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Samsung has launched a new spot titled “Growing Up” which shows the decade-long journey of an iPhone fan who eventually converts to a phone from Samsung’s Galaxy series.

The chirpy spot starts off with the protagonist getting excited with his first generation iPhone, only to have it run out of storage while taking a picture afterwards. There is another time jump to 2013, with the man now being in possession of an iPhone 5S. He then meets his to-be girlfriend and sees her Galaxy Note 3 which boasts a bigger screen and stylus.

Fast forward to 2016, both the protagonist and his girlfriend fall into a lake. While the girlfriend’s phone gets away unscathed, the guy’s iPhone gets dipped in a bowl of rice for a miracle (sound familiar?).

One year later, the iPhone fan gets a new iPhone 8, along with its highly divisive dongle – a move which copped Apple flak for removing the 3.5mm headphone jack. He then proceeds to connect a multitude of wires to listen to music and charge his phone at the same time – while his girlfriend charges her phone wirelessly.

The spot concludes with the protagonist switching over to a Samsung phone, sending a text message which was similar to his first call with the first generational iPhone – coming full circle.

Since being posted yesterday, the spot garnered 119,104 views on YouTube at the time of writing.

Making fun of Apple is not a new move for Samsung. In 2014, Samsung took a jab at Apple with not just one but six new hilarious videos on its YouTube channel. In the six 30-second videos Samsung takes a swipe (pun intended) at the screen size of the new iPhone, the streaming lag the public saw during #AppleLive, the Apple Watch, the low battery life and much more.

And Samsung isn’t alone. Just last month, Google launched an ad campaign consisting of several videos mocking the iPhone to promote its new Pixel 2 smartphone. Similar to Samsung, the ad poked fun at the iPhone’s “Storage Full” notification screen.

Read also: iPhone 8 outshines Galaxy Note 8 online, and it hasn’t even been shown yet

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蘋果宣布iPhone X預購量打破歷史紀錄，但最新消息顯示，中國大陸才發售3天，這支史上最貴iPhone手機已經跌破官網價；屯貨想高賣不成的黃牛，現在只能含淚賠本殺出。

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中國大陸網路最新流傳的笑話是「想買價格最低的iPhone X，找黃牛就對了!」一名黃牛低頭望著滿地手機，忍不住掩面哭泣的照片也在網路被瘋傳，據傳他囤貨200支iPhone X。

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綜合陸媒報導，中國大陸蘋果官網定價，iPhone X 64GB版本售價人民幣8388元（約新台幣3萬8585元）起，256GB售價9688元起。由於預購被瘋搶，光是大陸初估就超過550萬支，黃牛一度喊價，11月3日發售當天，256GB要拿現貨，竟要高達2萬元。

但iPhone X於3日一早開賣後，黃牛價有行無市，許多零售商僅加價幾百元就願賣出。過了中午，黃牛停止收購，部分機種開始原價求售。

4日，通路商的報價已經跌破官網價格，銀色64GB報價8150元，低於官網價格150餘元，更比昨天發售時的黃牛價暴跌超過1600元。業內專家認為，主要原因就是「供過於求」。

5日，市場倒貨情況更為慘烈，黃牛忍痛以官網價再殺500元求售64GB版，更有店面傳出以7488元現金價流血殺出，已經比官網價還低662元。在官網預購的消費者發現，原本要等至少5週的時間才拿得到手機，現在已縮短到3週。

新京報報導，一名黃牛表示，iPhone X售價破盤，除了蘋果貨源較為充足以外，中國大陸消費者在手機消費上也逐漸趨於理性，較高的售價把不少人擋在門外。

獨立IT分析師唐欣指出，即使破盤，iPhone X仍是蘋果史上最貴、利潤最高的手機；目前斷言iPhone X失敗為時過早，「但我不認為它足以帶蘋果重回過去的巔峰。」

　

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Blink and you might just miss this easter egg, but it's a gem.

Samsung's latest ad follows an avid iPhone user who eventually decides to switch sides after ten years.

SEE ALSO: Let's take a trip down iPhone memory lane

The ad, titled "Growing Up," opens with the man queueing up for his first iPhone in 2007, all the way up till present day, where he finally sees the light and decides to skip the queue for the iPhone X.

The minute-long ad manages to majorly throw shade at the iPhone, highlighting all the criticisms it's faced over the years: its lack of stylus, non-waterproof phones, and of course, the dongles.

But the real dig is when the man is shown walking past a line of people queueing up for the new iPhone X.

If you look closely, one guy in the queue spots a haircut shaped like the iPhone X's infamous notch.

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TemaseX · Nov 6, 2017

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Apple iPhone X Face ID: Does it really work?

By: Nirupam Manik, The Mobile Indian, New Delhi

Last updated : November 06, 2017 1:19 pm

Apple’s Face ID is not a regular software fueled face recognition. Instead, it is powered by a really impressive take on hardware.

Apple iPhone X is out and is showing up the ‘Out of Stock’ message sooner than ever and people seems to be outrageously excited about the new iPhone X (Ten and not X). Accompanying this excitement are a bunch of questions which mostly relates to Apple’s courage. While headphone jack was a rather poor decision in the basket, Apple decided to ditch the fingerprint scanner this year and replace it with what has been questioned the most - The Face ID. Now, Apple’s Face ID is not a regular software fueled face recognition. Instead, it is powered by hardware which Apple calls ‘TrueDepth Camera System’. Before we get into any kind of debate, let’s first have a look at how the new Face ID actually work on iPhone X?

How Face ID works?

Apart from the 7-megapixel camera and the usual sensors (including ambient light sensor and proximity sensor), Apple has fitted a Flood Illuminator, Infrared Camera and a Dot Projector. The process starts with Flood Illuminator glowing up your face when you glance at the device. The IR Camera then captures an IR image of your face. Further, the dot projector then throws about 30,000 dots to make a 3D image which is then pushed to neural networks to recognize if the image generated is same as saved by the user.

This all happens within seconds and we can’t see a thing because our eyes can’t capture the IR rays and dot projection. If everything goes well, you will see that little ‘Lock’ icon unlock on your lock screen. Now, this kind of hardware is not the first attempt. Microsoft introduced its Windows Hello to enable laptops to use this technology to recognize user's faces.

Does it really work?

Well, this is a question which can be only answered by someone who has been actually experiencing this technology. So before jumping in our opinion here is what critics around the world think -

‘So far it’s been fine and it works as advertised as far as being smart and not easily spoofed’ -MKBHD

‘Most of the time it works great. It really does just work. You look at your phone, it unlocks. There are a couple of times when it doesn't work just great and you're gonna have to adjust to make it work better but I don't think it's actually that big of a deal.’ - The Verge

‘Apple's technology is more advanced than anything we've seen before but even when it works perfectly, this tech is still usually less convenient than laying a finger on a home button.’ - MrMobile

So, what do you translate from these opinions? Let us know in the comment section below.

If you are not able to conclude anything, here is what we think. Apple’s Face ID is a step towards the future and I can’t imagine anyone disagreeing to this. But, it is surely not the most convenient way to unlock your smartphone. More than it being slow or inaccurate, it is utterly awkward to hold your smartphone to a specific distance which in this case 25 cm - 30 cm, as claimed by Apple. Further, It also makes it difficult for us to just sneak into our device. It's true, it doesn’t work with closed eyes, but our face is something which can be easily reflected in a lot of situations. We haven’t had the chance to use the iPhone X in real life but imagining to unlock our phone with face every single time doesn’t sound convenient to us. What about you?

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Apple is slowly but steadily deciphering the mysteries of the saturated and rather competitive Chinese smartphone market as the latest quarterly data from IDC shows Cupertino growing 0.6% year over year and claiming some 7.7% of the market in Q3 2017. With 8.8 million iPhones sold for the time period, Apple is currently the 5th key player locally, trailing behind Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi. One thing that could make a difference is the iPhone X, which is already being sold in China and will affect Cupertino's next quarterly results.

Huawei continues its reign at the top with 22.3 million devices sold in Q3 2017 and is quickening its pace with a solid 23.4% growth in comparison with the same accountable period in 2016. This noteworthy rise can be attributed to increased and more aggressive advertising in China, which seems to be working out just fine. Truth be told, Huawei is big in China and we can't see it toppling that easily, especially with its new high-end Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro making their baby steps on the local market - the sales of these two will affect the company's next quarterly results.

IDC breaks down the Chinese phone market for Q3 2017
Close second comes Oppo with 18.8% of the market and 21.6 million devices sold, scoring a humble 7.5% YoY increase of its market share. Third comes in Vivo with with some 18.9 million devices sold, 17.6% market share, and a slight 1.7% decline. The big surprise comes from Xiaomi, which scores an enormous 56.6% increase of its market share thanks to the sales of 15.7 million devices. Similar to Huawei's, this spike is courtesy of increased marketing and sponsorship spending, which is obviously giving fruit.
If these trends continue, we should probably see Xiaomi get dangerously close and even surpassing Vivo, while Oppo could potentially take a sprint for the first spot. Of course, this spells bad news for Apple, which is literally the odd one in the bunch.
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The iPhone X cracked on the first drop
We subjected our brand new iPhone X to a scratch and drop test to determine how much this glass and stainless steel phone can handle.

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Vanessa Hand Orellana

November 4, 2017 5:00 AM PDT

It didn't take much to crack the iPhone X.

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If you just spent $1,000 or more on an iPhone X, put a case on it now!

Apple's tenth-anniversary iPhone has a slick new look with a nearly bezel-less screen, glass back and stainless steel frame. Just like the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, the glass back allows the X to have wireless charging-- but it also means you now have two breakable surfaces to worry about.

What you might not know: damaging the iPhone X could be far more painful. Not only does the phone cost more to begin with, repairing an X will also cost more than previous models. If you haven't spent the $200, £200 or AU$300 extra for AppleCare+, replacing the screen can set you back $279, £286 or AU$419. That glass back could cost you $550, £556 or AU$819. Just take a look at this pricing breakdown.

So should you be worried? To find out, we subjected a pair of brand-new iPhone X handsets to a few durability tests.

Scratch test
Most iPhone screens are prone to scratches, but with glass on either side the iPhone X has more potential surface area to scratch. But the stainless steel frame should, in theory, be tougher to scuff than the aluminum on previous models.

First I tried to do some damage with a house key, probably the most serious offenders when it comes to scratches. For this test I used both Space Gray and Silver variants of the iPhone X to see if color made any difference to how obviously the scratch showed up.

I rubbed the key across the glass back of both phones repeatedly, applying medium pressure, but was not able to produce any visible damage. Same goes for the stainless steel frame. But when I rubbed the glass with medium grain sandpaper, the scratches were visible, and slightly more pronounced on the Space Gray version. Doing the same on the stainless steel frame left no visible scuffs.

When I turned over the phones though, I noticed their screens already had some additional tiny dents and scratches just from rubbing up against the ceramic surface I was testing them on. They key test didn't do much, and the sandpaper left a similar mark as on the back glass.

Drop test 1
Next, I took our Space Gray iPhone X out to the sidewalk in front of CNET's San Francisco offices: a place where many screens have met their doom.

Like our drop tests for the iPhone 8, our first drop was from 3 feet (0.9 m), or about pocket-height for most people.

After just one drop onto a sidewalk, the iPhone X already shows visible damage.

John Kim/CNET
The back hit first, but it then did a small flip and landed screen-side down with the back facing me so I could see the damage immediately. The glass from three of the four corners cracked at different degrees of severity and scuffed up the side of the camera mount. The bottom right-hand corner took the biggest hit and had the largest fracture flanking the corner. Even the stainless steel on the frame looked chipped on this side where the phone hit the floor. The top right corner also had a small tear and scuff on the frame, and another tiny bump on the bottom left hand corner of the glass.

Not good considering it was the first drop.

Drop test 2
Next I dropped the iPhone X from the same height (3 ft), but this time face-down. It landed almost flat on the screen and didn't flip over.

There goes the screen.

John Kim/CNET
I could see even deeper fractures extending diagonally across the entire back of the phone from the impact. As soon as I turned it over, I noticed new cracks on the bottom edge of the screen. The worst dent was on the bottom right-hand corner, probably where it hit first. I ran my finger on the circular dent where it hit and felt a few tiny shards fall of the edge. The cracks radiated out from this point rebounding onto another scuff on the bottom of the screen closer to the left hand corner.

Once I turned off the screen, I noticed an additional hairline fracture running from the bottom left where the second scuff was almost to the top of the phone. Everything still worked fine, but this iPhone X definitely looked banged up.

The break down

The iPhone X can probably handle your everyday wear and tear, but dropping it without a case is out of the question. We learned it only takes one bad drop to break the glass on this phone. Even the stainless steel frame is susceptible to damage.

Check out all the falls and the extent of the damage for yourselves in our video.

Watch this: It didn't take much to break the iPhone X
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Apple had this to say about our results:

"The new iPhone is designed to be durable, but not indestructible, and goes through rigorous real world testing. iPhone X is made from the most durable glass ever in a smartphone with a 50 percent deeper strengthening layer using our dual ion-exchange process, further reinforced by an internal laser welded, steel and copper structure. And the surgical-grade stainless steel band that wraps around and reinforces iPhone X is a special Apple-designed alloy that is both durable and more pure. If anyone is concerned about dropping their iPhone and damaging it, we suggest using one of the many beautiful cases available to protect iPhone."

Is the iPhone X more fragile than past iPhones? Tough to say, because none of our tests are scientific, but the price you pay for this phone and for any potential repairs makes the risk of dropping it a lot worse.

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　　“对，X也破发了。”11月4日，就在苹果iPhone X正式发售的第二天，一位黄牛告诉新京报记者，渠道商的报价已经跌破官网价格，银色iPhone X(64GB)报价8150元，低于官网价格150余元，更是比刚刚发售时的黄牛价暴跌1600余元。业内专家认为，降价的直接原因就是“供过于求”。

　　黄牛价三天跌千余元

　　继iPhone 8在发售一小时就跌破发售价后，苹果把希望都寄托在了iPhone X身上。但iPhone X的价格也并不坚挺。

　　11月4日，新京报记者发现，在各大电商平台上的第三方商家给出的银色iPhone X（64GB）报价为8228元，已低于发售价格。

　　5日，一名渠道商通过微信将报价发给了记者，其中iPhone X(64GB)黑色售价8450元，白色售价 8150元，256GB版本黑色售价9750元，白色售价9650元。

　　可以看到，iPhone X正式发售第二天，64GB银色版的黄牛价格就已下跌1500余元，256GB黑色版本下跌450余元。从报价上来看，256GB版本的iPhone X比64GB需求更大，黑色版明显要比白色更加好卖。

　　值得注意的是，相比三天前刚刚发售时，黄牛也均有不同幅度的降价。

　　在11月3日iPhone X正式发售后，新京报记者第一时间得到的黄牛价格显示，iPhone X（64GB）黑色售价9900元，白色售价9700元，256GB版本黑色售价11200元，白色售价11000元。

　　“今年现货比较充足，”一位黄牛向记者解释，iPhone X售价破发的原因，除了苹果货源较为充足以外，中国消费者在手机消费上也逐渐趋于理性，较高的售价把不少消费者挡在了门外。

　　也有声音指出，全面屏手机正面边框均为黑色，这也使得消费者更倾向于购买更具整体感的黑色版本。

　　分析师：iPhone X不足以让苹果重回巅峰

　　“目前断言X失败为时过早，”独立IT分析师唐欣称，即使破发，iPhoneX也是史上最贵，利润最高的手机。“目前看销量尽管无法和iPhone4至6s这几代相提并论，但基本还是符合预期的。”

　　数据显示，从国行版iPhone X在各大电商平台以及苹果官网的销售情况来看，在其预购开始的5小时后，其销量就达到了550万部之多。苹果也宣布，iPhone X预订量已经“打破了历史纪录”。

　　11月3日，苹果公司发布2017年第四财季财报，本财季营收为525.79亿美元，同比增长12%，净利润为107.14亿美元，同比增长19%。大中华区营收为98.01亿美元，比去年同期的87.85亿美元增长12%，止住了此前连续6个季度下滑的颓势。苹果公司管理层预计，iPhone X的发布将推动该公司迎来有史以来“利润最高的季度”。

　　根据市场调研机构 Canalys的数据，2017年第三季度，苹果在中国市场的出货量达到了1100万部，而去年同期仅卖出了800万部，比去年同期增长了近40%。iPhone X高配版接近万元的售价，它极大满足了苹果的利润诉求。

　　唐欣称，iPhone 7和8的低迷已经对苹果业绩带来很大压力。对于iPhone X，业界也一直是谨慎乐观。就业绩来讲，iPhone X还是会比过去两代产品带来更多的利润和收入，“但我不认为它足以带苹果重回过去的巅峰。”（记者杨砺）

　　iPhone 8直降超千元变“最惨旗舰”

　　双11大促前夕，电商平台上iPhone 8售价跳水。以京东Apple产品专营店为例，售价5888元的iPhone 8（64GB），享受下单立减1111元的优惠，据计算实际支付只需4777元。

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