iPhone X - Hackdot

Re:iPhone X by tw04 on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @01:59AM (#15235910)

Then, at least around iPhone, they're idiots. I'm not going to have one cellphone for the whole family. Even in the best case scenario of my wife being a stay-at-home mom, I'm going to work. I'm not leaving my phone with her all day at home. And she's not going without a cellphone all day. So... where's the "one device per family" coming in? Even if we assume kids "share" - that works until they're what? 5? 6? 10? At some point the kid is going to want a phone at the same time you do, and eventually "No because I said so" is going to fall on deaf ears.

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Re:iPhone X by ifcologne on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:50AM (#15236827)

My 3 yo borrows my iPhone when we ride home from kindergarden and I don't want that he fells asleep. So he watches an episode of Fireman Sam on Amazon Prime or plays a game. He unlocks the phone with his "magic finger" and after 20 min I get my phone back.

It would be so fantastic if he could just start HIS apps and would access a restricted Prime account. My 6 yo is the same and since he was 2 1/2 I switched by iPhone twice. So I don't see the case that it's not important as they will get their own ones when they are 8 or so - that's 5 generations of iPhones.

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Re:iPhone X by fumar on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @08:14AM (#15237499)

I assumed iOS had multiple users, no? Android has native multi-user functionality, primary, secondary, and guest users. It allows to do exactly what you are asking. Samsung has an additional feature where a folder keeps a unique set apps (sandbox) that can be completely different than the rest of the phone. Samsung calls it a secure folder. That allows each set of users to have two set of apps if needed.

https://source.android.com/devices/tech/admin/multi-user

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Re:iPhone X by kofejnik on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @08:17AM (#15237529)

my $200 Xiaomi phone has exactly this functionality - 'second space', unlockable by second fingerprint

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Re:iPhone X by daughart on Thursday September 14, 2017 @01:19PM (#15250178)

$40 Amazon Fire tablet.

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Re:iPhone X by nardi on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @02:32AM (#15236010)

I think you read the exact opposite of what GP wrote.

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Re:iPhone X by tw04 on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @08:34AM (#15237647)

No, I really didn't.

>By default if her phone rings it should only alert on her primary device. Unless she authenticates to my device at which point everything is there waiting. If her phone was ringing and she picks up my device and authenticates it should answer the call.

He's talking about each person having their OWN DEVICE, but being able to seamlessly switch between devices among their family group.

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Re:iPhone X by NTripleOne on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @08:59AM (#15237801)

Why are you arguing completely different points then?

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Re:iPhone X by justusthane on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @09:32AM (#15238043)

I believe he's arguing against the idea that Apple won't implement this device sharing because they don't want to sell only one device per family.

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Re:iPhone X by quiteawhile on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @10:14AM (#15238440)

Because he is not replying to GP, he is replying to the parent:

> Every Apple device, from Macbooks to iPads to iPhones to Airpods is built to be a personal device. (...) Apple doesn’t want to sell one shared device to a family. They want to sell multiple devices to every family member.

Not sure why people are having problem understanding that.

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Re:iPhone X by nardi on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @09:52PM (#15244426)

Oh, you just replied to the wrong comment.

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Re:iPhone X by endless1234 on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:29AM (#15236733)

I think GP was just saying that in the case of phones, it's silly to try to make the devices single-user since people are going to want to have their own phone anyway, even if they could log in to their partner's phone and see "their own".

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Re:iPhone X by sgustard on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @06:01AM (#15236878)

"No because $1000" is a valid answer in my house.

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Re:iPhone X by umsm on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @08:07AM (#15237459)

I don't think that anyone was suggesting that they will pay $1000 for a child to have a phone. The iPhone SE sells for $150 - $199 brand new from bestbuy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/at-t-prepaid-apple-iphone-se-4g...

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Re:iPhone X by walterbell on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @10:32AM (#15238624)

Good price - is that SIM-locked to the prepaid carrier?

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Re:iPhone X by ihattendorf on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @03:40PM (#15241848)

Yes. I think it needs to be in service with them for 6(?) months before they unlock?

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