iPhone 16e Face ID kinda sucks for me

[al_berto39]

Wait is it 2017 again?

 

[TgeekB]

"Apple can do no wrong" fans can't seem to understand the display's viewing angle is greater than Face ID's detection angle and it's possible to reach something farther with hands.

This is simply untrue. How I use my phone has a lot to do with why I use an iPhone. If there were several major issues I didn’t like I would use something else. We do have choices when purchasing a device. I made the right choice.

 

[Sophytaylor6@]

For me, Face ID works well. It just doesn't works when my eyes are not completely captured to detect the Face. Otherwise it's security level is good.

 

[WU27f1xcCs]

Wait is it 2017 again?

This thread has sparked a lot of debate

 

[motrek]

I don't use FaceID. I don't use TouchID. I never have. Passcode works for me.

Hmm, both less convenient and less secure isn't great.

 

[MisterSavage]

TouchID was an absolutely awful experience for me and you couldn't pay to me to go back to it. Especially during the winter when I have dry skin and it would frequently fail multiple times before working.

With FaceID often it's so seamless that I forget it's there.

 

[cbsnbiker]

Hmm, both less convenient and less secure isn't great.

It depends on what kind of security you want. A border agent can force the iPhone to unlock by holding it up to your face or putting your finger on the sensor. It'll take them some more work to crack the passcode, especially if it is an extended alphanumeric one.

 

[TgeekB]

It depends on what kind of security you want. A border agent can force the iPhone to unlock by holding it up to your face or putting your finger on the sensor. It'll take them some more work to crack the passcode, especially if it is an extended alphanumeric one.

I don’t think they’re talking about border agents or the FBI, more your everyday criminal.

 

[GioGiusi]

Recently upgraded from an SE to a 16e. All my friends with newer iPhones assured me that I would love Face ID.

Me: What if I want to unlock my phone and my face isn't in front of it?
Friends: When are you trying to use your phone without looking at it? That obviously never happens.

Turns out, it happens several times per day for me.

There are multiple times per day when I have my phone set on my desk, or on a restaurant table, or on my bed, and the phone is pointed up and I'm using it from an angle. So my face isn't directly in front of the phone, but the phone is still perfectly usable.

Touch ID worked fine in those scenarios (obviously) and Face ID doesn't (obviously).

So I have to lean over the phone like an idiot so the camera can see me and the phone unlocks. Alternatively, I could pick up the phone for a second and point it at my face, but now that the sides of the phone are squared off instead of rounded, the phone is fairly difficult to pick up. It's easier to lean over like an idiot.

Remind me, why is this better?

Or you could just pick up the phone and use it like a normal person.

 

[motrek]

It depends on what kind of security you want. A border agent can force the iPhone to unlock by holding it up to your face or putting your finger on the sensor. It'll take them some more work to crack the passcode, especially if it is an extended alphanumeric one.

Not really, because I disable biometrics if it looks like I might have an interaction with the police, border control, etc.

Press the power button 5 times in a row in quick succession, done.

Many studies have proven how insecure passcodes are. It's pretty easy for people (or teams of people) to eavesdrop on passcodes. For simple ones, a person can guess a passcode pretty reliably by looking at your hand motions from across a room. And if you have a complicated passcode/password, you're wasting your life by having to enter it many times per day...