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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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It's only one action for touch ID, I press on the home button and it unlocks. There is no perceivable "hold" for me, just a press and the phone opens up. It's possible that technically it's a "press and hold", but the hold part is so miniscule as to be virtually non-existent.
As for faceID, the cameras still has to see your face right? If the phone is lying on my desk, or in my car holder, or on my nightstand when I'm sleeping I highly doubt the camera can supersede the laws of physics and bend its view. No, in those situations I have to pick up the phone or move my face into the camera's view.
But in practice I don't disagree with you, every little change from model to model can be an annoyance. We all get used to it. Heck I complained about touch ID when it first came out. As long as face ID is accurate I have no doubt I'll get used to it, and probably love it in the future.
I think you give Apple too much credit when it comes to admitting a mistake. Their historical tendency is to double down. I'd be really, really surprised if they don't keep the notch for at least 3 iterations (this one included).
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Me too, although I think there is very little chance.
It's not nitpicking, it's just conversation on a forum. But in any case I'm quite sure that you have plenty of complaints that seem like nit picking to me over other phones, or maybe this one. It's simply my opinion that it may get annoying having that extra step in there. It's not just a matter of losing time, but a matter of having to get my face in the line of the camera. So if my phone is in it's car holder and plugged in now I either have to contort myself to get my face in front of it, or unplug the phone and pull it out of the car holder. If I'm sleeping and want to adjust something on my phone I have to sit up out of bed and put my face in front of the phone, or unplug the phone and put it in front of my face. Sure there is the option for the lock code, but that's something I didn't need to worry about before.
The true solution, IMO, is to have a proximity unlock feature like Android has. If the device is on my home wifi network or connected to a particular Bluetooth device. Or heck, just give us a toggle to allow us to go right to the home screen with face ID.
But as I previously said, it's not the end of the world at all. We all have our wishlists, but have to learn how to compromise with reality. Still it's a forum and IMO it's interesting conversation.
For all those concerned over The Verge article, did you also happen to read that he contacted Apple and was told he was holding it too far from his face? It needs to be 10"-20". So here's a guy most likely holding the phone at arms length. Who holds their phone two feet from their face? It's no wonder he's having issues. His experiences don't concern me in the slightest. Especially since someone else used theirs all day at Disneyland and didn't see to have any issues at all with sunlight.
LOL A smartphone is the last thing she wants. She is perfectly happy with an old Moto flip phone from around 2008 or so.You didn't got it, you need to buy another one for your wife
not likely mate...
[doublepost=1509496500][/doublepost]muscle memory is, well, quite malleable. sure, we'll all be pressing the screen out of habit, but i'm sure in a week most of us will have formed new habits. not worried about the changes in gestures at all.
my main worry is whether the screen will remain accurate and vibrant and free from burn in a year, two years from now...
That actually concerns me MORE. So now the situations I’m hoping I can unlock my phone are going to be even tougher.
Maybe you are just unable to afford $1000 phone. It’s nit a big deal for a lot of people to buy it unseen.
Would be the easiest software update ever...they don’t want to do it for whatever reason.
This was insulting and unnecessary. He just said it's a lot to drop on something sight unseen with many unanswered questions. As someone who has LOTS of money, I still agree with him.
What is a lot of money? I’m just saying a grand for a top end smartphone is no big deal. They’ve been $700-$800 forever.
I've never had problems with dry fingers. If your hands are wet you can wipe them, you cant really turn off the sun to fix lighting conditions. I don't know why I'm shocked people are downplaying a potential major issue
How many phones have used facial recognition to unlock before. This will be a make it break feature for Apple. If it doesn’t work as advertised there will be a huge ********* of criticism.
No one thing with make or break Apple. They are simply too powerful. Anyway, it seems to be 90% positive in regard to FaceID. They’ll get it perfect on the next one and it looks impressive already. I’ll let you know Friday.
Definitely sounds somewhat like a compromise to TouchID (sunlight & some types of indoor lighting reducing the reliability of it, requires you to hold the device closer to your face than you would normally hold previous iPhones). TouchID integrated into the screen sounds like something Apple may seriously consider for the next iPhone based on the feedback they get from X owners.
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Maybe you could add her as a "trusted face" or something like that? If not, maybe Apple could implement the ability to add a second person who could access your X through FaceID in 11.2 or 11.3?
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TouchID became pretty damn close to perfect in version 2.
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I think integrated TouchID in the display would be a good idea and hope Apple would consider the situations where it could be better than FaceID.
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That will probably change. People have also complained that the OS has stalled.. now that they renew things, they complain again.. you can never satisfy anyone. Lets Keep the analog buttons, and get faster horses!
[doublepost=1509520809][/doublepost]Check out the TechCrunch review, he is one of the few guys who had the phone for a week (most of the reviewers only had it for a day).
Here is a list from reddit, to get a thorough review.
Site Time with Device
WaPo 15 Hours
Business Insider 18 Hours
CNet 18 Hours
Digital Trends < 24 Hours
Engadget < 24 Hours
iMore < 24 Hours
The Loop < 24 Hours
Verge < 24 hours
CNN 24 Hours
Daily Mail 24 Hours
The Telegraph 24 Hours
Mashable > 3 Days
Buzzfeed 7 Days
CNBC 7 Days
TechCrunch 7 Days
Forbes 9 Days
Independent 9 Days
iPhone X - the first Apple product released since the TAM that I have absolutely zero interest in buying. Make that negative interest - I'd be willing to pay MORE for an iPhone 8+, 8, or an updated SE (sadface). Can't wait for this rubbish to die off.