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Apple's Next iPhone: Facial-Recognition, All-Screen Design (theguardian.com)
Apple may have just revealed the features you could expect in the next iPhone. Last week, the company released the firmware of the HomePod, a smart speaker which it will begin selling later this year. In the code, the company has accidentally spilled some features about at least one of the iPhone models. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith looked at the code to find that the next iPhone is going to feature facial recognition and a brand new "bezel-less" design. From a report: The near bezel-less design has long been expected, with leaks and rumours suggesting that Apple was following Samsung's design moves with the Galaxy S8 and producing a smartphone that resembles Android-creator Andy Rubin's upcoming Essential phone. Apple is not the first company to use IR-based face recognition as a means of unlocking devices and authenticating users. Microsoft's Windows Hello IR-based face recognition is found in its Surface line as well as Windows 10 computers from other manufacturers.
because when it's implemented in an iPhone/Mac/other it's done _well_
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+5 funny man. I can't wait to see what a bezel less screen done right looks like. hahahahaha. I guess it will fold space time on itself using it's reality distortion powers hahahah.
Oh man, I feel like buying tickets to your show.
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Sure. You keep believing that.
Apple sells because it's a designer brand, no more, no less.
As someone who manages nearly 1000 iPad/iPhone devices, as well as a "normal" network of PC's and phones, let me tell you that Apple does almost nothing "well".
iCloud fell over in Februrary. You couldn't use any of the iPads, even if they weren't on iCloud, because the message had no "No to All" kind of button, and popped up every few seconds making them unusable for several days.
Just about every feature, gizmo or gadget is flawed on them. From the date-of-birth spinner on the initial account setup (Good luck! I usually end up having to do it for people), to the double/triple-negatives in the setup process (including moving the "Yes / Next / OK" line around at random and renaming it at each stage to trick people into enabling Siri, etc. to Siri itself, to the app store to the MDM solutions to the VPP. It's a mess from top to bottom.
I honestly pity someone non-technical who's told that Apple is so easy, intuitive, well-designed (design means USAGE as well as just PRETTINESS) and then picks one up in a shop and tries to set it up on their own.
From the packaging on the box (no finger-holes on iPads/iPhone boxes = vacuum = only way to open it is to tip upside-down = first thing that lands is a completely unprotected, unpackaged and laying-on-the-top iPad... it's only sheer chance on the first one and the "Oh, fuck" moment that took me to explicitly saving the rest of the several hundred I've opened from a stupid fate), to the design of the machines (iMacs with a power button that you can't feel, tucked around the back, out-of-reach, and easily-overlooked, plus that stupid "custom" power cable - I mean, sure that's the FIRST place I look for a power button, and of course I won't be groping blindly behind it trying to feel where the fucking thing is), to the software (where for years, "Hey Siri, call mom" automatically dialled her, put her on speakerphone and transmitted your voice to her - whoever said it in the work office, and where even just Hey Siri followed by one of DOZENS of commands would allow complete lock-screen bypasses).
They sell because they "are Apple". That's it. People have said you must have one, so you go out and buy one.
I bought my removable battery from Anker, and I take it (and its short tethering cable) along with me on my 1% of excursions that aren't near an electrical outlet. My removable battery is so clever that it can also charge my watch, tablet, and my buddy's Android. It also has the amazing design characteristic of adding zero additional hardware to my phone in the 99% of trips when I don't want or need it. How cool is that!
I'm meh on the headphone socket. Yeah, it was nice. But yeah, I prefer Bluetooth audio so that my headphone wires don't get snagged on the bus I'm trying to deboard. There's also the significant headphone jack problem that there's absolutely zero standardization for circuits more complicated than left audio / right audio. Every company that supports extra stuff like mics or volume buttons has come up with their own way of doing things. In the PC world, this manifests in my gaming rig's headphone + mic not working with our Xbox. Yay standards! At least Bluetooth has this stuff written into the core protocol instead of everyone going a different path, so we have at least some chance of Company A's widget being compatible with Company B's.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?