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is it true the TouchID is better on the 6 than the 5s?

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bobright

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I thought I remember reading this somewhere but maybe it was just a rumor after all
 
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bmms8

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It worked great on my 5s and it works great now as well. I haven't seen an improvement as i didn't have any issues before.
 
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Appl3FTW

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never had an issue with my 5s.. it works perfectly. but i do notice an improvement in responsiveness, it responds quicker and efficiency, it just works, no errors.
 
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DmbShn41

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Supposedly some enhancements to Touch ID. It does feel snappier on the 6+ than my 5S did previously, hundredths of a second faster?. Worth noting, I never experienced the 'severe dropoff of Touch ID oerformance' that was claimed.
 
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penajmz

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I come from a 5s and it worked perfectly then and it works perfectly now. Maybe a slight speed difference in recognition but is very small.
 
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Travisimo

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TouchID on the 5S was wonky for a while on iOS 7, but it got much better with an update to iOS 7. On the iPhone 6 Plus so far, it has not failed once. It's very fast and always accurately detects my prints.
 
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indychris

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Like a couple of others already noted, Touch ID on the 6 seems to register a lot more quickly on the 6 than it does my 5s. Both work well, but the 6 seems to respond to touch almost instantly.
 
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anaisamy

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I thought I noticed a difference in touch ID on my 5S when I upgraded to iOS 8. I often had issues with the phone not recognizing my thumb so I'd have to use my index finger and that seemed to go away after iOS 8, but maybe I was just holding it differently - who knows. I've had the 6+ less than 24 hours, so it's hard to say for sure, but I do know that the phone recognized every single time I put my finger or thumb to the touch ID to unlock the phone. No issues whatsoever yet.
 
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nostresshere

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Donfor39 said:
works well using my thumb...though I didn't have the 5s before so not sure how it worked then
Click to expand...

This thread asked if it was better than the 5s. So what is the value of a response like this?

Sometimes I wonder how......


NEVER MIND
 
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highlightshadow

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I'm finding TouchID marginally faster at unlocking on my iP6 than 5S ... not a lot but just perceptibly faster ... reliability / sustained print recognition will remain to be seen

In terms of registration ... i think that was a lot faster... again this could be either an improved sensor or simply a faster encoding algorythm in the A8 making it process the data quicker

Definitely felt faster between touches registering my prints just now
 
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Sodner

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With iOS8 Beta's on my 5s for the past several months I can say Touch ID was working PERFECTLY. I would sit there and test it time after time rotating my thumb to different angles and it would work every time. Seeing the same thing with iOS8 on the 6.
 
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bmms8

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highlightshadow said:
In terms of registration ... i think that was a lot faster... again this could be either an improved sensor or simply a faster encoding algorythm in the A8 making it process the data quicker

Definitely felt faster between touches registering my prints just now
Click to expand...

I agree, registering my prints was much faster.
 
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