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Seems you have a failure of imagination. I'll try: When did you last unlock your phone without subsequently looking at it? Seems to me FaceID removes the need
by nicky0 9y ago
Seems you have a failure of imagination. I'll try:
When did you last unlock your phone without subsequently looking at it?
Seems to me FaceID removes the need to first unlock, then use phone. New way is: just use phone. So I expect FaceID to be faster to use.
- quicklime 9y agoFace ID requires looking at the phone, and then swiping up. The swipe is what takes the extra time. It means that your phone is not ready to use by the time you look at it. Touch ID lets you do the touch before you look at the phone. The phone unlocks while you take it out of your pocket, so by the time you look at it, it's already unlocked.
- Bahamut 9y agoYou have to fumble about for the home button and do an extra click for Touch ID - it's not much different, except it requires less precision/friction on the part of the user for Face ID presumably. Face ID should also significantly improve the UX around all interactions that used Touch ID prior (Apple Pay, authentication for third party apps, etc.).
- nicky0 9y agoThis whole conversation is stupid since none of use have even tried the thing.
- DCKing 9y ago> When did you last unlock your phone without subsequently looking at it? I unlock my phone and then not look at it when making phone payments (Apple Pay will definitely take a step back with this). I also switch between maps and driving apps in the car while keeping my eyes on the road. I often peek at something on my screen well outside of the FOV of any front camera. My use of my unlocked phone is not at all limited to things I need to take my face's positioning in account for. I don't particularly appreciate being accused of a failure of imagination and then having to respond to an arbitrary limited assumption of my smartphone use. It's not my imagination that's the problem here. But the point is moot. My entire issue with it that I don't want to wait to initiate unlocking once it's in front of my face. Even if FaceID is instant, and I would accept that all my use is in the FOV of the front camera, Apple still requires me to slide to unlock the device.
- nunb 9y agoyou don't have to "look at it" -- as long as there's line of sight it should work. I pretty much agree with your position though, just wanted to clarify that as long as the infrared scanner can find your eyes/nose you're good to go. Another commenter pointed out that you need to swipe, which supports your point that it's slower than touch ID. maybe I'm getting pulled in by the Cook RDF, but I'm cautiously optimistic.
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- nicky0 9y agoOf you don't particularly appreciate it do you? I didn't know - terribly sorry.