Incorrect, the edges are smaller and the top section cannot be used for other than what Apple has them setup for.. meaning it's basically a small bezel on the top. The usable portion of the screen is a little larger than the iPhone 6/7/8 but not the same as the Plus series, it's smaller by a lot.
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iPhone X Face ID is Preventing Me From Buying an iPhone X - Anyone Else?
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Why does it seem people are forgetting that this is still an option?
When my iPhone is flat on a conference table, it's pointed straight at the ceiling and my face is at a 90 degree angle to it. Launch your rear facing camera, lie it on a table. Now creep your face into the shot. You'll be about 6 inches away by the time you can see your forehead. From what I've seen of other facial recognition smartphones, you need to align your eyes very close to dead center. It just won't work lying flat on a table.
If the Face ID sensors have a wide enough field of view to get a clear look at my face from 2 feet away sitting at a 90 degree angle then surely it will have a clear look at other faces in the seats adjacent to me.
Because it's a step backwards if you have to do it regularly
Unibrow and FaceID are 2 deal-breakers for me. Was looking forward to the 10th year iPhone for a long time too...
Removing the home button, touch id and the notch are all reasons why I chose the 8. Oh and the price.
I didn't forget.
But my passcode contains numbers, letters and symbols. (Yeah, I like security.)
Why enter that manually when TouchID exists?
"Oh, you say that TouchID isn't available on the ipX?"
"Well, who decided that?"
"Apple."
Complete FAIL!
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This.
I held out on passcode security for years and only decided to embrace the idea of a locked iPhone because Touch ID was so reliable and so effortless.
Entering a PIN every time I want to unlock the phone was unacceptable before Touch ID and is unacceptable after Touch ID. It is just too inconvenient. I must unlock my phone 50 times a day. No interest in typing in a PIN 50 times a day.
So if I get a X I will have no security at all. Way to go, Apple.
Actually, the ipX promises to be very secure.
According to Apple, TouchID is about 1:50,000 that the same FP keys are shared by two people.
In comparison, FaceID is 1:1,000,000
So FaceID is much better in that regard by several orders of magnitude..
FP scanning is acceptable for me. Or more precisely said...the risks are acceptable.
If a thief wants to try to match someone's FP to mine, go right ahead.
What's not acceptable is Apple deciding to drop TouchID in the new phone. Not before proving FaceID will be just as convenient (and as error-free) as TouchID under the myriad of possible use cases.
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Or you could just tap the OLED screen to wake the phone. FaceID works when the iPhone is laying flat on a surface. You just have to make eye contact with the phone. You can also turn off the attention-awareness setting so you don't have to look directly at the phone for FaceID to work.
The iPhone X screen will also activate when held to an NFC terminal and FaceID works at an angle too.
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I have been struggling to decide between the X and 8+ since the Keynote. Losing TouchID for FaceID is not necessarily a deal breaker, but it's definitely one of the factors that makes me lean towards the 8+.
We don't know what angle the Face ID won't work at so these types of claims shouldn't be made. As we saw in the demo after a few failed face attempts you'll need to use your passcode. If all you need is eye contact then you're gonna have problems of people looking at the phone causing it to lock up. Face ID has its practical shortcomings that shouldn't be ignored.
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hmmm. ok.. tape up your laptop and phone then. Just leave mine alone
No Touch ID = no buy. Went from 7+ to 8+. At least I have most of the features iPhone X would have. I think X will only have a better front camera, screen and "ani-emojis" over the 8+. Those I can live.
I'll wait for Xs.
I'll wait for Xs.
I can discretely be notified of messages (and baseball scores) during boring faculty meetings without digging out my phone.
More importantly, I can be notified of things I need to know while teaching class even when I've asked students to "put your devices away." Just a glance at my wrist.
I love my Apple Watch for so many reasons--this is just a small part of its usefulness for me.
These posts are HILARIOUS to me.
It’s so true that people don’t like change. At all. So much so that they invent reasons to dislike something new. TouchID is proven - therefore anything else is not worth it? How will we ever advance as a species if we live in the past? TouchID is the past, now. Welcome to the future.
Best part of your post, though? One less person to fight on the Internets to get my iPhone X preorder in on October 27.
Agreed, but it's not about money. It's about time. I don't want to lose the next 2 months when I could be happy in an iPhone 8 and at the same time I don't want to be unhappy when others have their X's and I have an old-design iPhone 8. I'd like to make a strong decision this week and not look back with regret either way.
I'm 90% sure I will eschew the X but it's only because of Face ID and so if I can get at some nuances and details about how it functions in the real world that will put my mind at ease about its theoretical shortcomings and perhaps put me back in the X camp.
Because lots of us never liked doing that in the first place and don't want to ever have to do it again. Seriously, my phone have never had that type of lock screen for more than a few minutes because it's so annoying.
I don’t want faceID because touchID is better (plus it requires a deliberate act on my part to unlock - i need to use one of the correct fingers, and I can easily make it not work if i want to by using the wrong part of my finger - this is a feature).
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I'm fine with introducing new technology.
But I do have a problem when existing and proven current technology is abandoned for the new technology in the inaugural product.
That is what we have here with the ipX.
To say otherwise, would be untrue.
Perhaps someone can answer this for me. How do I keep my bat **** crazy girlfriend from unlocking my iPhone X while I'm sleeping? I normally sleep on my back. Sometimes on my side. All she'll have to do is aim the phone at my face right? Guess I could sleep on my face. Probably would be hard to breath though. Lock the actual phone away perhaps. Kick my girlfriend to the curb. Guess I'll figure something out. Suggestions are welcome.
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But that's exactly how it works, per Craig.
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Gaze detection. If your eyes aren't looking at the screen she's not getting in. Craig specifically addressed this on John Gruber's podcast.
Easy... assuming the click SOS feature is still active on X.. just click the side button 5 times. Then set the phone down. She'll be forced to use the lock screen keycode instead of Face ID. It is the same as someone shutting down fully and rebooting the device, FACE ID does not work until after the first time you log in with keycode.