So I have been finding Face ID on the iPad to be a little frustrating in my two main use scenarios.
The first is my work scenario. At work, I typically have my iPad laying flat on a desk or conference table in portrait orientation while I’m reviewing documents or taking notes with the Pencil. Every time the screen goes off and I want to unlock the iPad I have to physically lift it and tilt it back towards me so it can see my face which gets kind of old. Just putting my thumb on the sensor on the old IPP was easier and quicker.
The second is my home scenario where I’m just lounging consuming content. I typically do this in landscape orientation. Because I am strongly right hand dominant I typically do all screen touches with my right hand while my left hand grips the left bezel.....covering the Face ID camera.....aghhhh!
So here’s my work around that seems to be working consistently well now. In my work scenario (portrait orientation flat on desk) I turn the iPad to the position that feels like “upside down” to me (I.e. the Face ID camera is at the bottom of the screen). In this orientation, I do not have to tilt the iPad to me for it so see my face an unlock. In home content consuming mode (landscape orientation) I rotate the iPad to a position that also feels kind of “upside down” to me. In this case the Face ID camera is on the right bezel, the back camera is on the lower right hand corner as are the power and volume buttons. In this way, my left hand holds the iPad on the bezel without the Face ID camera and since my right hand is the one I use to tap the screen to wake, it is never blocking the camera.
This works well and consistently, but now I need to get used to holding the iPad in a way I’ve never done before. It could take a while.
The first is my work scenario. At work, I typically have my iPad laying flat on a desk or conference table in portrait orientation while I’m reviewing documents or taking notes with the Pencil. Every time the screen goes off and I want to unlock the iPad I have to physically lift it and tilt it back towards me so it can see my face which gets kind of old. Just putting my thumb on the sensor on the old IPP was easier and quicker.
The second is my home scenario where I’m just lounging consuming content. I typically do this in landscape orientation. Because I am strongly right hand dominant I typically do all screen touches with my right hand while my left hand grips the left bezel.....covering the Face ID camera.....aghhhh!
So here’s my work around that seems to be working consistently well now. In my work scenario (portrait orientation flat on desk) I turn the iPad to the position that feels like “upside down” to me (I.e. the Face ID camera is at the bottom of the screen). In this orientation, I do not have to tilt the iPad to me for it so see my face an unlock. In home content consuming mode (landscape orientation) I rotate the iPad to a position that also feels kind of “upside down” to me. In this case the Face ID camera is on the right bezel, the back camera is on the lower right hand corner as are the power and volume buttons. In this way, my left hand holds the iPad on the bezel without the Face ID camera and since my right hand is the one I use to tap the screen to wake, it is never blocking the camera.
This works well and consistently, but now I need to get used to holding the iPad in a way I’ve never done before. It could take a while.
