'm even looking at the screen.
And the flip-side of that will be gloves in the winter months rendering TouchID useless.
Decent if the iPhone 12 features both.
Soldato
Its one of the reasons why I’m not interested in upgrading above the 8. So glad the SE doesn’t have FaceID.
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Why on earth do people want to downgrade from xr or Xs to this ??? A12 chips are hardly slow
I know a lot of people find the XS and XR models too large to hold comfortably and would prefer a smaller handset.
One thing I do like about this which it has over Android phones is the longevity and OS updates. With an A13 chip you know it'll likely have a good 4 years worth of support.
Most similarly priced Android handsets are lucky if they get half that. It's perhaps the main reason I refuse to spend more than ~£400 on an Android phone.
The only downside I see with it is that the design of the phone does look a bit dated with those pronounced bezels. I don't see many people being bothered by that though. At £400 these things will fly of the shelves.
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Caporegime
Lol that brought back memories, I just go back to Passcode.
Nothing wrong with a bit of variety, I like sampling new hardware.
I'm the same with motorbikes, it’s why I’ve had 9 in 3 years.
Plus the XR doesn’t fit in my motorbike jacket
One of the biggest step backs for Apple as far as I'm concerned. One thing I'm jealous of Android users is the new finger print ID built into the screen, fantastic stuff.
Nothing wrong with a bit of variety, I like sampling new hardware.
I'm the same with motorbikes, it’s why I’ve had 9 in 3 years.
Plus the XR doesn’t fit in my motorbike jacket
I'm exactly the same.
Soldato
At the currently deployed frequencies (those used previously for 2G, 3G and 4G services), it depends on how much the changes to the protocol stack take to develop along with licensing costs.
Developing an entire new RF architecture to support the millimetre wave bands will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. I’m not even sure that the SAR testing methodology and phantom heads exist for 20GHz plus bands.
I prefer passcode to either of those.
You prefer physically typing in a code rather than an almost instant finger print?
Tell me, in what other aspects of your life do you suffer needlessly?
I’m in no urgent rush where shaving off a few seconds bothers me that muchYou prefer physically typing in a code rather than an almost instant finger print?
Tell me, in what other aspects of your life do you suffer needlessly?
Could you not unlock your phone by accident with FaceID. I’m pretty sure I read something about that admittedly a while ago now.