Re:The 2020 iPhone SE
by unethical_ban on Thursday April 23, 2020 @12:47PM
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I have held out for a while upgrading my LG G7 on android due to one crucial feature for me: Notification LED for my personal phone. (PS: "NotifyBuddy" looks like something that could satisfy my minimum requirement on OLED screens)
I like Apple for work, and I just ordered an SE 2020 on my upgrade plan, to replace my 8.
Why? Other than liking a small phone for work, I do not want to lose fingerprint auth. FaceID means no masks, no landscape, trouble in darkness (I think), trouble in bed or with smooshed face, trouble when the phone is on a desk and I'm looking at it from an angle.
With under-screen fingerprint readers being possible from Oneplus, it must be a matter of cost/Apple-ian adherence to moving on from a technology with purpose, even when you don't need to.
Re:The 2020 iPhone SE
by WildGreenLeave on Thursday April 23, 2020 @03:44AM
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Oh don't get me started about how many times I have do a weird 90 degrees head turn to unlock my XS when it is in landscape mode. I don't get why it is so hard to compare a 90 degree rotated FaceID match.
Everyone that owns a iPhone with FaceID knows the trouble, for everyone else it looks like I am trying to read something without turning my phone.
I don't think you actually have to do that. At least with my iPad pro, when it is in landscape, I don't have to do anything different with my head. The only issue I have is if I am holding it in landscape with my hands I have to move my hand off of the camera so it can see me.
But for multitasking, I really do prefer the swipe-up gesture. I don't find it painful at all, it feels very natural: touch from the bottom, slide up, and then horizontally to select what you want.