That’s actually incorrect. You cannot launch quick commands on apps, peek and pop in mail, the cursor by long pressing the keyboard, etc. that is three right off the top of my head.
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That’s actually incorrect. You cannot launch quick commands on apps, peek and pop in mail, the cursor by long pressing the keyboard, etc. that is three right off the top of my head.
I would, but because 3D Touch was so heavily pushed by Apple, taking it away in the ipX would have been improbable.
Would be sad to ever lose that, that’s what gives the iPhone a big advantage in certain games that take advantage of it as well!
I’m coming from a 6, and a 5s before that. I’ve never even had 3D Touch, but I’ve been using TouchID every time I wake up my phone for the last 4 years, and it’s been flawless for me. You can guess which one I’d do without given the choice.
No, you are misinterpreting what I said. Here is what I said exactly: "There isn't a single 3D Touch interaction on the phone that can't be replaced by a simple long-press."
All the interactions you listed absolutely could be replaced by a long press if Apple chose to. None of them inherently require 3D Touch for any reason other than that's how Apple chose to implement them. Some would be completely indistinguishable (long press on keyboard for cursor would be basically identical), some like peek and pop would require some rethinking and may not be as quick or easy as 3D Touch (e.g. maybe you would vary the length of the long press for pop vs. peek vs. copy/paste etc.).
Would it be nice to have both? Sure, but if my choices are to keep 3D Touch and lose TouchID, or keep TouchID and perhaps wait an extra 50 milliseconds on a long press to get a peek/pop, I know what I'd choose.
Gotcha. I did misunderstand what you said. I thought you were saying in the current state long press does everything. It still does a lot that 3D Touch does.
3D Touch is a great, useful feature. If you don’t think it is, ur not using it correctly. I can’t think of a single reason anyone would say it’s not useful. I would love to have Embedded Touch ID, but I wouldn’t give up 3D Touch for it.
I would much rather have 3D touch than touch ID. I don't see the need for touch ID now that I will have Face ID.
3Dtouch is pretty much useless, it’s a gimmick. Ofc in some cases it’s handy but it’s not necessary at all.
Touch ID on the other hand enhances the way we use our phones and is used a lot more than 3D Touch.
This shouldn’t even be a question, there’s a clear answer here
Touch ID on the other hand enhances the way we use our phones and is used a lot more than 3D Touch.
This shouldn’t even be a question, there’s a clear answer here
If there was some way of putting a fingerprint scanner on the side of the phone so you just pass your finger over it, that would be neat too.
Yes. I don't really use 3D touch to be honest. I never got into to the way it works. I could do without for sure.
I really like 3D Touch, but I feel like in some circumstances its potential is not realised.
I am hoping the situation will change though when the lowest common iPhone denominator for supported devices supports 3D Touch.
I am hoping the situation will change though when the lowest common iPhone denominator for supported devices supports 3D Touch.
I'd like to see 3D Touch improved and I hope Face ID works as advertised.
Touch ID is bad enough for me on the home button as it is. Always having to wipe it off, failing 50% of the time.
As someone who texts a lot and spends a lot of time on their phone the screen is never as clean as I would like it to be.
Sweat and moisture also contributes. So I can imagine the failing rate of Touch ID underneath the screen.
Reading these forums sometimes makes me feel like I'm the only one excited about Face ID.
Touch ID is bad enough for me on the home button as it is. Always having to wipe it off, failing 50% of the time.
As someone who texts a lot and spends a lot of time on their phone the screen is never as clean as I would like it to be.
Sweat and moisture also contributes. So I can imagine the failing rate of Touch ID underneath the screen.
Reading these forums sometimes makes me feel like I'm the only one excited about Face ID.
Nope.
I use 3D Touch all the time, so much so that I get annoyed when 3rd party apps don’t take advantage of the feature.
And I’m fine moving to Face ID.
I use 3D Touch all the time, so much so that I get annoyed when 3rd party apps don’t take advantage of the feature.
And I’m fine moving to Face ID.
That doesn't even make any sense. If anything, the fingerprint layer could go on top of the 3D Touch layer which would provide the haptic response.
Why did u quote me without reading what I said?
How can I not use something correctly, when I don't have it?
I agree that iPhone can survive without 3D Touch. But if somebody truly wants to shortcut an application or have a quick glance at an email, message or photo, the peak and Pop feature works really well. It just makes it quicker and shorter process without having to open the whole application or document.
