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Bloomberg: Apple Planning iPhone With Both Face ID and Touch ID Under Display by 2021
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Remember when people on here were proclaiming that Touch ID was dead Apple had decided that Face ID was a better solution and everybody should just deal with it?
When in reality they didn't want to use Qualcomm tech and couldn't figure out how to do it themselves
When in reality they didn't want to use Qualcomm tech and couldn't figure out how to do it themselves
Which is reasonable and also underlines why Face ID wasn’t a good replacement.
Except it’s not going backwards. Touchid was superior to FaceID in some use scenarios and I do miss it quite often.
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They have alternative technologies that provide the same functionality (for example iris scanner)
Or, you can choose to have no passcode at all! Not my preference, but it is one of the available options.
Most people seem (no, I can’t support this assertion!) to prefer having their iPhones and iPads locked, so it’s a matter of using a passcode linked to either Touch ID or Face ID at present. There are advantages to both forms of biometric ID. Each has some convenience the other can’t provide.
Having both sounds like the best of both worlds to me. YMMV, of course.
I like Face ID, but I do prefer Touch ID for apple pay.
Actually it's kind of the same technology: 3D Scan Face Unlock. For example.
Only Samsung used Iris for unlocking the phone, others use a 3D facial scanning system.
you know why they got rid of Touch ID... Because they got rid of the home button.
Solution:
One method to open, different authentication method for passwords/banking/etc.
Interesting. I wonder whether this is the whole picture. Definitely sounds intimidating for Apple though, loosing one of their USPs.
Can you explain that more? I think the swipe up is much more natural than placing your thumb in one specific spot. Face ID is fantastic in the winter when I am wearing gloves. Sounds like everyone gets what they want soon.
Remember when people on here were proclaiming that Touch ID was dead Apple had decided that Face ID was a better solution and everybody should just deal with it?
When in reality they didn't want to use Qualcomm tech and couldn't figure out how to do it themselves
Lol, I have endless quotes of people talking all that smack
Here some funny ones:
Oh this is a goodie:
They are endless. Apologists trying to make excuses around Apple falling behind in Biometrics, claiming FaceID is the be all and end all, when in fact it isn’t and Apple themselves at least know it!
Glad Apple have woken up!
And remember how all the Apple apologists claim that even Androids are going all I’m on FaceID
and that Fingerprint Scanners are done. Yet we saw Huawei with the Mate 20 Pro do both FaceID with the same Hardware as Apple AND In-Screen Fingerprint Scanner.
it’s a good laugh when you go back and see the nonsense they wrote.
I don't see it as backwards, you do the same thing and get the same response only now it's handled in software not hardware meaning one less thing in the phone to go wrong.
My first iPhone X had to go back as 3D touch didn't work.
I hope that BOTH are required for authenticate! This mean a very very strong security for your device
or
I think the user will be able to choose among different options:
only TouchID active and required to unlock;
only FaceID active and required to unlock;
both FaceID and TouchID active and only one required to unlock;
both FaceID and TouchID active and both required to unlock.
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I think the user will be able to choose among different options:
only TouchID active and required to unlock;
only FaceID active and required to unlock;
both FaceID and TouchID active and only one required to unlock;
both FaceID and TouchID active and both required to unlock.
Especially if they can get rid of notch in the process.
Apologists trying to make excuses around Apple falling behind in Biometrics, claiming FaceID is the be all and end all, when in fact it isn’t and Apple themselves at least know it!
You seriously think moving to FaceID from TouchID was falling behind? Quite the opposite, it was a massive leap forward in biometrics.
Wouldn't be surprised if that is being removed because it is hindering the implementation of in screen Touch ID.
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Apples Face ID tech is good, probably the best implementation of facial unlocking, but it being the only form of biometric authentication on the phone is inconvenient.
If it takes Apple until 2021 to get a phone on the market that has both that puts them behind some of the competition which are shipping phones with in screen fingerprint scanning now.
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iPhone in 2022: Lick your screen to provide a DNA sample to unlock
After using Face ID for almost two years now, I wholeheartedly disagree. I am seriously considering upgrading my iPad just to do away with Touch ID.
It all depends on the users needs. I use my phone outside a lot in the winter when I am wearing gloves so I like Face ID. However, Face ID does not work with my super dark, reflective sunglasses or my helmet with a face shield. I am really looking forward to the best of both worlds (assuming this rumor is true). I hope Apple also gives us the option of enabling both at the same time for the ultimate security.
The 3D Facial mapping was the real highlight. Pretty impressive that over 30,000 dots are projected to map out the users face for the unlocking/identification. A lot of R&D went into Face ID, it’s not perfect, but neither was Touch ID, no biometric security ever will be.
That's the only instance where I thought Touch ID was better, but it's a moot point for me now that I use my Apple Watch to pay.
Do it! I was concerned Face ID wouldn't work as well when the iPad was horizontal and in my lap but my fears were unfounded. I absolutely love my 11 inch IPP.