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Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

triple sulk posted:

it has the old touchid that is slower so no sale

new one is too quick when i just wanna glance at notifications, i look forward to the older one

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Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

triple sulk posted:

it has the old touchid that is slower so no sale

new one is too quick when i want to use the top-tier camera with optical image stabilization on my iPhone 6S+, can't wake with the home button without unlocking anymore

Necc0
Jun 30, 2005

by exmarx
Broken Cake
i've learned to wake with the power button when i don't want it to unlock

or use the end of my finger

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

Necc0 posted:

i've learned to wake with the power button when i don't want it to unlock

or use the end of my finger

even when i try to angle my thumb sometimes it still catches my print :mad:

Necc0
Jun 30, 2005

by exmarx
Broken Cake
yeah i just went and did it again because it's just muscle memory now

use your thumbnail

EIDE Van Hagar
Dec 8, 2000

Beep Boop

Necc0 posted:

i've learned to wake with the power button when i don't want it to unlock

or use the end of my finger

i just hock up and spit a big loogie onto my thumb and smear it all over the home button so that it doesn't unlock

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

im getting an iphone se (steve edition) instead

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

I'm getting an iFonzie


aaayyyyy

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

NoneMoreNegative posted:

I'm getting an iFonzie


aaayyyyy

instead of touch id you smack the side of the phone and it unlocks

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually

qirex posted:

instead of touch id you smack the side of the phone and it unlocks
this isnt the android thread, friend

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

it's going to be so fast and good until the 7 is out

and then everyone will be rushing to upgrade their iPhone se's

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

My Linux Rig posted:

and then everyone will be rushing to upgrade their iPhone se's

nope

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007


the 7 looks to have a bunch of dumb poo poo I don't care about and the 5 Steve edition has an updated processor and sex appeal

lord funk
Feb 16, 2004

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

the 7 looks to have a bunch of dumb poo poo I don't care about and the 5 Steve edition has an updated processor and sex appeal

but menos sex appeal for no force touch. let's promote a significant ui feature for our os by releasing new hardware that doesn't support ti.t

VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE
Aug 1, 2004

whoa, what just happened here?







College Slice
Force touch is dumb as gently caress and was another awful idea they crammed into a thing where discoverability was already a massive issue

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

broken clock opsec posted:

Force touch is dumb as gently caress and was another awful idea they crammed into a thing where discoverability was already a massive issue

the only use i have for force touch is being able to squish down on the waze icon and immediately select work or home for my commute

its not useful enough for me to miss it

Beeftweeter
Jun 28, 2005

OFFICIAL #1 GNOME FAN
force touch is not useful and who gives a poo poo about the updated touch id sensor

Beeftweeter
Jun 28, 2005

OFFICIAL #1 GNOME FAN
the answer is people trying to justify buying the clownshoe size iphones

big shtick energy
May 27, 2004


broken clock opsec posted:

Force touch is dumb as gently caress and was another awful idea they crammed into a thing where discoverability was already a massive issue

ClassActionFursuit
Mar 15, 2006

isnt force touch the same thing as long presses in android ie the thing they abandoned five years ago b/c it was undiscoverable af and completely unintuitive?

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

we still have long press. force touch is a whole other thing.

atomicthumbs
Dec 26, 2010


We're in the business of extending man's senses.

THC posted:

we still have long press. force touch is a whole other thing.

yeah it's where you really mash down on it to do something

Wild EEPROM
Jul 29, 2011


oh, my, god. Becky, look at her bitrate.
they should get rid of longpress entirely and go with forcetouch only

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VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE
Aug 1, 2004

whoa, what just happened here?







College Slice

LastInLine posted:

isnt force touch the same thing as long presses in android ie the thing they abandoned five years ago b/c it was undiscoverable af and completely unintuitive?

It is effectively the same thing

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