Your Entertainer
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I ordered my 7 plus at 2pm the day of ( after being disconnected at 2 AM) and was slapped with November shipping estimate. This will be horrible.
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iPhone X | OT | November 3
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I ordered my 7 plus at 2pm the day of ( after being disconnected at 2 AM) and was slapped with November shipping estimate. This will be horrible.
Wtf
Eaten By A Grue
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I am getting the iPhone 8 Plus. I was burned as an early adopter of the iPhone 4 and iPad Air 1, and was burned in both cases. I swore I would not buy the first iteration of an Apple product. I moved myself to the "S" cycle for phone releases and I only buy iPads that are subsequent iterations.
Your Entertainer
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its ridiculous. higher than a mac book pro
Also interesting that it seems to be using iOS 11.1
I could see this being a case where even if you order in the initial hour, you might not get your phone until January.
therealist
Member
Well he did preorder the 8 Plus so clearly that price difference made an impression on him.
Same. I like the darker steel of the black, but now the front is black I like the look of the white. Also the steel would match my SS apple watch..
iPhone X looks really good, but not $1000 really good. I'm into all things Apple but honestly on the overall look of "everything screen", the S8 looks more attractive because of the bezel less screen on the sides and no weird shapes protruding inside the screen like the iPhone X.
Just imagine how the Galaxy S9 is going to look! Or maybe Samsung will also skip the number 9 and go to Galaxy S10.
Just imagine how the Galaxy S9 is going to look! Or maybe Samsung will also skip the number 9 and go to Galaxy S10.
.............for real?
On iOS 10 I can switch between the two most recent apps, and with a stronger press I can bring up the full app switcher. Are both features gone?
At that point I might settle with an 8 for a year. Or a 'throwaway' 6s and then hand it down in the family without worrying about resale value
Zeyphersan
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King Gilga
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Looks nice but dunno if I'd rate it against the S8 or the iPhone 4 tho.
Still, best iphone in a loooong time.
Still, best iphone in a loooong time.
did you really use that? ... i never found the gesture to be all that intuitive or reliable. Like, at least half of the time, i didn't switch from Facebook or Instagram to the last used app, but rather triggered the app's camera feature, or went 'back' in safari, or went to the list of conversations in iMessage.
a gesture that requires a pressured edge swipe always felt weird, especially since regular edge swipes are already a thing in almost every app.
This video is the best so far. It has a deep hands-on with lot's of footage of the phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HTXMhKWqnA
I got release day at ~6am for the 7, but it also didnt have the numerous credible supply shortage reports that the X has. This is going to be bonkers. Apple is going to sell every unit they can manufacture for the rest of the year.
This. If you used it, that sucks that its gone for you. But it as so friggin unreliable and janky that I gave up. The new gesture on the 8 looks way better.
3D touch in general seemed weird to me until I got used to it, but after it clicked it worked all the time for me. Granted I rarely used it to directly switch between apps, just to bring up multitasking. I was hoping at least that was still in, but alas. It just sucks because I recently got a 6S and was enjoying the feature, but back to the home button it is.
That's my stance too. First buyers are almost like beta testers when it comes to new iterations. Pretty curious about what unwanted surprises we'll get with the X.
I get that half-baked is the fun word that people are clinging onto, but do you actually have reasons for saying that or did you just want to drive by post?
I mean... the bump has been their since the 6. The notch is clearly not going away next gen given the tech in it. TouchID isnt coming back short of some catastrophic marketing nightmare of FaceID. So would you care to explain what Im missing or did you just want the chance to say half baked in an Apple thread?
bengraven
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Sept 15
You prolly will deny it but FaceID is completely half baked. I saw a video yesterday, can't remember from which site, i think 9to5mac, where the guy asked the apple employee to close his eyes, and lets see if it'll unlock. Guess what it UNLOCKED.
Then he said something along the line of yea, they will probably need to get that fixed. So Half baked.
But good luck on your purchase though. I'll go for the XS next year. Thanks for beta testing it to make my purchase all the more worth while.
Severe lack of ram. Same ram size as a normal 6, but pushing more pixels, so it ends up performing worst. Now im the type that only use my phone nowadays for simple texting, light browsing, camera and stuff, so i don't really care too much anymore, but apps and web pages, just constantly reload.
this whole half baked thing is bordering on bad meme.
that being said, the 6+ did have the weak structural points.. that were fortified on the 6S+ Though I would hardly qualify that as "half baked".
link?
Various Artists
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I would say if anything it probably had an additional year of development time. Just a pet theory of mine but I very much believe that they wanted this to be the 7 but when they found out touch ID wasn't an option and I am guessing they were not satisfied with facial recognition at the time, they just iterated on the 6. But I don't know I just use past trends as predictors. I still think they would have done something special for the 10th anniversary even if they got this out last year like my wild theory implies.
LumpOfCole
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To be frank, thats kind of what I expected from a phone like this for a while now: a Switch-like dock that could connect to a monitor or television and transform into a computing workstation. If Windows phones took off, I think theyd be there by now running full Windows 10 (or at least 10 S) using a dock or something similar.
the X was never going to be the sole model. We've known this for several months. I don't understand why this theory keeps getting repeated.
badcrumble
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I really wish there were a chance of getting a good, in-depth FaceID 1.0 vs. TouchID 2.0 comparison *before* the iPhone X preorder date rolls around.
Hmm still on the fence but I think I will put a preorder in for the 8. My 6 is on it's last legs.
FinaruDensetsu
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The original 6+ was a fantastic phone for like that first year. After that that 1GB made it a buggy POS.
I have never upgraded my phone after a year but was fucking counting the minutes until the 6s Plus could be in my hands.
I went through alot of strings of videos on youtube for the X, so i cant remember. If you don't want to believe me that's fine. Just stating what i saw on video.
The 6 and 6+ was definitely a great phone for its time. I just don't think its a great phone for someone that likes to keep their phone for 3+ years. Im still using it btw, the battery is still a champ and i don't do any heavy lifting on it, so im fine it.
no chance. I'd go so far as to guess that X will ship with iOS 11.1 They are still hammering out tiny kinks.
lol.. I mean what am I supposed to do with this? "I saw some damning stuff that no one else has commented on seeing. I don't remember where though and if you don't want to believe me, fine."
wtf?
BlastProcessing
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These phones have multi-year development cycles so your pet theory doesn't make much sense. The timing is all off.
When my 6S was caseless, it worked perfectly for me.
With the Apple leather case it was too hard to enable it.
EDIT: Also, you only have to press down on the left hand side to enable it, then you can slide over normally without pushing.
LostMyNarbles
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IIRC The iPhone 6+ had bending issues that caused phones to stop working, the blurry camera issue, and the fact that the 1GB caused a lot of slowdown.
They never admitted anything about the bending and still forced people to payout if their phone stopped working despite YouTube repair channels saying it was some sort of manufacturer issue that caused damage to the board when it bent. They replaced the camera issue and the 1GB RAM was them cheaping out.
They never admitted anything about the bending and still forced people to payout if their phone stopped working despite YouTube repair channels saying it was some sort of manufacturer issue that caused damage to the board when it bent. They replaced the camera issue and the 1GB RAM was them cheaping out.
All their product iterations had multi year development processes. You telling me none of their products felt lacking or half thought out?
ronaldthump
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blue tooth keyboard + signal out to a screen and some sort of "ios desktop mode" so you can do word processing / video work etc el. That'd be a game changer. - I guess they have an airplay feature also on these things. some sort of screen mirroring.
I have a cable somewhere in the house that allows my ipad to connect to the tv.
Wet Bloodfart
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Vivalaraza
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I don't know if half baked is the right word or not but for me, for a £1000 phone this product has too many compromises.
Yeah I don't unlock my phone when it's flat down on a table that often, but I do it often enough that having to pick it up is annoying when I didn't have to do that previously. Why are users now having to make that compromise when it costs more than ever.
The edge to edge display is totally comprised by that notch. Whether you like the look or not it interrupts the UX in too many cases.
Camera bump is still ugly. Yeah they've had it for a little while but that's still not good enough. It's a weakness and it's not being addressed.
Same with the in box charger. It supports fast charging but only if i buy the proprietary cable. I already have one but that still pisses me off. For 1k I want a product that supports fast charging and ships with the required goods.
Also an OLED display but no AoD. Why? AoD is one of the best things about OLEDs yet you don't get it here. This is a software issue so it's slightly different but at this point iOS is missing like 5/6 key features and the hardware is no better than anything else out there.
So yeah whether it's half baked or comprised or whatever...it seems like they were desperate to get something big out there and are charging big money for it without giving you something in return.
Also - less important to me personally but the fact that this product is delayed and things like the wireless charging mat aren't available at launch tells me it's rushed. Apple don't usually roll like that
Yeah I don't unlock my phone when it's flat down on a table that often, but I do it often enough that having to pick it up is annoying when I didn't have to do that previously. Why are users now having to make that compromise when it costs more than ever.
The edge to edge display is totally comprised by that notch. Whether you like the look or not it interrupts the UX in too many cases.
Camera bump is still ugly. Yeah they've had it for a little while but that's still not good enough. It's a weakness and it's not being addressed.
Same with the in box charger. It supports fast charging but only if i buy the proprietary cable. I already have one but that still pisses me off. For 1k I want a product that supports fast charging and ships with the required goods.
Also an OLED display but no AoD. Why? AoD is one of the best things about OLEDs yet you don't get it here. This is a software issue so it's slightly different but at this point iOS is missing like 5/6 key features and the hardware is no better than anything else out there.
So yeah whether it's half baked or comprised or whatever...it seems like they were desperate to get something big out there and are charging big money for it without giving you something in return.
Also - less important to me personally but the fact that this product is delayed and things like the wireless charging mat aren't available at launch tells me it's rushed. Apple don't usually roll like that
Various Artists
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Yes, with the multi-year development clock starting at the introduction of the 6. So they had 3 years instead of 2. Do you think Steve Jobs would have let the same exact model phone come out year over year?
K.
Well again, thanks for beta testing my next purchase.
Was i wrong?
I slept on it and I think I´m going to go for the X. I just don´t see the point of going from a 7 Plus to an 8 Plus. I´ll see how things look supply wise on preorder day. Hopefully I can get one within a month or so. Anything longer than that and I´ll just stick to the 7 Plus. I´ll just finish up the IUP without upgrading and sell my 7 Plus when the next group of phones come out next year.
I do think I´ll have to stick to the 64 GB. I´ll be dropping down from 128 but I never come close to filling my phone since I stream video and music.
I do think I´ll have to stick to the 64 GB. I´ll be dropping down from 128 but I never come close to filling my phone since I stream video and music.
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