Yes as there is no Face ID option for Macs...if there was they would use Face ID and drop Touch ID where it would stay on the MacBook Air
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Foldable iPhone Under-Screen Touch ID Rumor Dismissed by Analyst
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- Samsung uses a fingerprint sensor on the Z Fold 7.
- Samsung has never had technology equivalent to Face ID.
- Depending on whether you unfold your phone to the left or to the right, the camera will not necessarily be aligned with your face.
Samsung Z Fold 7 also has Face Unlock. I agree the technology isn't equivalent to Face ID, but it's the same concept in terms of determining which camera to use.
My iPhone and iPad unlock when my face isn't "aligned". It does not need to be perfectly centered in front of you. I don't think this will be an issue.
Good luck when you want to take a quick look inside your phone, but the screen with the TrueDepth camera will be at a 90° angle.
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Whether I remove it from my pocket, or pick it up from the table next to me, my locked iPhone's camera is never aligned with my face until I align it.
It won’t unlock when it’s upside down, but Face ID works when the phone is in landscape either way
Edit: I just held my phone upside down and slowly rotated it until it unlocked, and it did it at around 45°. Definitely seems reasonable to me that a foldable could use the same setup; I wouldn’t think I’d ever be unfolding it upside down
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If my 15 Pro is upside-down with its top at the center of a clock, it will unlock with the bottom pointed starting at 2 all the way to 10 so I'm not sure what you're implying. Rotated 90 deg in landscape poses zero issues with Face ID unlocking.
Now that folding phones have been on the market for a while we have an understanding of actual usage. Most people aren't unfolding for a quick look because the outside screen is fully functional; they are unfolding for longer tasks where the double sized screen is beneficial.
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Hate Touch ID. Seldom use my mini due to it not having Face ID. Everyone has their own likes and dislikes but after using Face ID on my iPads and iPhone it is hard to think of spending that much on something with lowly Touch ID.
only thing a foldable will be compromised with is cameras by having 2 instead of 3. overall it will offer a better overall experience than a slab phone. will certainly be able to do more. cameras will be better on the pro devices for sure but i wouldn't say iphone cameras are anything that great anyway though in fairness.
iphones are well known for being behind on specs. chinese phones will always be ahead in the spec game but people buy iphones for IOS and it's ecosystem
touch ID isn't worse just different. face ID is awful when on a desk or side of the sofa. shouldn't need to pick up your phone to check things
it's funny when we had touch ID it was the best thing ever and when it was removed people hated the thought of face ID but now it's the only option suddenly it's amazing and fingerprint scanners aren't when in reailty current FPS are great
That’s something I don't get about the Touch ID proponents: what use case do you have for needing to check something on your phone, but not look at the screen? Are you reading notifications without actually looking at the screen? If I'm checking something on my phone that requires it to be unlocked, then I am always going to be looking at it within the range of Face ID being able to unlock it. If it's laying on a desk and I just want to play/pause/skip, then I can do that without unlocking the phone, but if I want to look at a notification, then I'm going to be looking at the screen at an angle where Face ID will work anyway.
Any task that requires unlocking your phone with my Android phones I can browse without needing to pick it up. Handy for me without needing to lift my phone up. Often I want to check a text or reply to even on here I don’t need to lift my phone up. Less hassle but yes hardly end of the world needing to do so
As a motorcyclist I will say that Touch ID is more convenient. I can check a message or whatever without needing to remove my helmet; taking off one glove is a lot quicker. Of course unlock with apple watch also accomplishes this, but it does nothing to help with unlocking a phone with is laying on the desk next to me.
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That’s the usual misconception: the CEO’s primary job is not to increase shareholders’ value. It can be one of the main objectives and it can have more importance depending on the type and structure of the company. There are many more topics that can have a higher priority. On that note this is also not a legal duty, another common misconception.
Second point: Apple sets the price. They estimate a sales volume based on the price and that’s the result of the market conditions. It’s all a trade off and they are all linked. Apple can definitely charge what they want (they will just get differing results). As you said in the end the consumer vote with his wallet.