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The iPhone X Becomes Unresponsive When It Gets Cold (zdnet.com)
sqorbit writes: Apple is working on a fix for the newly release iPhone X. It appears that the touch screen can become unresponsive when the iPhone is subjected to cold weather. Users are reporting that locking and unlocking the phone resolves the issue. Apple stated that it is aware of the issue and it will be addressed in a future update.
Let the war of words begin. I guess those in the Great White North (Canada) are out of luck!
And BTW, is this the same company so many praise for its unparalleled attention to detail?
At this point, I really have no sympathy for those who rushed out and paid $1000 to be a glorified beta tester.
Everybody who matters lives there.
Apple users kept their phones up their ass
There seems to be no evidence that Tim Cook is able to lead Apple.
George Costanza would have had one.
This so SO not news, my current and previous two iPhones couldn't stand temps in the 40s for more than a few minute, before they started complaining it was "Too Cold" and stopped working. Took at least 10 minutes at 60-70 degrees to get it back to a working warm temp.
"Well, I just got back from going outside. And it was cold..."
"Oh, you mean... unresponsiveness."
"Yes. Significant unresponsiveness."
#DeleteFacebook
These articles are a good test of how many juvenile assholes are on here.
Apparently Steve's last words were 'I'll give you my phone when you pry it from my cold, dead hands" also you are holding it wrong!
Apple is working on a fix for the newly release iPhone X. It appears that the touch screen can become unresponsive when the iPhone is subjected to cold weather.
Thank you to everyone who paid $1,000 to get the new iPhone X. What you don't know is you joined an exclusive club. You joined Apple's Early Adopter Quality Assurance Team. Thank you for helping discover all the problems their QA couldn't so that if the rest of us ever decide to upgrade we will get a better product.
We'll make great pets
I would think that testing various temp/humidity conditions would be standard procedure for a product you plan on selling worldwide. A patch should not even be necessary.
Expect a fix for this sometime next spring.
Much like some were apparently wrongly holding an earlier version of the iPhone, clearly some customers of the latest version are living in the wrong climate and they should relocate in order to get a better Apple experience.
They plan on fixing the cold weather problem by mining bitcoins to heat the phone.
Two men claimed to have walked into a bar. Only one had the bruises to prove it.
That's what you get for not living in San Francisco.
So does my.... (Insert
girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband/japanese sex doll,
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No "your mom" jokes? This place isn't what it used to be.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
This is on apple.slashdot.org, not the main site. Anything on the Apple subdomain has to go through focus groups in Cupertino first. They're pretty busy there at the moment.
if(temperature 10)
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That happened to a handful of one product line of Samsung phone. This is an issue for the entire population of the Iphone X model.
It's hard to believe no environmental evaluation is done for a product that has to meet the conditions of use that a cellphone endures. They should have at least done evaluations at +30, 0, and -40 degrees C. A fricking $6 dashbord switch in a GM automobile has to meet standards like that before the design is signed off, let alone released for manufacture.
That's my guess.... Apple testers didn't take cold weather into account since they don't really have it there.
hence the reason it's on apple.slashdot.org
That's... actually pretty funny and/or clever, I'm not sure which.
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Apple just announced, it has fixed the problem. It is a sleek white heater case, iMitten sold separately for 79$. It will keep the phone at the recommended operating temperature. After market replacement heater jackets are not recommended, it would void the warranty.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
The link helps people remember some details.
I think they don't even know there's such things as "cold weather", "no ocean view" or "too expensive". They're all rich assholes full of themselves.
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Right up there with an antenna that short-circuited when held wrong (remember that?).
I remember when the extra 50% plus you paid for an Apple device over anyone else bought you quality of construction and good design. That was over a decade ago. These days? Keyboards on laptops with missing keys, phone screens that break or just plain don't work. But the fanboys will keep on fanboying, that I'm sure of.
I can't say I understand what the point is. The problem with touch ID was that it was clumsy and slow, so they replaced it with something that is more expensive and clumsy and slow? Doesn't seem logical at all. It seems to be something that should have been held back until it actually worked smoothly and therefore solved the original problem.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
I used to ski with an iPhone 6s in my the breast pocket of a synthetic puffy jacket worn under a GoreTex shell and over at least two other layers. When temps dropped below -30F, I regularly experienced problems with the phone claiming to me overheating before shutting itself down when I pulled it out for a photo. No good idea of the temp inside that pocket, but it seems likely it was well above -30F. Expose to the ambient air was 1 minute before the "overheating" message appeared. Take home? Don't rely on an iPhone for back country navigation in the winter!
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by TheSpoom (715771) Uncaring Linux user here. I have nothing to add to this but please continue. *munches popcorn*
Samsung was the first to market with a heated phone defroster. Perhaps the only example of actual creativity from Samsung.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
The headline on Slashdot is misleading - as the snippet says, locking and unlocking the device will restore the touchscreen. My guess (having worked on capacitive touch systems) is that the touchscreen doesn't properly recalibrate on a sudden temperature change, resulting in loss of touch detection until the touchscreen recalibrates (which happens every time you unlock the phone). This is easily fixed by a software or firmware change, and has a fairly simple workaround in the meantime.
Unlike what most commenters seem to assume, the phone is not suddenly unusable in the cold - just click the power button to lock the phone and click it again to unlock. Takes less than 2 seconds, after which you can go back to scrolling Facebook in the bitter cold.
I've had two separate iPhone 6 plus phones where the screen just goes unresponsive to touch, and the fix is just to lock and unlock it again.
This is at room temperature, no need for cold weather.
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Good point. This is an example of a common problem of understanding management. Who is responsible for Apple's success? What part of Apple's success is due to Tim Cook being CEO?
An extremely important contribution of Steve Jobs was making sure nothing flawed was released. The iPhone 4 was released with antenna problems on June 24, 2010. It was a mistake someone with experience with radio frequency transmission would easily have understood. Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011, and was not managing long before that. Tim Cook officially became CEO of Apple on August 24, 2011.
Since then, management of Apple has apparently become far more sloppy, For example: iPhone X Is Everything Wrong With Tim Cook's Apple
Here are problems mentioned in that article:
1) Announced before being ready.
2) "Stop and ask what real world problems the iPhone X answers. There are a lot of cute answers but on a practical sense the iPhone X offers very little on top of the iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus, which in turn are only incremental bumps over last year's models."
3) Product confusion: "Now it takes a ridiculous amount of research and comparison to find the iPhone that may suit your needs, and there is not a single device that offers all of features in a single package - every iPhone has some form of limitation and restriction designed into it."
To me, that looks like poor overall management. There is sloppiness that didn't exist when Steve Jobs was in control. Steve Jobs was far from perfect; he had wacky ideas about health care, for example: Steve Jobs 'regretted trying to beat cancer with alternative medicine for so long'.
Jobs was known for delivering an excellent customer experience. That's what made Apple different from competitors.
I have used many phones with different operating systems - Symbian, Windows (old and new), Blackberry OS, Android and currently iOS. The iPhone has the most unreliable battery during winter overall. Was in Warsaw this weekend and used the navigation app. At one point percentage came down from 50% - 60% to about 30%. I went to hotel plugged the phone to charge and saw 50% again. During the summer the battery meter will gradually go down in winter it is very hectic. Sometimes during winter I will try to take a picture with battery in the 30% - 40% range and it will shut down. I will go home plug in the phone and see that i still have 30%. A friend who has iPhone 6 reports similar issues during winter.
none of the 24 hour reviewers noticed this problem? how is this possible?! They had their hands on the phone for a full 24 hours!
On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
really creative and bround greaking, actually. Another win for apple.
Apple stated that it is aware of the issue and it will be addressed in a future update.
Certainly they understand cold. The problem is, their "cold" is 65F.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
So... same issue as the iPhone 8s...here in Alaska.
I do not respond to trolls (AKA Anonymous Cowards)
i'll stick to my more advanced Galaxy S6
great, Apple made my ex-wife.....
I expected this... and the downmod, do be honest. I never preface my actual jokes with such an obvious subject.
Hell, I have yo burn all this karma somehow.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
Apparently it doesn't get cold either LOL.
Another example of sloppy management at Apple? Hackers Say They've Broken Face ID a Week After iPhone X Release.
Is body ID a good idea? Maybe not: Flight diverted after woman discovers her husband is cheating on her. Her husband was sleeping. She pressed the phone on his fingers.
The Device cleaner goes through the phone and cleans the system memory, improves phone or tablet performance, and improves battery life. And the best part is, it's completely free. There are other ram faster apps out there, but usually most users simply add layers of complication to a process that you do not need. Not a power user, just want a faucet solution to speed up the phone. ram cleaner without ads is exactly that. Just fire up the app and touch the Boost. https://play.google.com/store/...
The iPhone X Also Becomes Unresponsive When It Sees FBI/CIA/NSA
Casteism
More evidence of insufficient management at Apple:
iPhone X Owners Complain About Distortion, Crackling Sounds From Earpiece
It's important that this issue not become off-topic. All that is being theorized is that Apple CEO Tim Cook, like almost everyone, is not sufficiently capable of being the top-level manager of a huge company like Apple.
Is the iPhone X face ID a good idea? Watch a 10-Year-Old's Face Unlock His Mom's iPhone X
According to Apple, iPhones have an operating temperature ambient situated between 32 and 95 Fahrenheit, that's 0 and 35 Celsius. The manufacturer also provides information about a non-operating temperature interval ranging between -4 to 113 F, that's -20 to 45 C.Nov 29, 2014
Liquid crystal displays fade to unreadable around -20F and become totally black around 105F. Both temperatures can be experienced working outside in some of the Rocky Mountain regions. In winter, the phone is kept in a t-shirt pocket inside the warm clothes and will work for a few minutes after removing. In summer, you keep your phone in a zip lock bag in the cooler full of water bottles.
If you really need a wider temperature range on a phone; you go with a Panasonic Tough Phone
https://panasonicbts.factoryoutletstore.com/details/154793/panasonic-fz-e1bbcazzm.html?category_id=52208&catalogitemid=137947
Come to think of it, with the high price of the walled garden phone that is the iPhone X; the $1800 for a tough phone doesn't look as ridiculous as it once did.
NRRPT/RCT