Hello Mark, Thanks for the early happy birthday wishes!
I do see what you mean, having that home button is so nice, especially for being able to grab your phone with one hand, and being to unlock it, or putting your hand in your pocket and unlocking it without removing it! Yep, my grandma and mother really do care. I have been hearing news floating around that Apple may or may not be announcing new iPhones this September? Wow! I don’t know if that applies to all their models of the iPhone 12, but supposedly it is said that it could be October, or even 2021, before they announce some or all of their models, due to them wanting to incorporate 5G. I don’t know who could wait that long. As far as size, I prefer the plus models, but don’t really care. I wish Amazon sold more unlocked, instead of just for Cricket, though, since gift cards are what I’m supposedly getting to afford it. What is sad about it, is if I did save up for the iPhone SE 2, I would be waisting money, though they are gift cards, and I just couldn’t fathom doing that to family, smiles. But I feel the pain from everyone. Making sure you are able to get future updates for as long as possible is definitely important, if you can afford the phone or device, for sure! Portia. > On Aug 3, 2020, at 7:10 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello Portia, > > Happy Early Birthday, to you. Your mom and grandma sound like very nice > people who love you very much. > > As it has been quite some time since I last posted to the group, I thought I > would chime in on this thread. > > 1. > I use both iPhone 8 Plus and iPHone 11 on a daily basis. I am not a fan of > Face ID; however I acknowledge that many people love the feature. I use the > Attention Aware option, which makes iPhone 11 more secure. > > 2. > I love having a Home button. While I use iPhone 11 daily, my experience > seems slower because of a lack of a Home button. Just my experience, only. > > 3. > I recently purchased an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus Smartphone with an > in-display sonic Touch ID sensor Home button. I absolutely love, love, love > it!!!!!!!!!! I think it is one of the most amazing pieces of technology I > have ever encountered. > > Simply stated, the sonic Touch ID acts just like a legacy home button without > having to reserve any of the actual device’s hardware real estate. It just > works. > > As I have absolutely no intention of starting any kind of debate between > those who prefer Samsung hardware to those who prefer Apple, I will say that > I truly hope that Apple will implement an in-screen / in-display Touch ID > sensor on the next hardware release of iPhone. > > However, as to your question, I would always choose an 8 Plus over the S E > because, unless I am mistaken, the 8 Plus has a larger display than the S E; > screen size is extremely important to me. > > If you are not concerned with display size, then, assuming you cannot wait > until the next release of iPhone in order to see if it does or does not have > a Touch ID sensor, the S E sounds like a winner, to me. > > Again, Happy Birthday and know that whichever device you get, it will be well > worth the money. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Portia Scott > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2020 11:18 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: iPhone 8, worth it now? > > Hi all, > > My mother is thinking of having my grandma give me Amazon gift cards towards > an iPhone 8 for my birthday next month, as well as helping to fund it herself. > > Does anyone still use one? I cannot afford one of the phones with Face ID, > and could hardly get my old iPhone X to recognize my face half the time, > hence why I gave it back to T-Mobile about a year and a half ago, or maybe > it was two years… lol. > > But anyway, between the iPhone SE 2, and the iPhone 8, which one would you > guys recommend? As I said, I am looking for something with Touch ID. Not just > cause of not getting it to unlock hardly. That is part of it, but the other > reason, is I have Cerebral Palsy in my whole right side and so having > something with Touch ID would be easier for me. > > -- > 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: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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