Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

TouchID should have been integrated into Apple logo

Brandonjr36 said:
I guess some of us just prefer Touch ID. I’ve had my X since November and still prefer Touch ID. Honestly when the galaxy s10 comes out if it has the finderprint sensor under the display I will probably switch to it. Unless apple does it on their next model.
Click to expand...
I see a Samsung phone in your future. All new iPhones will remove the home button including the far fetched rumors for the SE2.. iPhone 8 & 8+ will be the last iPhones with touchid
 
  • Like
Reactions: Jervasio
Donoban said:
So many luddites here.

Welcome to the 21st century.

Welcome to change.

Face ID is a simple idea to remove the home button and maximise screen realestate.

Why go back?
Click to expand...
Did we really need to dig up a thread from close to a year ago when all of this has been debated already multiple times over in many more recent threads since then?
 
  • Like
Reactions: Jervasio, MEJHarrison, Newtons Apple and 2 others
BugeyeSTI said:
I see a Samsung phone in your future. All new iPhones will remove the home button including the far fetched rumors for the SE2.. iPhone 8 & 8+ will be the last iPhones with touchid
Click to expand...
Yeah I’ll probably get one. That’s all I use to use. I had s series 1-8 and note 3-5, an iPhone 7 now an iPhone X.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Jervasio
Brandonjr36 said:
Yeah I’ll probably get one. That’s all I use to use. I had s series 1-8 and note 3-5, an iPhone 7 now an iPhone X.
Click to expand...
By the way, that’s not a bad thing... Samsung phones are equal to anything Apple has hardware wise. Software is where people usually have strong differences in opinion..
 
C DM said:
Did we really need to dig up a thread from close to a year ago when all of this has been debated already multiple times over in many more recent threads since then?
Click to expand...

Yes???.....

I’m sorry champ. My jimmies were max rustled.
 
I was admittedly skeptical about FaceID at first, and even angry at losing TouchID. But I've been pleasantly surprised with FaceID - I prefer the extra screen real estate, it now seems very natural and has worked surprisingly well for me. Even the swipe up gesture is now second nature and feels very natural, especially on iOS 12 after they got rid of the extra step to close apps.
 
  • Like
Reactions: MEJHarrison
I just generally would not want to have to use the phone one-handed to reach around to unlock it with the sensor on the back. I think Face ID is properly positioned where I can hold the phone in a variety of positions without having to use my finger on the back. I’m actually content that Apple never decided to go that route with the sensor on the back of the iPhone, even though I am someone who supports having multiple options, similar to what Samsung did with the Galaxy Series.
 
I have always personally preferred TouchID on the back than front. It really does just naturally rest under your finger when you pick up the phone.

I dont think its a huge deal one way or the other though. TouchID > no TouchID wherever it is.
 
I won’t be upgrading until Apple adds a home button under the display. If Samsung can do it, so can they.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Jervasio
Would have been nice to have Touch ID under the display but we have Face ID.

I don’t have a preference for either as both Face ID and Touch ID are great. So I’m happy with either one.
 
Touch ID is on it's way out. It's not going on the back of iPhones.

In just a few years, 90% of phones will have something similar to face ID.
 
New_Mac_Smell said:
Many, many reasons why not to put one on the back. Primarily no one wants it...

It's difficult to use when on the back, physically you have to reach around and locate the button, and it interferes with things such as just having it lying in a desk. There's also the issue of cases requiring huge cutouts in order for the fingerprint scanner to work. Putting them on the back is not progressing a design, it's hap-hazzardly solving a problem that exists when physical buttons are removed from the front of a phone.

FaceID was shown to be less cumbersome and faster than TouchID, so not sure where you're coming from really.
Click to expand...

Difficult to use on the back ? You live in a cave? It’s fairly easy to use on the back specially the ones like the ones on the pixel phones
 
If Apple is going with AR than Face ID is the way to go
I really don’t see AR coming that soon
Other than a few games etc. but maybe Apple plans are more aggressive
 
They should have kept the physical home button (not the haptic one) and put the Apple logo on that! The Apple logo on the back should house the camera. Oh, and rabbit ears. For reception.
 
ACG12 said:
I won’t be upgrading until Apple adds a home button under the display. If Samsung can do it, so can they.
Click to expand...

Technically Craig Federighi stated they already experimented with touch ID under the display and that was Plan ‘B’, as Face ID with plan ‘A’. So in a sense of where Apple was experimenting with touch ID under the display, they clearly are not going to choose that route moving forward with Face ID. So even if Samsung can successfully implement a touch ID sensor under the display, Apple is choosing not to pursue that specific route.
 
Relentless Power said:
Technically Craig Federighi stated they already experimented with touch ID under the display and that was Plan ‘B’, as Face ID with plan ‘A’. So in a sense of where Apple was experimenting with touch ID under the display, they clearly are not going to choose that route moving forward with Face ID. So even if Samsung can successfully implement a touch ID sensor under the display, Apple is choosing not to pursue that specific route.
Click to expand...

Your user name is amazing. I also agree with your conclusion.
 
bslow1 said:
there is no reason why they couldn't have put it on the back. There is a big, useless Apple logo already on the back.... why not integrate the scanner into the apple?
Click to expand...
I agree I had a Pixel and thought the scanner was better
New_Mac_Smell said:
Many, many reasons why not to put one on the back. Primarily no one wants it...
Click to expand...
If you haven't tried it don't speculate because it actually is easier to use than on the front and I have several friends and coworkers who agree
New_Mac_Smell said:
It's difficult to use when on the back, physically you have to reach around and locate the button
Click to expand...
That isn't true it's easier depending on how you hold your phone normally
bslow1 said:
I've used, the scanner on the back was more convenient than the one on the front.
Click to expand...
I agree it is
bslow1 said:
The best was Sony's implementation of the scanner in the power button on the side, IMO.
Click to expand...
Which Sony phone was that
 
  • Like
Reactions: Closingracer
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back