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It's innovation -- but it's also at the expense of taking away a feature I regularly use. I frequently unlock a phone that's flat on a desk that's at an arm's
by uptown 9y ago
It's innovation -- but it's also at the expense of taking away a feature I regularly use.
I frequently unlock a phone that's flat on a desk that's at an arm's length. Now, to unlock, I suspect I'll need to lift and point that device towards my face in order to authenticate. Since I haven't tried the iPhone X yet, I'm not sure how liberal they are with the angle required to capture your face, but it seems unlikely this can be done with the device flat on a desk.
To me, that's unfortunate ... and it's a feature change that having TouchID integrated into the display, as was rumored to be their original intention, would have avoided.
- curiousgal 9y agoNot to be blunt but why get the phone if it’s going to make your life miserable in a sense?
- uptown 9y agoMiserable? I don't think that's likely to happen. It's only a phone. I'm speaking about convenience. I'm not certain I'm getting the phone. But if I do, it'll be for the camera. It's my number one use case of my phone, and it seems like it's got a great camera. I know there are good alternatives from Android, but I'm largely married to the Apple ecosystem.
- iainmerrick 9y agoIf you're an Apple user, you don't really get a choice over whether to adopt this new stuff. You'll either buy it now, or you'll have to buy it anyway the next time you upgrade because there won't be any other options. Or you switch to Android. Often this is fine because the new stuff is unambiguously great. Sometimes it's miserable. That's life as an Apple customer.
- mgce 9y agoI bought an iPhone 6 on eBay about a month ago after another one broke. It's good as new, works perfectly, was super-easy to purchase. So don't worry: the Apple upgrade cycle really isn't that bad.
- iainmerrick 9y agoDo you think you'll still be using a 6 in two years' time, though?
- hvidgaard 9y ago> It's innovation Microsoft SP4 have had that for 2 years (unlocking with 3D scanning of the face), so I'd not call it innovation. But regardless, a sensor on the back would be better IMO.
- jvzr 9y ago…which would not help in that gentleman's case. How good is a fingerprint scanner in the back of a phone when it's lying flat on a desk and the user doesn't want to lift up the phone?