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TouchID or FaceID
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No experience of faceid yet but touchid works flawlessly for me. The only times it fails and I have to enter are pin are when you’d expect it not to, such as if I’m just out of the shower and have wet hands. It’ll be hard to beat when I eventually move to a device with faceid.
I very rarely had trouble with Touch ID, it was super fast and almost 100% accurate for me (except with wet hands, of course), but I still much prefer Face ID.
Face ID is half a second slower, but it works incredibly accurately for me, and I love that it seamlessly opens apps that I use multiple times per day (like 1Password) without me having to do a thing.
I’ve had the X since launch day, scanned my face just that first time, and it opens for me almost 100% of the time now. It’s even opening when I’m in weird positions now, like lying in bed with my face half smushed into the pillow. I don’t even remember when I last had to use my passcode, but it’s been at least a few days.
Oh! I just remembered: I think it was was when I upgraded to 11.1.1.
I also love the other benefits that come with Face ID, like the fact that it doesn’t dim the screen when I’m looking at it, and that it lowers the volume of alerts when it knows I’m looking. Those can’t be done without the true depth camera that comes with Face ID.
Face ID is half a second slower, but it works incredibly accurately for me, and I love that it seamlessly opens apps that I use multiple times per day (like 1Password) without me having to do a thing.
I’ve had the X since launch day, scanned my face just that first time, and it opens for me almost 100% of the time now. It’s even opening when I’m in weird positions now, like lying in bed with my face half smushed into the pillow. I don’t even remember when I last had to use my passcode, but it’s been at least a few days.
Oh! I just remembered: I think it was was when I upgraded to 11.1.1.
I also love the other benefits that come with Face ID, like the fact that it doesn’t dim the screen when I’m looking at it, and that it lowers the volume of alerts when it knows I’m looking. Those can’t be done without the true depth camera that comes with Face ID.
I have used both and found both to work very well. Face ID works so well you forget what it is doing. Even with my sunglasses it works well.
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I know and I don't expect it to happen. Was just being a bit sarcastic.... sorry
They wont put Touch ID on the back and under display it appears not to be easy with the current tech.
I think people will accept the Face ID when needed. It really does work well but it is natural for people to resist some changes.
This is not as straightforward as you put it. Even FBI struggled with cracking Apple security, so I feel pretty secure about it. Unless one is involved in terrorist activities and Apple voluntarily helps the law enforcement officers to unlock the device, it’s pretty secure and nobody can just willynilly get into it.
I'm not making a case one way or another, but I found TouchID to be problematic if my finger was wet, not dripping wet, but wet from the rain, or something.
I have use 2 iPhone with Touch ID (iPhone 6 and now iPhone 8) and 1 iPad with Touch ID. I love Touch ID and work amazing well.
I remember when Apple 1st release Touch ID iPhone 5S and I really want it but have to wait year later (I was on contract iPhone 5). So far Touch ID work perfectly for me except wet finger. It very reliable.
At moment Face ID don’t give me same reaction like Touch ID when Apple release it. I get iPhone 8 instead X for 2 reason: 1) Touch ID 2) Price.
Next iPhone be 2 year future and hope there be Touch ID under screen (probably won’t happen) or Face ID be more reliable. Apple numbers say Face ID more secure but problem your family more likely unlock with Face ID compare Touch ID. If outside world with strangers yeah I understand Face ID more secure.
I remember when Apple 1st release Touch ID iPhone 5S and I really want it but have to wait year later (I was on contract iPhone 5). So far Touch ID work perfectly for me except wet finger. It very reliable.
At moment Face ID don’t give me same reaction like Touch ID when Apple release it. I get iPhone 8 instead X for 2 reason: 1) Touch ID 2) Price.
Next iPhone be 2 year future and hope there be Touch ID under screen (probably won’t happen) or Face ID be more reliable. Apple numbers say Face ID more secure but problem your family more likely unlock with Face ID compare Touch ID. If outside world with strangers yeah I understand Face ID more secure.
MY .02, I prefer face id. It's working solid for me, and fast, even when I'm not trying to open my phone, if I am holding it and the screen is facing me it opens that quickly. I liked the Touch ID but it didn't work as well for me as the face id does. I'm very happy with face recognition.
I've nothing to hide so disabled that option straight away. I'd rather be able to tap the screen on my desk, read the message (or as much as it shows) and then decide if I want to leave it or pick it up and reply. Having to look at the screen to read notifications is one hassle too many for me.
After moving to Face ID, I do not miss Touch ID at all. Unfortunately though it is still on my iPads so I will have to live with it for now 
Face ID works seamlessly for me, I don’t even really realize it is working before it has, well, worked. The biggest benefit of it is in within apps. It seems to be getting better and faster (I presume through the machine learning) and picking up more angles, etc. Touch ID actually failed more for me than Face ID has (if my fingers were damp, sweaty, seemingly swollen, etc) or was inconvenient due to gloves (touch sensitive gloves work fine with the gestures for Face ID).
Face ID works seamlessly for me, I don’t even really realize it is working before it has, well, worked. The biggest benefit of it is in within apps. It seems to be getting better and faster (I presume through the machine learning) and picking up more angles, etc. Touch ID actually failed more for me than Face ID has (if my fingers were damp, sweaty, seemingly swollen, etc) or was inconvenient due to gloves (touch sensitive gloves work fine with the gestures for Face ID).
This is a huge statement for me ..having owned every iPhone but if FaceID is forced I will no longer use an iPhone. I’m not against it as an option. Forced means I’m out.
When Apple introduced TouchID, you weren't 'forced' to use it, you could still use passcode. Likewise you are not forced to use FaceID, you can use passcode instead. If you want iPhones to have both FaceID and TouchID in the future, then that all depends on how well FaceID is received and from most of the reviews I've read, it seems to have been very well received. It seems unlikely that Apple would revert back to TouchID or implement both any time soon if at all.
Yeah bringing back the button means sacrificing screen or bezel size. So very doubtful they go back. Unless they put a button on the back.
I thought I would miss the Hutton was already bummed about no touchid. After a couple days I don’t miss the button at all.
There are pros and cons to both.
I used the X for a couple of days and Face ID is nice.
The only issue I had was it was not great wen laying in bed.
I used the X for a couple of days and Face ID is nice.
The only issue I had was it was not great wen laying in bed.
No matter how anybody looks at it, Face ID and touch ID are both going to have advantages and disadvantages when compared to each other. Just a matter of what someone prefers in each security method.
Touch ID basically never fails for me on my 7. It failed every once in a while on my 6 and my SE, which I assume reflects the difference between gen 1 and gen 2.
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I absolutely hate Face ID. Fingerprint so much better. Never had an issue with the thumb print. Face ID fails often and especially if I don’t look directly at it.
yes. i would never go back to touch id.
TouchID > FaceID
For example, my wife receives alerts throughout the day that need quick responses. Lets say her iPhone 6S is lying flat on the table and receives an alert. She can tap the notification, then home button, and she'll be directly into the correct app screen with 2 ultra quick taps. Same scenario with an iPhone Xr or Xs on the desk - tap the notification, then either pickup the phone and wait for FaceID, or tap twice then type in your PIN if you don't want to pickup the phone. It doesn't seem like much, but when speed is important, and you're doing it 20+ times/day, the difference is very noticeable.
Another real-world example is on my motorbikes. I'm constantly using my phone navigating and exploring. With helmet on, FaceID doesn't work, so you're forced to type in the PIN which is bloody maddening.
Another example is you can have up to 10 touchID fingerprints, but only 2 faceID's. So in reality you have 1 standard and 1 with sunglasses, but then your partner can't unlock the phone quickly to take pictures or make a call.
For example, my wife receives alerts throughout the day that need quick responses. Lets say her iPhone 6S is lying flat on the table and receives an alert. She can tap the notification, then home button, and she'll be directly into the correct app screen with 2 ultra quick taps. Same scenario with an iPhone Xr or Xs on the desk - tap the notification, then either pickup the phone and wait for FaceID, or tap twice then type in your PIN if you don't want to pickup the phone. It doesn't seem like much, but when speed is important, and you're doing it 20+ times/day, the difference is very noticeable.
Another real-world example is on my motorbikes. I'm constantly using my phone navigating and exploring. With helmet on, FaceID doesn't work, so you're forced to type in the PIN which is bloody maddening.
Another example is you can have up to 10 touchID fingerprints, but only 2 faceID's. So in reality you have 1 standard and 1 with sunglasses, but then your partner can't unlock the phone quickly to take pictures or make a call.