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iPhone X FailID

I have this foldable stand to hold my iPhone X at an angle while it’s on my desk. It keeps the phone at an angle that allows me to see incoming texts and other notifications. All I have to do is look at it and my iPhone unlocks to display the details.

It’s foldable and tiny enough to take anywhere, but I don’t bother. It’s not hard to pick up my iPhone to unlock when it is on a flat surface. This is pretty much a nonissue for me when I’m not at my desk. I prefer FaceID so much more than TouchID.

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The people I know with an X really dislike FID. Just today the two people in the room with an X said FID is worthless for them. 50% or less accurate is unacceptable. One admitted he should have went with TID 8.
 
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Pspressart said:
When I use ApplePay on my X, I just hold it next to the payment sensor. When the transaction gets to the point where it sends the signal, my phone shows the screen with the double-click message. I double-click, FaceID recognizes my face, and the payment completes. I’ve had people tell me it is faster than using a chip card.
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That’s still slower and more involved than TouchID.

You’re also doing it too slowly for a X. Before you touch it to the payment pad, double click the side button and look it will do FaceID. Look at it and then when the cashier has finished ringing you up you can just tap it and it’s good to go. Basically do all of the stuff that you’re doing now except do it before the part you’re doing it now so that when you’re ready to pay you just tap the phone to the pad and people will be even more amazed at how fast it is.

It reminds me of when NFC payments first hit Android. You’d have to unlock the phone, open Google Wallet, put your PIN in and then you’ve got five minutes to use it.
 
apolloa said:
One is an actual fair video test, the other, the one you posted, is pointless as you have to take into account he is not touching the devices at the same time and the whole test is pointless. Also the American S9 has a different Qualcomm professor in it, the U.K. version gets an Exynos one.
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Dude he’s an Apple lover why would he want Samsung to win? He done them separately but with a stop watch.
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IowaLynn said:
Face ID idvslower buy more secure by 10k to one.
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Yeah it’s so secure that twins unlock each other’s phones. Touch ID didn’t have that problem. But remember Face ID is the greatest thing ever. “Sarcasm”
 
Brandonjr36 said:
Dude he’s an Apple lover why would he want Samsung to win? He done them separately but with a stop watch.
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Yeah it’s so secure that twins unlock each other’s phones. Touch ID didn’t have that problem. But remember Face ID is the greatest thing ever. “Sarcasm”
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Does not sound like EITHER are secure anymore. As there are ways to get into any iPhone now. If a government has this ability, then you can trust it has been leaked or purchased by those who do not follow the rules.
 
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Brandonjr36 said:
Yeah it’s so secure that twins unlock each other’s phones. Touch ID didn’t have that problem. But remember Face ID is the greatest thing ever. “Sarcasm”
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So that comment is irrelevant for those of us who don't have a twin? 96.5 % of the people have no issue.
 
Brandonjr36 said:
Dude he’s an Apple lover why would he want Samsung to win? He done them separately but with a stop watch.
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Yeah it’s so secure that twins unlock each other’s phones. Touch ID didn’t have that problem. But remember Face ID is the greatest thing ever. “Sarcasm”
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Yes, ‘dude’, and it is a failed test that he did, he is also critical of Apple so isn’t a full on Apple lover.
If you want to fairly test devices, you do it side by side in real-time.
 
BugeyeSTI said:
Ram management has been a problem in iOS 11.. The A11 buries anything Samsung can produce... Apple will fix and optimize everything in iOS 12 and Samsung will be playing catch-up again. I still think it’s funny that the 7+ outperforms the S9
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Even with a "worse" CPU the S9+ still opens every App, including heavy games faster than the X.
A11 bionic is a joke.
Source for the 7+ outperforming the S9?
 
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apolloa said:
Yes, ‘dude’, and it is a failed test that he did, he is also critical of Apple so isn’t a full on Apple lover.
If you want to fairly test devices, you do it side by side in real-time.
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Critical of Apple considering he’s smart and will point out flaws like anyone with a brain would.
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adamhenry said:
So that comment is irrelevant for those of us who don't have a twin? 96.5 % of the people have no issue.
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It is relevant considering Touch ID didn’t have that problem. Don’t know how a product “Face ID” can be more secure when it doesn’t work with twins. Where Touch ID won’t work for anyone but that person.
 
Brandonjr36 said:
Critical of Apple considering he’s smart and will point out flaws like anyone with a brain would.
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It is relevant considering Touch ID didn’t have that problem. Don’t know how a product “Face ID” can be more secure when it doesn’t work with twins. Where Touch ID won’t work for anyone but that person.
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I mean, doesn't that show that Face ID is so accurate that it even works with twinks who look the same? That shows how great the Face recognition works, including eyes, nose, skin etc...
 
apppen1 said:
Even with a "worse" CPU the S9+ still opens every App, including heavy games faster than the X.
A11 bionic is a joke.
Source for the 7+ outperforming the S9?
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apppen1 said:
I mean, doesn't that show that Face ID is so accurate that it even works with twinks who look the same? That shows how great the Face recognition works, including eyes, nose, skin etc...
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that shows a failed product. That’s what it shows. Mine doesn’t even work most of the time.
 
BugeyeSTI said:
I just hope iOS 12 staightens out all the ram management issues introduced in iOS 11. iOS 10 was much better in that respect by far.
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I doubt it by the fact that Apps are getting heavier and there's no RAM management that can do it. 3GB is too low for a 2017/18 flagship. I still remember the days of 10.3.3 with the iPhone 7 Plus, I could have 15 apps open at once and none of them would reload, unlike the X.
 
PBz said:
The people I know with an X really dislike FID. Just today the two people in the room with an X said FID is worthless for them. 50% or less accurate is unacceptable. One admitted he should have went with TID 8.
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If they are truly having only 50% success then they have a defective iPhone and should get it replaced. FaceID is just as reliable as TouchID for me and many others. I also prefer the greater fluidity of the X interface. The home button just feels clunky to me now. I still have an iPad with TouchID that I use throughout the day. Both have situations where they don’t work, but most of the time they both work very reliably. FaceID feels faster and more convenient to me, although anyone claiming that one is faster than the other in any meaningful way is just splitting hairs. By more convenient I mean that the iPhone and my password protected apps just open without me having to think about it or lift a thumb. Not that TouchID was something I had to think about, but when you compare the two side by side all day long like I do, TouchID sticks out as this thing you have to do and FaceID does not. Perhaps that makes it more noticeable when FaceID does fail, but it does not mean FaceID fails more frequently. In my experience it does not. That said, both have their limits that require compensation in some situations. TouchID requires you to compensate while wearing gloves, sweating, any time hands are slightly wet. FaceID requires you to look at your iPhone by picking it up (or placing it on a stand) when you want to leave it on a flat surface. It also requires you to to pick your face up off the pillow when you are in bed. Other than that it works reliably for me whether I’m wearing glasses, sunglasses, no glasses, hat, hood, facial stubble, in the dark, etc.

Polls on this site show a high satisfaction rate for FaceID, but of course Apple enthusiasm skews the voting. So why the complaints from your friends? I have managed technical support staff for almost twenty years, and the one constant is that most people hate change when it comes to technology. Even if there are benefits that they appreciate, they don’t want to have to get used to something new. Even if their current tech isn’t perfect, they get used to it. They learn to compensate for its weaknesses to the point when they don’t even want those weaknesses addressed by an update if it means they will have to change their habits. People forget that TouchID was criticized for its weaknesses many years ago, because now those weaknesses are accepted. TouchID also had the advantage of being far more convenient than tapping out a passcode, so people forgave its misses. FaceID will continue to be criticized as more people adopt the X platform devices, but a year or so from now most of those who switch will no longer miss TouchID.
 
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Agreed. FID wins, FUD losing.

I had a 6S Plus early model. I knew the battery wasn't right and that it really shouldn't have shipped with the ios9 it shipped with. And it wasn't in the batch later confirmed with a battery issue. But. I bought a refurbished same model in August and difference was night and day.

Batch and part numbers maysomeday reveal that not all the components that go into FID are the same and 100% perfect. The electronic DNA do vary.

Report it. Take it in. Get it exchanged. You may have tested it already to your own satisfaction. Hope the real hardware engineers can get their hands on it in a testing lab to duplicate. Maybe the production wasn't rejecting marginal units that would be even now.

And of course #1 is after a full day today reset.

Samsung wishes they had the parts and capability today not in a year or two. Apple is investing heavily in this and the supply chain to make it happen.
 
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