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Face ID Unlocks an iPhone More Slowly Than Touch ID, but is Faster in Day-to-Day Usage

Septembersrain said:
I'm skipping this year. I'd like to see how it turns out for everyone. Being an early adopter has not paid off. So I'll just have to keep myself busy with the hundreds of threads here.
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Yea. Honestly, I feel like I sound like my dad these days.

When I was younger, I derived a lot more joy from having the latest and greatest no matter what bugs, kinks, and incompatibilities stood in my way.

These days I sound like my Dad who wouldn't let me upgrade the family computer to Windows 98 until Windows 98SE came out.
 
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MrGimper said:
Huh? Quite the opposite. With my 8 Plus I can pick up my phone, look at the screen, and set it back down without unlocking it.

It appears you can't do this with the X and FaceID. You pick it up and look at it and it unlocks whether you actually want it to or not.
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Ah. Well, you can tap the screen to wake it up and if the angle is too great it won't unlock. So you'll just be looking at your notifications. And with correct eye contact the unlock procedure is it to look, and then swipe up. So if you only look and don't swipe, then you can stay on the lock screen to read your notifications. Although ive been reading that sometimes it goes straight to the home screen without a swipe. I'm not sure if thats a feature or a bug or an option. But either way I think you'll get what you want.
 
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BvizioN said:
Ok then. What you are really asking is for a Face ID to not do what is supposed to do, which is unlock the phone when you look at it. Am I right or wrong?
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No, what I'm asking for is for FaceID to unlock the phone when I actually intentionally want it to unlock the phone. THAT's the difference.
 
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Panzarino is the prime example of a fanboy syndrome. "It's slower than Touch ID ... but faster to actually do things."

IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!!
 
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MrGimper said:
Is there a way to look at the iPhone X without unlocking it, like there is with a TouchID-enabled device?
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This is a good question! During my commute, I look at my phone quite often just to see what the time is, or who just tried to contact me. For security reasons it would be better to not have the phone unlock during those brief interactions - it'd be nice if that was possible without completely disabling FaceID.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that - once the wider population figures out how this works, there will be thieves taking advantage of that moment to grab and dash.
 
Threads like these make me laugh. People justifying their positions "cuz reasons". It literally doesn't matter which is faster. The difference in unlock time is inconsequential. It's not like it's going to save time or anything. Please, for the love of Mike don't be that guy who replies with, "Well Mustang, over a year's time, you actually do save a cumulative..."

Or be that guy. But do me the kindness of showing me your "time bag" where you're saving partial seconds.:rolleyes: Face ID will probably function fine... as fine as Touch ID did. Those who want Touch ID can get iP8, which if Apple operates as usual, will be available and for sale for at least 2-3 more years.
 
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Westside guy said:
This is a good question! During my commute, I look at my phone quite often just to see what the time is, or who just tried to contact me. For security reasons it would be better to not have the phone unlock during those brief interactions - it'd be nice if that was possible without completely disabling FaceID.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that - once the wider population figures out how this works, there will be thieves taking advantage of that moment to grab and dash.
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Look, then swipe.
Look keeps you on the Lock Screen.
Swipe gets you into the phone.
 
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convergent said:
I see a lot of people running around at the gym with their smartphones strapped to their upper arm, or their hip, etc.. will be interesting to see how that works out for them while running and trying to unlock their phone. With TouchID, they can reach over and touch it.
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No problem!

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As far as unlock speed, not so great that it's only as fast as Samsung's iris scanner while being about 1,400,000 times less secure. Face ID has a false positive rate of about 1 in 1,000,000 while iris scanner is 1 in 1,400,000,000,000.
 
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Westside guy said:
This is a good question! During my commute, I look at my phone quite often just to see what the time is, or who just tried to contact me. For security reasons it would be better to not have the phone unlock during those brief interactions - it'd be nice if that was possible without completely disabling FaceID.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that - once the wider population figures out how this works, there will be thieves taking advantage of that moment to grab and dash.
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ANNNNNND, the penny drops. I mean no disrespect to you personally, but this is my whole point.
 
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I swear people complain about anything its a first generation technology if you have a problem with it then wait for the second generation.
 
BenTrovato said:
We'll see. Seems like touchbar to me so far. Not something better, not something worse. Just different.
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Wrong. You have to "remember" to use the touchbar, just like force touch.

FaceID, you will be using it every day without even knowing it. You'll be seamlessly performing tasks that would have required a touched unlock, plus the device will perform better because it will know when you are using it.
 
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metalsiren said:
they need to have a feature like Touch Id where you can enable it to go right to your home screen after unlocking. I think swiping up after the unlock is kind of stupid and they should have the option to go right to home after unlocking. I use that feature with Touch Id all the time.
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If it unlocked to the home screen every time you looked at it, how would you be able to read your notifications? I like to just glance at my notifications on the lock screen and then decide whether I need to do anything more. Also with FaceID it will recognise when it's you and show you the preview but if it's not you it won't, that freaking awesome!
 
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scrapesleon said:
I swear people complain about anything its a first generation technology if you have a problem with it then wait for the second generation.
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The people who bitch aren't early adopters. They don't do well with change or keeping an open mind.
 
Except that, in real world usage it’s not. Get over it.
bwainwright said:
It seems Spoonauer using it wrong. That’s not how you’re supposed to unlock the iPhone X, you’re not supposed to tap the side button. You just need to let rise-to-wake turn on the display and swipe up. You don’t even have to wait for the padlock animation, just swipe up and by the time you’ve done that, Face ID will have unlocked the phone for you.

It seems that Spoonauer is creating his own extra step in the process. But yet, his article will be picked up around the internet and the ‘fact’ that "FaceID is slower than TouchID” will prevail.
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WatchFromAfar said:
Of course things evolve through iteration, and things can be iterated on behind closed doors just saying, but singing the praises of something that is implemented now because you see it as a natural step to greater things in future products smacks of "taking one for the team". The thread is about Face ID being slower than Touch ID so imagine this
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Please, reread my post. I'm not "Singing any praises" about Face ID. I'm simply stating what is to be expected about something that's a first generation product that will continue to grow and expand. That's the point behind technology, that it matures as a process of improvement over time. This is not about boasting Face ID as much as it is accepting where it is currently and where it will be eventually. Touch ID would be a great example of that, how it was not perfect at all when It first launched and how it's much improved in today's iterations of the current iPhone 8. In the meantime, you continually keep conflating two different things.
 
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It took 1.2 seconds for Spoonauer to unlock the iPhone X from pressing the side button on the side of the device and another 0.4 seconds to swipe up to get to the lock screen
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Is it still possible to bypass the 2-stage unlock and go directly to the home screen / active app?

I.e. is there a face ID equivent of the "rest finger to open" setting for Touch ID?
 
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mi7chy said:
No problem!

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As far as unlock speed, not so great that it's only as fast as Samsung's iris scanner while being about 1,400,000 times less secure. Face ID has a false positive rate of about 1 in 1,000,000 while iris scanner is 1 in 1,400,000,000,000.
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The Samsung Iris Scanner is a joke to use, you have to line up your eyes to the circles on the screen and also the light that's emitted is annoying. With Face ID you don't have to line up so precisely and it's looks like a much smoother and slicker interface. I'll find out for sure on Friday. What I am sure though is that the Iris Scanner isn't very practical to use every time. I know it's got Touch ID too but it's on the back and that's not great either.
 
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