I'm not so sure the usability of Face ID will be accepted by everyone. It clearly has problems where you want to momentarily wake the device to see notifications, and without putting your face in the field of view, for example. The more I thought about this I decided to let the tens of millions of early adopters give it a go, and maybe Apple will make changes, or add Touch ID along with it for the next go-around.
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I'm not so sure the usability of Face ID will be accepted by everyone. It clearly has problems where you want to momentarily wake the device to see notifications, and without putting your face in the field of view, for example. The more I thought about this I decided to let the tens of millions of early adopters give it a go, and maybe Apple will make changes, or add Touch ID along with it for the next go-around.
No it won't. The same was said about the headphone jack a year ago. If Apple has enough faith in Face ID to put it into their premium flagship device that ought to tell you that Touch ID's days are numbered.
You can't hold back the iPhone X to next year! Then it would have be called the iPhone XI. It's called the iPhone "X" because 2017 is the 10th anniversary of the iPhone.
After they made the claim of how much more secure/accurate FaceID is than TouchID I very much doubt it
Can't even see them including it as another option
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if from that other report they can produce 12 million orders in approximately 6 weeks, I think you'll be OK
A classic case of a solution (Face ID) in search of a problem (Touch ID). The latter is more reliable and no slower. Apple are strapped for new ideas again and think because nobody else is doing Face ID then surely it must be a good thing right? There's a reason Samsung et al ain't doing it and it's not due to lack of innovative know how. Apple have confused the "less is more" idea (removing features in the name of 'courage') with the concept of progess. Now the 'progress' options have been depleted and there's not much else to remove-the next step,is adding 'features' that nobody really wanted in the first place. And that's a slippery slope to go down.
Im cool if you encourage more people to do that. As many as you can. Preorder day will be easier
No matter if it's FaceID or TouchID, on a giant 12.9" iPad you have to hold it either way!
I agree.
Which furthers my belief that Apple hasn't invested in FacialID to go back to TouchID.
Or the iPhone 8 and her X
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When has Apple ever brought an abandoned feature back?
To be honest given that the iPhone is the biggest money maker for Apple i think you'll see all (or most) new innovations coming to it first and then rolled out to the Macbooks etc. The iPad is the only device that gets some things first like TrueTone
Touch ID is not coming back. Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional to the nth degree
With these delays iPhone X seems more like a 2018 Launch than 2017
If you can't get an iPhone X at launch in 2017 did it really launch?
Believe its infrared light (i.e. small amount of heat), which you get constantly throughout your day, so probably nothing. Now having the radio transmitter close to your head all the time or resting your hand next to a Qi wireless charging pad and their output, long term...that's a question with a much more murky answer at this point.
Exactly.
Expect FaceID to come to MacBook (Pro) and iMac in the next couple of years, and to be a general access control feature on phones, computers, restricted areas (doors) etc. within the next 5 to 10 years....
... and it even works with sunglasses
My main problem with this is that Touch ID is a much more convenient option. When I go to the store and use Apple Pay, grabbing my phone out of my pocket usually already has my finger on the button and TouchID just goes. Now I have the extra move of pulling the phone up to a spot it can see my face. I personally thought nothing of TouchID until I started using it originally on my 5s. Now it's one of the most convenient things. This is why I went with an 8+ instead of waiting for the fight to get an X.
Yeah exactly embedded in to the display. That will be freaking Cool!!
As much as I think ditching TouchID is a bad idea, just like the headphone jack before it, Apple isn't exactly known for going back once they replace something or declare it unnecessary. Those holding out for the return of TouchID might find that they've waited for nothing.
No, those would be the ones expectantly waiting for the new Mac Mini which has been surely coming for several years now...
i think with the X, you’ll be able to see notifications more easily than with the other phones, right?
you don’t need to unlock to see notifications. only wake the phone..
and with the X, you can wake the phone by touching the screen whereas you can’t do that on the other phones.
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