My time with the iPhone X was brief. In a crowded demo room at the Steve Jobs Theater back on Sept. 12, I tried to use it as long as I could. And I can’t wait to take it for another spin. Just a week later, the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are now known …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. The value-giver. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images And now the real selling has begun. After Apple presented its new “smartphone of the future,” the iPhone X, some worried that the future meant very expensive phones. After all, the 64GB version of iPhone X costs $999. …
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Huawei must think the iPhone X is clowning around with its new Face ID, which unlocks the phone by scanning your face. The Chinese smartphone company recently posted an ad on its Facebook page that uses a creepy clown to poke fun of facial recognition scans that don’t unlock the phone the first time. Let’s face it, facial recognition isn’t …
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Apple’s new iPhone X is the most advanced phone the company has ever built, but it’s also the most expensive. Starting at $1,000, £1,000 or AU$1,579 for the basic version, this freshly designed iPhone that’s packed with all kinds of new technology isn’t meant for the average consumer. It’s an exclusive product meant for a certain kind of customer. But …
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When Apple debuted Face ID, one of the iPhone X‘s headline features on Tuesday, it appeared to go… wrong. Ask most people who watched as Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering, was forced to reach for a backup device to show off the facial recognition tool, and they would probably say that the demo failed. But not so …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone X’s hidden security trick 1:34 Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Before this happens, squeeze. Apple/Screenshot by CNET And the doubts have begun. Yes, Apple claims that Face ID on the iPhone X is far more secure than Touch ID ever was. Yet the …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He wants to know whether the Apple executive remembers “Face Off.” Team Coco/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Apple’s executives stand on stage and make everything seem so simple. At least they think they do. Conan O’Brien isn’t so sure too many people understand Face ID …
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With Face ID, Apple is bringing a new way to unlock your iPhone. But whether people are going to use it is still out on the table. We compare Face ID with facial recognition for devices like the Galaxy Note 8 and Samsung’s Galaxy S8, and highlight how Apple’s made it different for the new iPhone X. Also on the …
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This wasn’t the typical start to an Apple event. Rather than a loud, slickly produced marketing video, Apple played an audio clip of late co-founder Steve Jobs speaking about creating “wonderful things” as his way of showing appreciation for humanity. Later on, an image flashed of Jobs holding the original iPhone during its launch 10 years ago. Apple CEO Tim …
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Amazon’s controversial 1-Click patent opens with a summary that’s decidedly dry. It reads: “A method and system for placing an order to purchase an item via the Internet.” Despite its stiff language, that US patent, which was granted in 1999, helped open the internet to droves of shoppers by allowing customers on Amazon.com to buy stuff with — you guessed …
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