Why? Appears like it works 99% of the time, just like with touch ID (which fails with greasy or wet fingers, or sometimes for no obvious reason). I don't see the issue, unless you constantly cover your mouth with a scarf or something. Most reviewers are quite happy with faceID.
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iPhone X Review Roundup: Face ID Works Well as Life Without Home Button Takes Getting Used To
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But, but, but, what if my spouse is a mute, and can't speak. And he recently had both hands amputated in a freak farming accident, so he can't write either. (People and their absurd scenarios). If you need a phone in an emergency, there's probably other people around with phones too.
Unsurprisingly, Face ID sounds very much like the version 1.0 feature that it is. They'll eventually fine tune it and it will work well without necessitating someone standing in the shade or holding the device closer than normal to their face. Personally, I'm glad I passed on iPhone X. Spend $1,000+ to help Apple work out the kinks? That's not for me.
True, it looks fine, but as one review says it's maybe even a touch slower than touch ID v2, which that gif backs up. Which is what some of us have been saying since this phone was announced: it's not the Face ID is or will be bad; in fact it probably will be quite good. But it's kind of a solution looking for a problem. It doesn't seem to be any better than Touch ID, just different. A step sideways instead of a step forward, if you will. Face ID will work better in certain circumstances, and Touch ID in others.
Speed doesn't seem too bad on Face ID.
What would have been really killer would be if they had put both technologies in the phone, so that each could be used when it was most effective. But (depending on which rumors you choose to believe) Apple either couldn't make touch ID work under the screen or decided Face ID was so good that they didn't need touch ID. Either way, it seems that we lost the chance for a clear improvement on touch ID, and instead what we got is something that is excellent, but really no better than its predecessor.
Not really different from touch ID not working with gloves, sweaty or pruned hands.
Agreed, except some developers aren't in the game anymore. So of course old apps look bad.. because they won't be updated further. But the Verge tosses their spin on it. The sky is falling!! X sucks!! Pleaseeeeee!
One big question for me is... with current 3rd-party apps that use TouchID for authentication, will FaceID simply replace it without needing an update? Or are we going to have to wait months to years for everyone to release FaceID capable apps that previously had TouchID ability? That's going to be annoying, if so. I got so used to logging into so many of my regular apps using TouchID. Does anyone know??
What the hell is Apple doing?
- No home button
- No touch ID
- No 3.5mm headphone jack
- Stupid notch
iPhone X looks horrible. It's not even "bezel-less."
- No home button
- No touch ID
- No 3.5mm headphone jack
- Stupid notch
iPhone X looks horrible. It's not even "bezel-less."
Removing the home button seems to remove a lot of "it just works" of Apple, it would have been better if they implemented S8's home button style.
They overloaded the power button + volume up buttons, wonder how long the buttons will last.
They overloaded the power button + volume up buttons, wonder how long the buttons will last.
What are they doing? It takes.. wait for it.. Courage to make those changes.
It looks easier and less annoying to set up than touch ID. And also stops the annoying issue of greasy or wet fingers. So I think it's an overall improvement and probably the future. The .3 seconds extra time to get to the home screen won't bother me.
Where do you see it requires standing in the shade or holding closer than normal? Look at the gif comparing the touch id and face ID - the X is not being held close to the face.
Huh? I think they are responding to the fact that they have 10 years of hourly conditioning in pressing a button to go home. That doesn't disappear in less than a day. Although I do find it annoying how most people are drawing out the home gestures, like "Swipe ALL the way up the screen to go home" when all you need is just a small swipe up, the same with the swipe and hold, where they hold for around a second when you only need a fraction of that to trigger it (Rene Ritchie from iMore has a video demonstrating fast multitasking.)
I do find it a bit disconcerting that Apple only gave out review units yesterday. I think they typically have them for a week with previous launches.
Really? Ever buy something at the Apple store? Did you notice what they used to process the transaction
Sounds like FaceID is exactly as a lot of us predicted. Hit or miss. I honestly doubt it's functionality is better than TouchID. I'll leave my two in box this Friday until some real world reviews come out before I open it and get buyers remorse.
Umm, where exactly do you see its "hit or miss"? Most reviewers liked it. No more hit or miss than greasy or wet fingers with touch ID.
Im hoping it's like Touch ID in that if it fails, then your password can unlock. Of course, not 1 reviewer has mentioned this.