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I never really understood fingerprint scanners on phones. Is it really more useful to you than e.g. a headphone jack?

• lbotos 8y ago
  I mean, I have a 6s which has a headphone jack and a fingerprint scanner. Happy as a clam. I have "wake on lift" on and I grab it by the bottom quadrant and touch id works 90% of the time. I really want the better camera of the newest iphone, but I am weary of face ID and I really don't want bluetooth headphones. I already lose headphones a ton as it is.
  • gehsty 8y ago
    FaceID is rock solid...Both it and TouchID have there ups and downs but FaceID has been great since day 1 with the X. 100% agree with the bluetooth headphones. I have lost multiple pairs. AirPods are now something I have to track in my day to day carry... Phone / keys / wallet / AirPods... which is a little annoying.
• slededit 8y ago
  Before finger print scanners I couldn’t be bothered entering a passphrase every time. It was an important security feature.
• ken 8y ago
  Yes. I use the fingerprint scanner a couple dozen times a day. I've never used the headphone jack.
• gizmo385 8y ago
  > Is it really more useful to you than e.g. a headphone jack? Why are you presenting this as a dichotomy? Those aren't mutually exclusive features. If I had to choose between the 2, then I would most certainly choose the fingerprint reader, but there isn't anything that fundamentally prevents the two from being in the same phone (the original Pixel had both, for example).