iPhone 8 & iPhone X Thread

whatwhat said:
At the end of the day these are still just phones that cost 10-20k. Let people buy what they want and let them be.
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Agree there; how people spend their money is not my concern. If you want to pay 20k+ for a cell phone, then that's your choice.
 
Mine is ready for pick up at the Apple store as well. Still November the 2nd here so need to wait a bit still.
 
OrbitalDawn said:
Well, got mine. Going to play around with it a bit this weekend. :)
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Awesome! Congrats!

Can you do me a fav? Can you send the phone my way ;)

Seriously, can you do a FaceID test for me, see if FaceID works in direct sunlight. There hasn’t been that many reviews on how FaceID performs in sunlight, the one that I saw the guy said he had issues getting it to unlock in sunlight so I’m curious to see if he just had a dud.
 
iPhone 8 & iPhone X Thread

Looney said:
Awesome! Congrats!

Can you do me a fav? Can you send the phone my way

Seriously, can you do a FaceID test for me, see if FaceID works in direct sunlight. There hasn’t been that many reviews on how FaceID performs in sunlight, the one that I saw the guy said he had issues getting it to unlock in sunlight so I’m curious to see if he just had a dud.
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Well there is using it in sunlight as a normal person would that should be fine.

Then there is purposeful testing and having the cameras face the sun and finding it doesn’t work.

Real world vs testing.

I wouldn’t worry about it.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Well there is using it in sunlight as a normal person would that should be fine.

Then there is purposeful testing and having the cameras face the sun and finding it doesn’t work.

Real world vs testing.

I wouldn’t worry about it.
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Did you test this ?
 
SauRoNZA said:
Well there is using it in sunlight as a normal person would that should be fine.

Then there is purposeful testing and having the cameras face the sun and finding it doesn’t work.

Real world vs testing.

I wouldn’t worry about it.
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Well of course I’m talking about real world usage. The review that I saw the guy struggled to get it unlocked while walking around in day light. The speculation is that the sun interferes with the IR sensor. That’s the thing, I’m not really sure because there hasn’t really been any reviews of that particular usage except for that one.
 
adamr said:
Did you test this ?
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No not at all.

But I generally know how these reviewers go about it.

Had similar issues with Wii and PSVR and the like and then you dig deeper and find out in the real world for normal operations it’s just fine.
 
Looney said:
Well of course I’m talking about real world usage. The review that I saw the guy struggled to get it unlocked while walking around in day light. The speculation is that the sun interferes with the IR sensor. That’s the thing, I’m not really sure because there hasn’t really been any reviews of that particular usage except for that one.
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I guess we’ll see soon enough as it gets into the Wild.
 
iPhone 8 & iPhone X Thread

Just came across this link. She does a series of tests. She manages to unlock out in the open but it looks like it’s overcast and not a lot of sun. FaceID did unlock with identical twins.

https://youtu.be/FhbMLmsCax0
 
phoneJunky said:
That does seem a bit quick, but we didn't wait to long for the iPhone 8 though.
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Yeah it does seem quick - was surprised how quick the iPhone 8 was available in S.A as well.. I think it was a week or 2 max after it was released in the US.

Will take a pic of the advertised launch date at iStore later today..
 
SauRoNZA said:
No not at all.

But I generally know how these reviewers go about it.

Had similar issues with Wii and PSVR and the like and then you dig deeper and find out in the real world for normal operations it’s just fine.
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Yeah like you said let's see in the real world if it does pose problems. Esp with our sunny weather and outdoor lives
 
Dreamb said:
Yeah it does seem quick - was surprised how quick the iPhone 8 was available in S.A as well.. I think it was a week or 2 max after it was released in the US.

Will take a pic of the advertised launch date at iStore later today..
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Yeah surprised. We should then hopefully see some pricing early next week if that is the case
 
Apps with iPhone X support are hitting App Store with their own featured section

Now that iPhone X has begun shipping to customers, a “Great on iPhone X” section launched on App Store today highlighting top apps that have been updated for the new handset.

Throughout Thursday, we’ve seen many noteworthy updates to popular apps, including 1Password, Halide, Deliveries, Fantastical and so many more. Updates are a trend whenever a new device or major software update is released by Apple.

Many apps on our list have simply refreshed their user interface to account for the new iPhone X display size and the notch, but some have introduced handy new capabilities as well.

As an example, popular image-editing apps Darkroom and Halide now support importing, capturing and exporting in HEIFF, Apple’s new space-saving image format.

Afterlight, another popular app, has gained support for HEIF and depth-based shooting. ProCam 5 has brought out the ability to take Portrait photos with the front-facing camera.

Plex has implemented support for playback of HEVC-encoded videos (H.265) while apps like 1Password, Dashlane and Day One have gained Face ID authentication.

There is no sense listing off all the updates, but here are the more prominent ones:

Halide
Alto’s Adventure
Canary Smart Security
Darkroom
Deliveries
Shazam
Tweetbot 4
Enlight
Fantastical 2
Just Press Record
ProCam 5
1Password 7
Super Mario Run
Plex
Afterlight 2
Dashlane
Day One journal
Medium
Nike+ Run Club
Carrot Weather
It’s comforting to see so many developers adapting apps to the new iPhone X form factor. This time around, developers were quick to adjust their apps to Apple’s latest phone.

Remember, if you will, that it took certain app makers years to adapt to the last major change in iOS screen size (we’re not mentioning any names, but you know who they are). In fact, I have plenty of apps that are still not optimized for Plus-sized iPhones.

Let us, and everyone else, know if you’ve found any other great apps that have taken advantage of the latest iPhone X features in the comments.

Have your favorite apps been updated?

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2017/11/02/app-store-section-great-on-iphone-x/
 
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Will pop by later to pick up the phones.
 
Dreamb said:
Yeah it does seem quick - was surprised how quick the iPhone 8 was available in S.A as well.. I think it was a week or 2 max after it was released in the US.

Will take a pic of the advertised launch date at iStore later today..
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We would have had stock allocated months ago so just because somewhere else is struggling doesn’t mean we won’t get it as advertised.

Low numbers for sure though.
 
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