Oh can't for get the gestures. They work fine but it feels weird not having the home button. That's probably something I could get use to if I owned the device.
On 11/28/17, lenron brown <[email protected]> wrote: > I have played with it a bit a friend has one. It's as fast as the > 8plus to me. The reason I don't like it is because no fingerprint > reader. Yes face ID works fine if you have the attention feature > turned off and that's fine. Speakers sound good but they don't seem to > sound that much better than the 8plus my little sister has. I must > admit I do like the design a bit but that's all really. I must be > missing something cuz it seems over hyped. > > On 11/28/17, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello Lenron, >> >> You wrote, in part, "... and I hate the thing ..." >> >> Lenron, do you own an iPhone 10? If so, and you hate it, can you share >> with >> us, why you dislike it so? >> >> Mark >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >> Of lenron brown >> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 7:43 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Apple Should Have Shrunk the iPhone around the Screen >> Instead >> of Growing the Screen to Fill the Body >> >> Ok that's his thoughts on the phone. He still thinks is the best phone, >> and >> I hate the thing. Just my thoughts. He wishes it was design differently. >> It >> don't really matter what people want because if apple makes it, it will >> sell >> and apple knows this. >> >> On 11/28/17, Ed Worrell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Honestly the article is another session of someone finding an >>> unrealistic issue with the iPhone. I really think if you can’t take a >>> break from what you are doing and use both hands on the phone the >>> notifications or posting to social media can wait until you’re done >>> with the task at hand. Nothing is that important in life that it can’t >>> wait a single second. >>> >>> JMO, >>> >>> Ed >>> >>>> On Nov 27, 2017, at 10:08 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Apple Should Have Shrunk the iPhone around the Screen, Instead They >>>> Grew the Screen to Fill the Body. >>>> >>>> By Robert Perez. >>>> >>>> Dennis Green at Business Insider offered an explanation for why he's >>>> decided to stop using the iPhone X and go back to a Plus, and it >>>> brings up a lot of feelings I've had about Apple's (AAPL) new iPhone >>>> lately. >>>> >>>> But there's really only one flaw that really matters to me: the phone >>>> is impossible for me to use with one hand. >>>> >>>> Though the phone is only a bit bigger than the iPhone 6, 7, and 8, >>>> the bezel-less screen makes for an enormous size increase. >>>> >>>> The new gestures required by the notch mean there's no way to look at >>>> my notifications with only one hand, or access the control center. >>>> Those are pretty essential functions, and it drastically limits the >>>> usability of the phone when I'm on the go or when I only have one >>>> hand free.- Dennis Green, Business Insider >>>> >>>> I've been thinking about this a lot lately. The narrow aspect ratio >>>> of the iPhone X is to make one-handed use easier but the user >>>> interface makes two hands a necessity. I swing back and forth between >>>> upgrading to an 8 Plus or an iPhone X. I'm torn between the Plus's >>>> wider aspect ratio or getting the iPhone X's awesome FaceID. >>>> >>>> I still think that the iPhone X is the best phone you can possibly >>>> get, but the size was somewhat of a compromise. I constantly come >>>> back to the fact that I wish Apple had shrunk the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus >>>> so that the the screen sizes had remained unchanged and the bezels >>>> around them had shrunk. >>>> >>>> If Apple had shrunk the phone body around the 4.7" screen, then >>>> one-handed use on the whole screen would have remained possible for >>>> most people. >>>> Further, a lot of SE owners, like my wife, would have finally been >>>> able to upgrade to the 4.7" screen. This group would have been >>>> ecstatic. >>>> >>>> Also, a lot of us users of the 5.5" Plus prefer this wide aspect >>>> ratio because the extra width makes everything feel more spacious. >>>> Video detail is easier to see and fonts everywhere are bigger. The >>>> 5.8" screen on the X is actually larger and can physically display >>>> more data, but due to the narrow width, it looks cramped in >>>> comparison to the 5.5" Plus. >>>> >>>> I compared my phone to my co-workers X and found some interesting >>>> differences. All the text and pictures on my 7 Plus were larger. You >>>> can see much more content on the X but everything is much smaller. >>>> Apple seems to be making an attempt to mitigate this by making the >>>> fonts render thicker. >>>> The >>>> letters look much bolder than on my 7 Plus. It does help somewhat but >>>> doesn't change the fact that the letters on the 7 Plus are >>>> significantly larger and easier to read. I can read the 7 Plus >>>> without zooming in on the text. I can't do that on the X, which >>>> renders its size advantage moot. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> My problem with the Plus has always been the length of the phone, not >>>> the width. It is difficult to fit into pockets, will physically hurt >>>> your hip in tight pants, and is prone to flipping back due to the >>>> higher center of gravity. If Apple had removed the home button and >>>> shrunk all the bezels around the 5.5" screen, I would have been >>>> overjoyed. The 5.5" screen is 4.75" tall. If Apple shrunk the bezels >>>> around this size screen, the phone would be shorter than the iPhone >>>> 8, which is 5.45" tall. Can you imagine the Plus sized iPhone being >>>> shorter than the iPhone 8? That would be awesome. >>>> >>>> Apple tried to split the difference between the 7 and 7 Plus, but for >>>> a lot of Plus owners it feels like a step backwards. If Apple had >>>> shrunk the bezels on the 4.7" and 5.5" phones, everyone would have >>>> been happy. A lot of 4.7" owners would have upgraded to the 5.5" >>>> phone, but this would have been offset by 4.0" SE owners upgrading to >>>> the 4.7" phone. >>>> >>>> If Apple had simply shrunk the bezels on their screens, one-handed >>>> use would have been possible on the 4.7" phone and easier on a 5.5" >>>> screen than the current tall 5.8" screen. I thought the benefit of a >>>> narrow phone was that it was easier to use one-handed? If I need to >>>> use two hands, I might as well get the benefit of a wider screen. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Now that Apple has started down the road of tall narrow screens, I'm >>>> not so sure that the rumored "X Plus" next year is going be the phone >>>> that I want. >>>> It'll probably be an improvement over the current 5.8" X, but it's >>>> not going to be the small-bezel 5.5" screen that I want. There's no >>>> way that Apple could make the X Plus screen smaller than the X. That >>>> means that any X Plus screen is probably going to be even taller and >>>> harder to use. Apple will probably make an X Plus phone that is no >>>> shorter in height than the 8 Plus or maybe even slightly taller. >>>> Again, not what I want. Height is the worst thing about the current >>>> Plus. >>>> >>>> I still think that the iPhone X is the best phone on the market, bar >>>> none. >>>> It has the best screen quality, and I'm seriously wanting that >>>> optical 2x camera lens with optical image stabilization. Also, as a >>>> runner who can never get TouchID to work after a sweaty summer run, >>>> to me FaceID looks like a Godsend. I just wish that Apple had shrunk >>>> the bodies around the screens and not grown the screens to fill the >>>> bodies. >>>> >>>> >>>> Original Article at: >>>> https://apple.news/AmgzDuT9GSQub3tU-YyzeqA >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the V >>>> iPhone list. >>>> >>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >>>> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >>>> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list >>>> itself. >>>> >>>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>>> [email protected]. 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