re: Apple Special Event (September 12th)

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So you're gonna pay $1000 for a phone that you have to unlock with a pin? That's disturbing

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I'm pretty sure I can find other things to do with it besides unlocking it.

I get a new phone every year, sometimes more than one because I like buying used Androids for app projects I play around coding and other nonsense. I can easily afford it. Tech is my hobby. I don't bitch and complain when people spend obscene money on fishing poles, guns, coolers, and whatever else people love to do with their time/money. I use my phone daily, do these people use these items daily in most cases?

So it's not worth it to you, that's nice, I like getting new phones.

Well go buy the Android phone and I will spend my money on what I want to buy. Not really trying to justify my spending habits. It's a luxury item. There is no real justification for it besides I want it and it looks cool. Won't ever say it's a necessity just like any other luxury item.

after 2 years? not really. apple isn't stupid. I'm on the next plan and pay $475 a year to "lease" the phone. then when they roll the new ones out the following year, its the same principle.

if i actually paid full price for the phone ($799) they're not going to give me $475 for my trade in 2 years later. you might get 200 for it. so if you go pay for a new phone after 2 years, it'd basically be 799-200=$599. id rather just lease the phone because i still come out ahead. yeah, i guess its nice to own it, but no one these days keeps phones more than 2 years with all the new models/software updates etc

also, if you end up hating whatever phone you bought, you basically have to sell it on craigslist to pay off your contract that your locked into. while on the next plan, i can just pay off the lease terms and upgrade at any time. really, its just personal preference and comes down to carriers being greedy. but, i also use my phone 24/7 so i get my moneys worth.

sorry if that sounds confusing...

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I'm just curious how long the battery on the X is going to last with that large screen. It's saying it last 2 hours more than the 7, but that's not saying much considering more screen and more power.

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It says it quite clearly if you go to Apple.com.

Talk time (wireless):
Up to 21 hours

Internet use:
Up to 12 hours

Video playback (wireless):
Up to 13 hours

Audio playback (wireless):
Up to 60 hours

Fast-charge capable:
Up to 50% charge 30 minutes9

Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Wireless charging (works with Qi chargers10)
Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
Fast-charge capable

Here is the 7+ stats, which is the same in 8+ as well, it's just a bit worse than those two. Which seems about right since it is a bit smaller of a battery.

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Up to 1 hour longer battery life than iPhone 6s Plus

Talk time (wireless):
Up to 21 hours on 3G

Standby:
Up to 16 days

Internet use:
Up to 13 hours on 3G
Up to 13 hours on LTE
Up to 15 hours on Wi-Fi

Wireless video playback:
Up to 14 hours

Wireless audio playback:
Up to 60 hours

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Lol it was a fail. If it was a restart issue the phone would have said "passcode needed to unlock after restart". Instead it said "passcode needed to enable faceid" which means the faceid didn't work, similar to when fingerprint doesn't work.

Knowing that your wrong, even if it was a restart issue, they still failed on a live stream to show how easy it is the first time. They probably rehearsed multiples times too.


Still getting the X

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I just dont want the HUGE plus size

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The first iPhone I purchased was the 6+ and I traded it shortly after for the 6. With a case on, the 6+ was just too big and bulky carrying around in jeans or pants pockets.

I didn't realize the X is the same physical size as the 6/7/8. That's very intriguing.

Will be getting the X in white at some point. I’ll probabaly let the hype die down first and see how well the FaceID technology works. If they bypassed the fingerprint technology, I can only assume it’s close to perfected already, but I’ve been wrong before. And I’m sure there are still bugs to work out.

Played around with it some with different fingers that aren't in TouchID for me. It either says Try Again or TouchID does not recognize fingerprint when you fail TouchID.

edit: if you fail TouchID a bunch of times, it does go to the message that you have to enable TouchID like at the conference.

He could of been playing with it before or other people could of been screwing around with it before and it did fail. If that failure was the last one needed to disable FaceID, it would of given that message like at the demo. Fail on stage is still a possibility.

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Lol it was a fail.

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I posted that from my phone so I couldn't easily attach the picture. This picture was included with the article I linked to and I believe is what they saw on screen while The Verge was live blogging. So I wasn't wrong, that error clearly says you have to enter your pass code to enable FaceID.

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even if it was a restart issue, they still failed on a live stream to show how easy it is the first time.

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It may be a presentation fail, but the concern was it was a technology fail, which this doesn't appear to be. It was a legit concern considering they completely dumped TouchID so it is slightly reassuring that it was a setup fail and not a FaceID fail.