Touch ID Isn't the Only Way to Unlock an iPhone Duo

[MacRumors]

Apple's new iPhone Duo lacks Face ID. That may irk users who are used to the seamless unlocking experience that a facial biometric system provides, but fortunately Apple has brought over one of the Mac's best authentication features to its foldable iPhone to make up for it.

Touch ID is integrated into the Duo's side button for authentication whether iPhone Duo is open or closed, but like regular iPhones, if you own an Apple Watch, you can opt to have it unlock your iPhone Duo without you having to press a thing. Pre-orders for iPhone Duo begin at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Friday, October 16, with availability beginning Friday, October 23.

Article Link: Touch ID Isn't the Only Way to Unlock an iPhone Duo

 

[iceqube33]

This is an existing feature, no?

 

[JanoschR]

This is already a feature in iOS > FaceID & Passcode > Unlock with Nearby Devices. Works with Apple Watch and Vision Pro.

 

[Takeo]

Unpopular opinion but I despise Face ID. I with my iPhone and iPad had Touch ID.

 

[Mitsjke]

This will work so good during the winter when wearing my gloves 😀 or my wrinkled fingers at the pool.

 

[NicoTRZ]

this feature exist since Covid already. It is not new at all…

 

[ibRckr]

This will work so good during the winter when wearing my gloves 😀 or my wrinkled fingers at the pool.

Yeah this will be pain..

 

[ItsASpider]

...what? This has been on iPhone for years.

 

[matsan]

This will work so good during the winter when wearing my gloves 😀 or my wrinkled fingers at the pool.

I hope that hinge and screen technology will hold in cold weather...?

 

[star-affinity]

Hope it can be adjusted from how far
It's a nice feature, but I do think on the Mac it feels a bit too generous with the distance for when the watch unlocks the computer.

 

[Zzzoom]

Unlocking with the Apple Watch sounds great in theory, but in practice the unreliability makes it more annoying than useful. On my Mac Mini it only works about 60% of the time.

 

[Unggoy Murderer]

Lack of Face ID is a massive thing for me. I know it would be a huge engineering challenge though.

Seems the Duo is just a gimped iPhone, you’re basically compromising on everything just to have a foldable.

 

[vouder17]

Great, so at home my one-year-old son can grab my Duo, delete all my appointments, and call all my ex-girlfriends—all without Touch ID. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Odan]

That’s exactly why I’m not buying. Touchid never worked well for me. After a couple of months no longer recognizes the finger no matter how much you clean them both.

 

[lanceuppercut47]

Great, so at home my one-year-old son can grab my Duo, delete all my appointments, and call all my ex-girlfriends—all without Touch ID. What could possibly go wrong?

Then just turn the option off. This isn't a new thing the Duo only has, if you actually own an Apple Watch, you'd know it's possible to already do it on a paired iPhone.

Any other gripes to go with your made up scenario?

 

[apr]

This is already a feature in iOS > FaceID & Passcode > Unlock with Nearby Devices. Works with Apple Watch and Vision Pro.

Thanks, turned it on my outdated ip 16 pro 😀

Anyway I hate the touchid button on my ipad: rarely works and it is a physical button instead of a haptic/taptic button.

 

[MayaUser]

this feature exist since Covid already. It is not new at all…

title says Apple brought to duo as well....is not about if the feature exists or not...
Apple could leave duo outside of this device

 

[I am Sampson]

Lack of Face ID is a massive thing for me. I know it would be a huge engineering challenge though.

Seems the Duo is just a gimped iPhone, you’re basically compromising on everything just to have a foldable.

You seem to be forgetting… it’s an iPhone that folds!!!!! Oooooooo….

(Please read as sarcastic or serious depending on your viewpoint)

 

[tong_si_nan_pei]

This is a feature on every iPhone I had in the last many years. It’s as if you guys don’t even use Apple products.

 

[tong_si_nan_pei]

title says Apple brought to duo as well....is not about if the feature exists or not...
Apple could leave duo outside of this device

No. It says brought one of “Mac’s” features. Why mention Mac at all when it’s an iPhone feature since a long time?

 

[MeasterHD]

Gonna wait with what Apple will come up next year. Really wish to have dynamic island finally removed from the display.

 

[emulator]

Great, so at home my one-year-old son can grab my Duo, delete all my appointments, and call all my ex-girlfriends—all without Touch ID. What could possibly go wrong?

I know parents usually exaggerate when talking about what their child is capable of. But really, come on now!

 

[User 6502]

This will work so good during the winter when wearing my gloves 😀 or my wrinkled fingers at the pool.

Faceid doesn’t work great in other cases, in an ideal world we’d have both like many android phones. When you want to have a quick peek at the screen when the phone is resting on a desk or something faceid is not ideal for example.

 

[User 6502]

Great, so at home my one-year-old son can grab my Duo, delete all my appointments, and call all my ex-girlfriends—all without Touch ID. What could possibly go wrong?

If you have such a dangerous child disable the feature, it’s not going to be compulsory.

 

[User 6502]

No. It says brought one of “Mac’s” features. Why mention Mac at all when it’s an iPhone feature since a long time?

Because iPhone doesn’t have this feature even now? I have both iPhone and Apple Watch and my iPhone doesn’t unlock because I’m wearing my Apple Watch. The Mac does.