Im curious as to what people miss from TouchID? It was fine, but it also doesn't work if your fingers are wet (getting out of the shower, etc). FaceID is much faster and more reliable for me.
Ok, as someone who’s seriously considering NOT buying the iPhone 13 mini because of Face ID, knowing that next year there won’t be another mini (just so you know how badly I wanted to purchase this smartphone), I will answer your question.
We’re on a pandemic, almost 2 years in, and masks are here to stay. Face ID doesn’t work with masks. Therefore, we cannot easily unlock our devices unless we purchase an Apple Watch. I prefer to wear a smart band, with 15 to 20 days of battery, and it provides me exactly what I want: Clock, alarms, phone notifications, health and sleep tracking. So I don’t have any reason to get an Apple Watch.
If we were on 2019, sure, I wouldn’t have any trouble using Face ID like I did with my iPad Pro. It works flawlessly when I’m in my home. But it happens that the situation on the world has changed... a bit. And now each time I want to unlock my iPad Pro in a public place (study/work place), I have to enter the code in front of eveyone.
In 2020, and 2021, I can still unlock my ancient iPhone 8 with a mask on, and even pay with it with a quick gesture. And I would miss that a lot from my next iPhone. And it is a pity, because I absolutely love the new 13 mini, and want to purchase it, but I’m not so sure about that downgrade.