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Apple Says Face ID Didn't Fail Onstage During iPhone X Keynote
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Remembering the old saying in software development circles: "A feature is a bug with seniority"
If the screen now fills the front of the phone, meaning they can't have a home button with Touch ID, then it does kinda sound like a problem that needed a solution.
Yet if the flagship iPhone still had bezels or Touch ID was moved to the back of the phone the complaining here would be off the charts. Everyone in the tech press said bezels were evil and had to go and putting fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone is stupid.
For every person deterred from getting the X because of this "FAIL" makes an additional one available for purchase at launch.
Animojies and Carpool Caraoke are for the slightly less educated masses that the Cookette Apple wants to address. They're doing their best to ignore the Aperture user base - even iWorks has become off-mainstream...
It's an expensive pudding for us to "try out" though isn't it?
What a nonsense.
5 billion people (except Joni) understand that slightly smaller bezels would have been acceptable - a process Apple could have started 5 years ago if they hadn't refurbed the iPhone 6 design 3 times in a row.
That would have been far more sensible without bringing itself into a myriad of crazy problems that they hardly seem to have thought about.
It’s pretty clear from the video above it’s not about “just looking at it”.
You have to try to open it (swipe up) while it’s not unlocked to activate the lock out / passcode.
Not very smart to allow others to be playing around with presentation units before an event. Usually, I'm critical of Apple even though by all accounts I should be drinking the Kool-Aid and wearing an armband. In this case; I felt bad for Craig in that he was unnecessarily embarrassed by the stage crew 'production manager. This incompetent fool should be fired or at the very least, downgraded to environmental services (sweeping floors and unplugging toilets).
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You have to try to *open* it while locked. It’s not an attempt until then. It’s not about “just looking at it”.
Nobody would have complained if the lower bar containing the home button would have had the S7/S8 size with a smaller home button. TouchID could have been maintained.
This occurrence of events (ignoring and overreacting on required new design to maintain its leading position) has put the company in serious problems.
Discalimer: I am not implying here that Joni Ive should be fired.
I am demanding it.
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You are being very rude, did it ever occur to you that he really wanted to get the 10th anniversary iPhone X and not the same old 4 year design iPhone 8?
And who would want to go back to previous models iPhones when there is newer and better ones?
Apple could have gave us both FACE & TOUCH ID so we would all have a choices here. I have been with apple since the first iPhone and it has been a great ride. But these last three are four years apple to me has been losing there edge, so they take away the 3.5mm jack I didn't like it but no big deal. The Touch ID however not having it on the 10th Anniversary iPhone that so many was looking forward to is a big letdown to me.
The face ID to me is not as fast and intuitive as Touch ID. First you look at the phone wait for it to unlock then swipe up. Touch ID place finger on the sensor phone unlock and goes straight to the home screen and it works near perfect for me every time. So people who come here and voice there concerns about not having Touch ID on the iPhone X has a legitimate reason to do so.
So please show some respect or be emphatic to other people concerns especially when it is a legitimate ones, and stop telling people to go by other models android etc thank you and have a nice day.
Agree. It takes some mental effort to realize all the business and wealth created by Apple comes from former customers
I just don't think they take into case usage. My wife and my daughter pick up my phone all the time. My daughter is 2 and has my phone all evening long.
that like saying that "faceID" fails cause your closed your eyes cause you had water in them....and it failed
TouchID is brilliant, from when I take it our of my pocket and look at it, its already unlocked and I'm looking at my apps.
With FaceID, I take it out of my pocket, need to look at it, and wait for it to unlock. Touch ID is intuitive and faster, for a handheld device.....handheld device is key here!
Which is the better experience?
You missed a step.
1) take it out
2) put it in front of your face
3) Look at it
4) swipe up to go to the home screen
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If the swipe up is to remain as part of the process, I like this idea a lot.
Very true, not easy or convenient like Touch ID. I have used IRIS Scanner in Lumia 950 XL which was quite alright even in dark situations but you need to show your face every time. It is going to be controversial for sure
> Face ID only allows for two failed recognition attempts before it locks the iPhone
Does this mean Face ID is going to be difficult to use in a crowd?
Does this mean Face ID is going to be difficult to use in a crowd?
If this were Samsung, people would be ringing them. Regardless, it didn't work therefore it failed. First impressions are the last impression. You only have one time to get it right.
That was uncalled for.
At least try to keep the debate civil.
Expect more people to have their own Craig-moment when people's faces are detected, epecially in a party where you show off your fancy iPhone X...
I thought lots of people had been complaining about the bezel on the iPhone for ages?