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Will you miss Touch ID?
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To prepare yourself, why not turn off Touch ID to force yourself to enter a password every time. After a month of that, FaceID may just seem like added convenience without the drawback. If you’re someone who uses it with the Smart Keyboard for the majority of the time, the drawbacks aren’t really there.
As you go up the line, the more FaceID makes sense, meaning it’s the best choice for Macs but not a great choice for the Watch.
I’m sure like on iPhone X, people will just get used to it.
As you go up the line, the more FaceID makes sense, meaning it’s the best choice for Macs but not a great choice for the Watch.
I’m sure like on iPhone X, people will just get used to it.
Not that I have used face-id, but touch-I’d works just fine with me.
Want to keep it. Heard many failure and bad stories of face-id.
I’m probably partial, haven’t listened so much to the successs stories
But touch-id have several fingers to use.
What if my face is messed up, occupied with something. Doubt that face-id works if I am doing a face mask for instance. I only have 1 face.
I vote for touch-id
Want to keep it. Heard many failure and bad stories of face-id.
I’m probably partial, haven’t listened so much to the successs stories
But touch-id have several fingers to use.
What if my face is messed up, occupied with something. Doubt that face-id works if I am doing a face mask for instance. I only have 1 face.
I vote for touch-id
For secure apps that use Touch/Face ID for login or startup, I much prefer Face ID.
You start the app up and you typically are already looking at your device, so with Face ID the startup is pretty slick and automated.
With Touch ID, the app would start and then prompt me for my finger print; hence, a slower process.
Not a big deal, after all is said and done, but Face ID is definitely nicer.
You start the app up and you typically are already looking at your device, so with Face ID the startup is pretty slick and automated.
With Touch ID, the app would start and then prompt me for my finger print; hence, a slower process.
Not a big deal, after all is said and done, but Face ID is definitely nicer.
I'm not ready to buy a new iPad (I have a first-gen 12.9" iPad Pro), but having had an iPhone X for a while now, I find it modestly confusing to switch between iPhone (which I use far more) and iPad. Now that I'm used to Face ID and the gestures that replace the Home button (not that it took much getting used to), my first instinct when I reach for my iPad is to treat it the same way. Obviously, that doesn't work.
It's not a big enough deal for me to want to replace the iPad - after the first second or two of adaptation I fall back into my familiar, pre-iPhone X habits. However, when the time comes, I'll be happy to have the same UI on both devices.
Actually, I expect I'll be replacing my late 2013 iMac before I replace my iPad. I'm hoping that my next iMac will come equipped with Face ID. We'll see whether that happens.
It's not a big enough deal for me to want to replace the iPad - after the first second or two of adaptation I fall back into my familiar, pre-iPhone X habits. However, when the time comes, I'll be happy to have the same UI on both devices.
Actually, I expect I'll be replacing my late 2013 iMac before I replace my iPad. I'm hoping that my next iMac will come equipped with Face ID. We'll see whether that happens.
Not that I have used face-id, but touch-I’d works just fine with me.
Want to keep it. Heard many failure and bad stories of face-id.
I’m probably partial, haven’t listened so much to the successs stories
But touch-id have several fingers to use.
What if my face is messed up, occupied with something. Doubt that face-id works if I am doing a face mask for instance. I only have 1 face.
I vote for touch-id
I respect that you're sufficiently self-aware to realize that you're paying less attention to the success stories. In the case of anything that works well, people quickly take that for granted - you won't see nearly as many success/satisfied customer stories as you will see complaints/negative reports. I'll give you a success story at the bottom of this post.
"Will you miss Touch ID?" Maybe you will, maybe you won't. There's a difference between preferring to stick with what you know and whether you feel you'll be able to adapt to something new.
Face ID on the latest iPhones allows for recording an alternate appearance (not a completely different person). If you wear a mask so frequently (I presume you mean a facial treatment, not a Halloween disguise), you could use your masked self as the alternate appearance. I have no doubt the new iPads will have the same capability.
Still, because of the way Face ID works (measuring the relationships between various points on your face), the mask may not turn out to be a problem at all. The mask doesn't change the distance between the base of your ear lobe and the tip of your nose, or the shape of your jawline. Biometrics is measurement, after all. Our minds use different methods for recognizing people.
Overall, I am very happy with Face ID. I don't miss Touch ID at all. Face ID works far better than Touch ID, for me. It's much more transparent in routine usage - if I'm already holding/using the iPhone it unlocks without intervention; no need to shift my grip to touch the Home button. It works faster than Touch ID and is far less intrusive. For those apps/transactions that support Touch ID and Face ID (banking, for example), Touch ID was always a "wait to be prompted for Touch ID, then proceed." With Face ID, I simply open the app, pause a second, and it unlocks. I had a consistent problem with wet/damp fingers when using Touch ID (I spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen). That particular frustration has ended. My "problem" is that I'm generally not recognized when the iPhone is laying flat on the table - I have to prop it up at an angle if I expect to use it when my hands are busy (eg. reading from iPhone while typing on Mac). I feel I've won more than I've lost, so it's a success story.
On the iPad....no i won’t.
FaceID makes more sense on such a large device instead of reaching all the way down/over for the fingerprint sensor.
FaceID makes more sense on such a large device instead of reaching all the way down/over for the fingerprint sensor.
Apple giving the iPhone X gestures has actually been great for me. On iOS 11 I caught myself trying to do the gestures on the iPad and didn’t work. Now that they applied them, it has been great. I find myself not using the home button to pull up the task manager. I’m content with how everything is on it, including still having Touch ID.
The home button on every iPad i’ve Ever owned has eventually broken, so no...I will not miss it. In fact, the iPad I am using now has a broken home button, so I had to set up a virtual home button. It works, but is buggy & a pain to use. So I am really looking forward to nabbing one of the new iPad pros in a few weeks. Will be nice to just look at it to open it. I trust Apple to make it work in landscape as well as portrait.
I don't think I would miss it. However I am not completely happy with the face-id. If the cops grab you and your iPhone, they can point it at you and it will unlock. SCOTUS says that this is acceptable where keying in the password is a different story. At least I can encrypt my secret plans for world domination with a key that only I know.
I’ll miss it like I miss the terrible pain I had in my stomach/abdomen for 17 years. lol
Touch ID could have been cool if all the Apple devices used the haptic feedback ones but instead Apple kept the 2007 tech in a 2017 iPad so I was not happy. Physical buttons are so dodgy with me, they loosen or slide over time so Face ID will be very welcomed. I’ve wanted a full screen non physical home button iPad since it was released back in 2010.
Touch ID could have been cool if all the Apple devices used the haptic feedback ones but instead Apple kept the 2007 tech in a 2017 iPad so I was not happy. Physical buttons are so dodgy with me, they loosen or slide over time so Face ID will be very welcomed. I’ve wanted a full screen non physical home button iPad since it was released back in 2010.
I do sometimes miss Touch ID. Face ID is not good at recognizing me without glasses (I wear them about 90% of the time), and sometimes I want to unlock without needing to look at the screen.
But it's not that big of a deal. I'll deal without it. In the long run, it's not like there's much choice in the matter, really.
But it's not that big of a deal. I'll deal without it. In the long run, it's not like there's much choice in the matter, really.
You might be waiting a while. iPad refreshes have slowed down and when they have released it's been extremely incremental. I don't think next year's generation is going to offer much of anything different than the rumored ones this month.
Hopefully the irony of your last sentence isn't lost.
Yes but I think it will be less annoying than on the iPhone X/XS/R. When I have my iPhone on my desk it can never see my face so I have to pick it up, but when my iPad is on my desk it's always tilted up in a case. It's also supposed to work in landscape and portrait—not sure if that's multiple sensors or what—so it should be more forgiving. It's also nice that they don't have to compromise with a notch.