New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

I just ordered a 7 with 256GB yesterday

to replace my 5S that finally ate it

Are they discontinuing the SE? I have nerve damage in my left hand and can't use it to hold a phone. I like small phone.

No the SE is still being offered.

so face ID - somebody who has your phone (let's say a cop) can just point your phone at your face and it'll unlock?

As an object this looks awful. What are all of these employees doing. There's no one who has any heft who can say this is bad?

yeah xp must be.

cops gonna love this phone

why would you even enable Face ID, is my question

I never enabled fingerprint unlocking, I'm sure as hell not enabling this

sounds pretty convenient imo

as per dayo's use case, a little too convenient

"Hello there."

"What?"

"You're in the room now. I saw you."

I mean DJP raises a good point -- is there an alternate way to sign on or not?

Passcode

I've downgraded from 7s+ to 6s and am pretty happy, especially having the headphone jack back. Pretty much the only thing I miss is the portrait camera, and that's all I like the look of in the X.

TBH, I'm sick of apps, pissed off by driven engagement, tired of my inability to focus on things because of insanely checking social media and getting pretty Luddite about how both I and other people use phones in public/work situations — it's like the meeting full of laptops, but everywhere, all the time.

What I think I really want is a dumb phone with WhatsApp and iMessage, plus maps and music. Seems like the new watch might be good for that, actually.

If only there was a portable camera as good as the one on the X looks.

Fujifilm X100F is somewhat portable.

New iPhone has facial recognition to unlock. Which means if white person programmed it, any black man can open any other black man's phone.

— Phillip Henry (@MajorPhilebrity) September 11, 2017

The one picture I've seen of the X looks interesting to me but a) give me a fukken headphone jack, and b) fuk u, Face ID

bascially paying a couple hundo more for face ID and the screen going to the edge?

"Hello there."

"What?"

"You're in the room now. I saw you."

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, September 12, 2017 7:13 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kinect for xbox one will do this and its fucking weird. I turned it off.

All I want is to be able to replace my SE with an identical phone with a newer SoC whenever this actually breaks or falls off the end of the software update conveyor belt.

The one picture I've seen of the X looks interesting to me but a) give me a fukken headphone jack, and b) fuk u, Face ID

― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Tuesday, September 12, 2017 7:27 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Those are two essential things. So it's not interesting at all, to me. They'll never bring back the jack, and biometric shenanigans will only advance. And if they can, Apple will use and embrace it. It won't matter in sales anyway.

I'm sticking with my 5S till they pry it from my cold dead hands. After that: no apple.

cosine all the <3 for the SE, it is the best

the OS is starting to get pretty long in the tooth tho

what's the last OS for the SE?

The new iOS has a thing where you can immediately lock it to require the passcode -- turns off Touch ID and the Face ID thing.

So if a cop gets within a hundred feet you turn it off

fuckin' lol at that tweet LBI posted though

Ugh yeah the X looks dumb, don't want

Maybe the 8? A high priority is battery life. I don't like being out all day and feeling like I have to avoid using my phone to be sure I'll have enough to get home.

Ricoh GR Digital II is a killer pocketable camera

battery supposed to be 2 hours better on these i think?

What I think I really want is a dumb phone with WhatsApp and iMessage, plus maps and music. Seems like the new watch might be good for that, actually.

pretty much, plus a camera

and, er, kindle and instapaper

but THAT'S DEFINITELY IT

also not a watch

A tricked-out Nano, maybe.

Eugh multiple zing bugs on iOS 11

According to this @TechCrunch photo, the iPhone X will cost one human life. pic.twitter.com/1NHMoGCucq

— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) September 12, 2017

lol

the faceID thing feels half baked - like seems obvious to me they meant this work in conjunction with touchID (almost like two step) but since they couldn't get touch ID to integrate into the display they just went with faceID instead. just seems bad from a security standpoint. i wonder what the security guys are gonna say

Apple says it's far more secure (1/1million vs 1/50,000 for touch). Mystified by gripes about it, tbh.

The speed is the thing I’m curious about. Someone said 1500ms to unlock? I can type my passcode faster than that. Also I unlock my phone in my pocket when approaching Tube gates

okay but if i'm sleeping and somebody points my phone at me will that unlock the phone?

No, you need to be “attentive” — looking at it, basically

Do the new 6s's still have the aux jack? I have a 6s and it's great, whenever it breaks I'd rather just get a new one for cheaper than I did a few years ago & skip this FaceID shit.

why did they skip 9

I can think of dozens of scenarios where I would want/need to unlock without looking at my phone. Having to stare at it just sounds like a hassle. And the new design looks kinda... cheap?

Xpost for the same reason Mahler tried to delay composing his ninth - it's the one you die after

Didn't Steve Jobs already die?

yeah but skipping right to this?

https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/40/615264-drinky1.jpg

Haha

what's the last OS for the SE?

― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, September 12, 2017 1:30 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

SE isn't at the end of the road yet! Will be getting iOS 11.

Ugh the only carrier for Watch in the UK is EE. Fuck that

loooool