Steve Wozniak on the iPhone X: ‘It’s not what I would want’

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has revealed the frustrating reason why he is no fan of the iPhone X.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has revealed he is no fan of the iPhone X, the company’s latest smartphone, which is expected to be its highest seller ever.

“It works fine, but it’s not what I would want,” he told The Australian in an exclusive interview at the Talent Unleashed awards in Melbourne.

“I think what I would want is Touch ID on the back. I’d want that more than anything. Face ID slows down my Apple Pay, and it fails enough times I have to keep typing the password.

“I have friends who actually turned off Face ID and turned passwords on to make their phone simple to use. I wasn’t going to get the iPhone X, but Tim Cook’s office heard I wasn’t going to get it so they sent me one, and I bit the bullet.”

Mr Wozniak also lashed out at tech giants Facebook, Google and Amazon, declaring they’re amassing profits and power at the expense of their users.

“If you look at Google, Facebook and Amazon, we’re really being taken advantage of.

“We’re the weak guy and they’re the big powerful guy exerting their power, continually getting more power and wealth over us. I oppose that thinking, I like the idea of it being distributed among the people, like blockchain is doing.”

The entrepreneur, who founded Apple with Steve Jobs in the early 1970s and designed the Apple I and Apple II computers, said Apple was different.

“Of the unicorns, Apple is the one that makes its money off of good products,” he said. “It’s not out of knowing everything about your life so we can target advertising to you. Apple protects your privacy, and your security. Apple’s number one.”

The full interview with Steve Wozniak will feature in tomorrow’s Weekend Australian.