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Synaptics Creating In-Display Fingerprint Sensors for 'Top Five OEM'
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No, you can swipe anywhere on the bottom of the screen, which you feel. No specific area. I would think you would have to look because there would be nothing to indicate that your finger is in the right spot. I am just going by realities here, not hypotheticals. Apple just released their vision of the iPhone for at least the next 3 years, which heavily features Face ID. There is zero chance of them going back to Face ID. I would absolutely give it a shot if implemented, but it's irrelevant. I have no issue with another manufacturer doing it, I use iOS and Face ID is their current authentication method there, which works great, and will only improve.
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That's possible, still gotta find that spot. Either way, likely not an iOS feature in the future.
This is clearly for a Samsung phone just from the informational graphic they provide on their material.
Half a thought here. I can't prove this made a difference, but subjectively it seems to have improved things. A couple of days ago I rescanned in moderate light with the arm all the way out at arm's length. My face looked pretty small in the scanning circle (I wear 36" sleeves). I think the phone is more tolerant of what I used to think were off-angles...IOW, I think I'm getting hits when I used to get misses. Give it a shot if you held the phone closer. It is very fast to do the scan, and it didn't break anything I had already set up to work with FaceID.
[doublepost=1513178236][/doublepost]Question as a follow-up: can you comment on why TouchID works so well through a freezer-weight plastic bag? I'd be interested in any technical explanations or comments - thank you.
So if you consider an unsubstantiated rumor to be a proper citation, what about a properly cited article from the same source completely refuting it?
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/31/apple-dismisses-touch-id-under-display-rumors/
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Anyone using an Apple Watch to unlock their Mac is already living with this feature.
You're looking at it backwards--the notch isn't great, but the 'ears' that allow more of the screen to be utilized are indeed great. The alternative would be to have more bezel and less screen. As the screen is 'taller' than a 16:9 ratio, the notch doesn't affect video or anything else in any meaningful way.
So many people choose to look at this like Apple took screen real estate away rather than considering that they actually reclaimed some screen space that had been taken by the bezel in the past.
People have pointed out several potential flaws with this approach, including having to look at the screen to know where you're supposed to touch, and it being a 'light-based' approach to reading a fingerprint.
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I've had similar results. I registered FaceID while clean-shaven. I grew a beard and sometimes for work I am required to wear a hard hat, full coverup safety glasses, and a beard net...FaceID still works fine. I was amazed.
You haven't shown what makes it clear or common sensical are just spouting completely unsubstantiated rumors. The people sharing the rumors turned out to be completely incorrect, so why would I take their word that Apple gave up on it?
Why does somebody has to put the finger at the specific spot on screen? Looking at the hardware, I can see a phone with lower half of the screen area for finger print scanning. That's should be good enough.
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All of the images in the article point to having it being located in one specific spot. I guess it just depends on how the company implementing plans to do it.
You consider talking to another human without being passive aggressive? I heard what I heard, I didn't see the article you posted. I simply searched for it because you asked about it where I got my info. I didn't re-read the article just to post a link. I think maybe macrumours should take more responsibility here to make it clear in the title it's been updated or invalid.
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Nope, all the sensors are in the housing of that 'notch', which is separate from the front glass. So even if the front glass break, FaceID would still work just fine, except if there's a chance that the glass break in the area that house the sensors AND cause the sensors to get loose or something like that then there's probably be a problem. However, it's the same thing if the front glass break in the same area of the TouchID sensor and cause its cable to get loose or break.
They won't, they will just make faceID better, like they did with touchID, version 2.0 was way better. Just need it to work a few things:
1) unlock in any orientation
2) faster recognition
3) having it try again when it fails, without having to re-lock the phone
RF sensors use a frequency chosen such that they can easily sense through the sapphire cover and even under your outer skin layer a tiny bit. I guess your bag is similar to having thick skin
Q: did you train it with the bag, or it just works even with the extra distance? If the latter, then the sensor software is looking more for relative measurements than absolute ones.
Right, and I was pointing out that the back of a phone was the (only?) good choice to avoid using up frontal space for a sensor, until under-display sensors became possible.
Similar to how TouchId was a good choice until FaceId became possible.
Technology advances and more choices arise. Doesn't make the old choices bad. Sometimes they're simply the only ones possible at the time.
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Shut up. I don’t dare hope for anything special with the SE—especially anything that implies a bezel-free display.
RF sensors use a frequency chosen such that they can easily sense through the sapphire cover and even under your outer skin layer a tiny bit. I guess your bag is similar to having thick skin
Q: did you train it with the bag, or it just works even with the extra distance? If the latter, then the sensor software is looking more for relative measurements than absolute ones.
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Thanks, didn't focus on use of RF, so that makes sense. I trained it without the bag, just bare, clean, dry fingers. So apparently the extra distance is not a problem. The touch screen works just fine through the heavy freezer bags, too, so these bags make a very good temporary rain jacket for things like cycle rides where the everyday case is enough physical protection but you need some environmental protection.
Having spent a couple weeks with the iPhone X now, I do have to say, I barely miss the Touch ID... EXCEPT when i just want to unlock my home sitting at a table or desk. It makes checking my phone stealthily during meetings so much harder. But in general, I don't miss Touch ID (or the home button) nearly as much as I thought I would, and actually got a little annoyed when I picked up my iPhone 7 and had to deal with the home button again.
I guess the X in iPhone X stands for eXpensive eXperiment. Face ID will fade out and Touch ID will return in the XI.
Now, let’s imagine you have a job interview and the panel ask you series of questions. My question to you is, are you going sell yourself meaning tell them you’re the best candidate or are you going to provide them a list of all the negatives?
If you don’t get this then I wish you the very best in your life because you definitely will need it.
You would be a poor salesman. You have not convinced me one bit. However, you’re helping me to sleep, so thank you.
I'm sorry you feel that way, but I posted what is essentially a logical "if/then" statement and don't see that I included any passive/aggressive tone. But since you brought it up, the first sentence of your response probably qualifies as PA.