Apple PR, in a quote to David Pogue:
People were handling the device for stage demo ahead of time and didn’t realize Face ID was trying to authenticate their face. After failing a number of times, because they weren’t Craig, the iPhone did what it was designed to do, which was to require his passcode.
Live from Cupertino, Serenity calls in to answer the biggest questions from Apple’s iPhone X keynote.
A day after Apple’s event, the boys come up for air long enough to talk about the most recent firmware leak, the dedication of Steve Jobs Theatre, the iPhone 8 — of course — the iPhone X.
We were so worked up over new phones and leaks, we didn’t even get to the Apple Watch and Apple TV. STAY TUNED.
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Face ID is made possible by a whole range of technology that Apple packed into the notch that defines the look of the iPhone X:
Face ID, like Touch ID before it, stores its information in the device’s Secure Enclave. It is never synced to iCloud servers or included in iOS backups.
Until last year, Touch ID was an iOS-only affair, but that changed with the Touch Bar, which brought a Touch ID sensor to the Mac for the first time.
Alex Guyot has a great, in-depth overview of all three new iPhones over on MacStories.
In an update rolling out now, Apple has removed several sections of functionality, including the iOS App Store, managing ringtones and Books in iTunes for Windows.
Thankfully custom ringtones can still be manually added to an iPhone over USB.
I’ve gotten a couple of iMessages from people mocking Craig Federighi’s struggle to get Face ID to work on his demo iPhone X in today’s keynote.
As you can see around the 1:35:58 mark in this video, Federighi picked up the phone but Face ID didn’t unlock the iPhone, mere moments after he praised its ease of use.
He put the phone back to sleep and looked at it again, but the phone greeted him with this screen:
A new, 4K and HDR-equipped Apple TV will be available for preorder on September 15. In addition to the increased screen resolution, it supports both HDR10 and Dolby Vision. If you have a TV that supports either of those standards, this thing is going to look great.
4K content on iTunes will be priced the same as existing HD content, which is a surprise after rumors said these files would be more expensive. The best part? Any 1080p content you have purchased from iTunes can be upgraded for free to 4K resolution.
The new Apple Watch comes with a lot of goodies, including a much-faster CPU, support for streaming Apple Music and an altimeter.
The biggest upgrade is the inclusion of LTE. Using the same phone number as its paired iPhone, this allows the Watch to receive and make calls on its own. For those of us who run and bike with an Apple Watch, this is a big deal. If I upgrade, I can leave my iPhone behind and know that people can get ahold of me via text or phone call if needed. Moreover, I could call 911 if needed.
If you want a quick way to compare the features in the new iPhones — and all the old ones still on sale — this page is for you.
Apple has put together a bunch of resources for developing apps for the iPhone X, including a video, an updated version of the Human Interface Guidelines and template files.
This bit out of the new HIG jumped out at me:
Don’t attempt to hide the device’s rounded corners, sensor housing, or indicator for accessing the Home screen by placing black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. Don’t use visual adornments like brackets, bezels, shapes, or instructional text to call special attention to these areas either.
While it didn’t get a mention on stage today, the next version of macOS will ship on Monday, September 25. My review is ready, and I look forward to sharing it with you.