I would definitely continue to buy Apple products with Touch ID, if they meet my needs.
Not interested in Face ID.
Not interested in Face ID.
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Apple's Greg Joswiak Says Touch ID Will 'Continue to Have a Role'
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Because it wasn’t. These things take several years to design and develop. People who think it was plan B are just cynical towards Apple, that’s all.
If it’s a small group please explain why Apple is even considering the continuation of TouchID.
And I know at least 1 large corporate account (my current employer) who would never buy thousands of devices that could be easily, accidentally unlocked from a distance then fall into the wrong hands.
You sure are protesting a lot. FaceID components reseller?
How often are you hands wet 
Anyway, for me TouchID worked perfectly all those years so that is my bias I guess.
FaceID has too many compromises but I do agree that having both is probably the best case. Everyone happy
Anyway, for me TouchID worked perfectly all those years so that is my bias I guess.
FaceID has too many compromises but I do agree that having both is probably the best case. Everyone happy
I have a late 2013 rMBP that works, but Apple will probably consider it "obsolete" soon, and I kind of want to get an iMac. FaceID will make sense on it. Also wish for a G4 iMac or MS Surface Studio style screen that can move, along with a graphics tablet-style touchscreen. I know the touchscreen is a long shot, but drawing is a little hobby of mine, and would love to see what Apple would do with it.
Not a dumb question at all. Apple probably could write a Windows driver, and let 3rd party developers make apps to utilize it. Some thing Apple does with it on Mac, but on Windows. Of course, I'm just spit balling ideas, and they're probably **** ideas anyways.
How often are you hands wet
Anyway, for me TouchID worked perfectly all those years so that is my bias I guess.
FaceID has too many compromises but I do agree that having both is probably the best case. Everyone happy
For those of us who work my hands are wet all the time. Either by sweat or water. My Touch ID fails multiple times a day because of this.
Guess what, the camera has always been there. Even when TouchID was the only option.
What the Face ID defenders around here have to understand is there are people who just do not want a camera always scanning their faces. Touch ID maintained an adequate degree of personal privacy while being quick and secure. Yes, both Touch ID and Face ID have certain drawbacks based on use cases. But to listen to some of the whiteknights around here, you'd think Face ID is mana from heaven, which it certainly isn't.
I personally think Apple has been surprised by the number of people who haven't upgraded because of a lack of Touch ID or home button, and the 2020 rumors and official statements are beginning to show that. I have friends who don't want to give up their home button. I have family members who use the XR but use a passcode instead of Face ID. Which is completely, utterly stupid that people even have to make that choice, since there was Touch ID for many years.
When an Apple Store sales person asks me if I've checked out the newer phones and I tell them yes but I like my Touch ID / home button, and their reply is "Yeah we get that a lot," you know it's an issue.
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The laziest update they ever made was the iPod touch 7. It's still on Bluetooth 4.1 when the rest of their line-up already moved on.
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So you want the government to spy on you?
Good point.
True, but don’t you also think they’d want to restrict it to have the best functionality on a Mac?
Sigh. Ok if you believe that, but know that if the government can spy on you with Face ID, they can do it with any phone that has a camera.
I don't think FaceID would be very practical in the design of MacBooks. The thin display assembly, particularly where it tapers further towards the edge leaves very little room on a narrow-bezel design. Unless you take the screen taper out (think Surface Laptop):
to make the display full thickness from edge to edge, I don't think there would be room. IMO this ^ isn't very aesthetically pleasing, which might seem a trivial complaint, but when Touch ID fits in so elegantly I'd rather not have a really thick/ slab-like top section of the computer.
to make the display full thickness from edge to edge, I don't think there would be room. IMO this ^ isn't very aesthetically pleasing, which might seem a trivial complaint, but when Touch ID fits in so elegantly I'd rather not have a really thick/ slab-like top section of the computer.
All good.. but being stubborn about the notch is not wise...
It is intrusive and takes away from the visual experience.
It is intrusive and takes away from the visual experience.
I work with my hands and Touch ID doesn’t work for me most of the time. I think options for people with differing preferences aren’t a bad thing.
You know, my experience is the exact opposite. This is why when people start swearing they want TouchID back at the cost of FaceID it worries me. I have a much better experience with FaceID. I hope if they do bring TouchID back it is both, not just one or the other because I'll personally pick FaceID every time.
Confession:
I saw the TouchID image on the right and totally thought it was a biometric image of an ear.
Thought EarID was coming
Actually ...
I saw the TouchID image on the right and totally thought it was a biometric image of an ear.
Thought EarID was coming
Actually ...
For Apple Pay, just pre-authenticate with FaceID right before it’s time to pay - double click the right side button to bring that up. That way you can just hold your phone up to the reader when the cashier is ready and it goes through instantly.