The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Secrets

Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by hyperbovine on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:31PM (#18151027)

But I can't root my iPhone and use it as a Node.js server whilst simultaneously sniffing 802.11 traffic at DefCon. Therefore it's useless to me, and to everyone else who owns a phone as well.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by StreamBright on Saturday October 06, 2018 @09:33AM (#18155051)

Totally. This is why the 0.000001% of mobile phone users who want to run node.js whilst simultaneously sniffing 802.11 traffic at DefCon use something else.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by tibbon on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:04PM (#18151743)

At Defcon, phone roots you!

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by asaph on Friday October 05, 2018 @06:01PM (#18152090)

Thanks for that. I haven't heard a Russian reversal[1] in years. One my alltime favorites from back in the day (when Steve Jobs was still alive):

At other companies you get jobs. At Apple, Jobs gets you!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_reversal

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by lern_too_spel on Friday October 05, 2018 @08:28PM (#18152787)

Unlike with iOS, you don't need to root your phone (or pay Apple a yearly fee) to do those things and many more on an Android.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by umanwizard on Friday October 05, 2018 @09:18PM (#18152945)

That comment was sarcastic. It was intended to mock common pro-Android arguments by pointing out that the author doesn't care about doing that at all.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by saagarjha on Friday October 05, 2018 @09:25PM (#18152962)

You don't need to root your phone to do that on iOS, either.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by codedokode on Saturday October 06, 2018 @11:02AM (#18155461)

Sadly, rooting or reflashing a phone often requires to use proprietary software distributed on dubious forums.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by gumby on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:31PM (#18151908)

> Therefore it's useless to me, and to everyone else who owns a phone as well.

Brilliant!

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by gumby on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:59AM (#18153761)

Did someone vote this down because they thought I was sarcastic? I loved how the parent had characterized it.

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