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The problem I have is with the lack of TouchID. FaceID is fine. But, I don't always want to have to stop what I'm doing, loooook at the phone and then proceed
by mgleason_3 9y ago
The problem I have is with the lack of TouchID. FaceID is fine. But, I don't always want to have to stop what I'm doing, loooook at the phone and then proceed.
Sometimes I even unlock my phone in my pocket to sneak a look.
How do you do that with FaceID when the sensor's been removed?
- huxley 9y agoWhat do you sneak a look at? It's usually notifications for me and that's what I've been using my Apple Watch for a bit over a year now. If it's not notifications, then it gets more complicated though looking at anything but notifications is pretty hard to sneak.
- ovao 9y agoBy “removed” do you mean “occluded”? If you have access to the screen but not to the sensor array, you can use a passcode. This is obviously very difficult to do when the phone’s in your pocket, so that’s a very small regression in usability there, but that seems like an extreme edge case.
- mgleason_3 9y agoPretty sure I mean removed - at least on the iPhone X. "The full edge-to-edge screen means no more home button. No more home button means no more Touch ID" >> extreme edge case OK, maybe. Though I think TouchID has become so quick and natural that we forget it's even happening. For me it's almost automatic as I pull it from my pocket. Maybe FaceID will get to that point also. But I think I'm safe in predicting, at least in the beginning, memes of people looking with zombie like stares at their phones trying to get them to unlock.