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Apple Lets Several YouTubers Get Closer Look at iPhone X Ahead of Friday's Launch

 

is there a bot that tracks Apple's estimated shipping times on their web store? if not, there totally should be.

 

& then fired their dads.

 

I'm supposed to pick up my phone this Friday at the Apple Store and it still says order in progress. Is that normal?

 

Mine's the same. I have a pick up date of Friday and it still says order in progress. So either you're fine, or we're both screwed haha

 

Welp

 

In Progress is fine. The next status update will be Ready for Pickup, I believe, which it certainly is not yet!

Mine says the same for 11/3.

 

Review: The iPhone X Goes To Disneyland

 

Great review. Definitely excited to check this thing out.

 

I haven't seen one negative or disappointing review of the iPhone X. I'm sure someone will eventually post one for clicks, but this is a very good sign considering they have taken giant steps with this phone.

 

I've been combing through some of the reviews this morning, and I've only caught a couple of negative remarks. One being that Face ID can be inconsistent in bright, direct sunlight and if you have attention detection on and are not giving it your full attention (duh.) Otherwise, they all seem to agree it's just as good as Touch ID. The other is the apps not being optimized properly, but that's on the developers and it's no different than the 6/6 Plus release.

 

I did see some reviews that mentions apps not filling up the screen, but like you said, that's not a fault of the phone itself and I guess that's why the reviewers didn't put it as a negative. Do you know how long it took developers to get a lot of apps optimized for the 6/6 Plus?

 

I don't remember it taking too long but that was just a resolution change, not a change in aspect ratio. On the other hand, it took some apps forever. My banking app took about a year to optimize. From what I've read, developers are having to adjust actual content for the X. A lot of the big apps are ready to go though, like Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, etc

 

My bank app only integrated Touch ID this year. I think it depends though on the type of app on how quickly they’re updated. The apps and services that have a big mobile presence are going to be updated within the first couple of weeks but things updated less frequently like my local bank probably won’t see any change for a long time.

 

My bank app is going to take forever to be updated

 

My bank app sucks so bad I go to the safari page 99% of the time.

 

what is the website for checking on products from apple and if they are in stock or not?

 

istocknow.com

 

iPhone X: Tomorrow's iPhone today

I’ve only unlocked the iPhone X a couple of dozen times so far, but I can report that it seems to work just as advertised. If my phone is laying flat on a table starting up at the ceiling, it won’t unlock unless I lean over it. But in my hand? I guess I have to invoke that phrase: It just works. You don’t even need to wait to see the phone unlock before swiping up to unlock—if you swipe up and Face ID isn’t done processing, it will pause until the unlock is complete and then honor your swipe.

The sensor is fast. I lift my phone, swipe my thumb, and wait somewhere between zero and a fraction of a second for the phone to open. It works in the dark (thanks to that infrared illuminator). I haven’t had a failure yet, which gives me hope that this will be a more reliable unlocking method than Touch ID, which frequently failed if my fingers had been in contact with water recently. I unlocked my phone while wearing two different sets of glasses and with no glasses at all. Apple says that certain sunglasses may defeat Touch ID—it all depends on if they have a coating that blocks infrared light in the 940 nanometer range, so you’ll need to test your sunglasses2 to be sure that they work.

 

lol I have apps that have just updated to support the 6 size this summer. Now they have to update to X size.

 

I love when the Favorites playlist is on point.

 

iPhone X review: The best damn product Apple has ever made

 

iOS 11.1 is out with a patch for the KRACK wifi attack but it appears to only fix the issue on iphone 7 or newer according to their release notes.

 

My main man (lol) Nilay Patel (I know) said there's problems outside and in flourescent lighting.