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Not a single person I’ve talked to that has gone from Touch ID to Face ID says it is a downgrade. Quite the opposite — they are completey enamored by this featu

Not a single person I’ve talked to that has gone from Touch ID to Face ID says it is a downgrade. Quite the opposite — they are completey enamored by this feature. Almost every other company has followed Apple’s move and removed the headphone jack. This really isn’t much of an issue, especially as wireless becomes more ubiquitous. Do you actually think the average Apple consumer gives any thought into the type of screws? Really?

JohnCohorn 8y ago
FaceID is a downgrade for my usage primarily because it requires you to be looking fairly directly at the phone to unlock(even with that “require attention” setting turned off). There are countless times when I want to casually unlock and check or adjust something from the corner of my eye, rather than devoting my full attention to my phone(even an Apple Watch giving me many notifications instead of the phone). It’s especially bad in the car where you can’t unlock your phone without obstructing your vision. Also when laying on the couch your face is often squished making it not recognize you. I also like to use my devices in landscape orientation meaning that the camera used for FaceID is obstructed. Landscape orientation with TouchID put your thumb right where it needed to be to unlock the device! With TouchID I basically never reverted to using a passcode, and now with FaceID I’d estimate it’s 20% of the time I use a passcode and another 20% of the time I have to reposition my face or my hands after it fails in order to get it to work. The only benefit of the new mechanism for me is eliminating bezel space require for the fingerprint sensor. That’s a big benefit, but it comes with very annoying first world problems, which are especially annoying since prices for these devices have gone up so much recently. As someone with two pairs of AirPods, the lack of a headphone jack also annoys me. Most commonly when in a car with and aux jack and no Bluetooth. Bluetooth devices also require charging one more battery. High end earbuds and IEMs also require a 3.5mm jack and IIRC it might not even be possible to do high end audio via BT due to how it works for audio(something about the audio getting recompressed).

JohnCohorn 8y ago

FaceID is a downgrade for my usage primarily because it requires you to be looking fairly directly at the phone to unlock(even with that “require attention” setting turned off). There are countless times when I want to casually unlock and check or adjust something from the corner of my eye, rather than devoting my full attention to my phone(even an Apple Watch giving me many notifications instead of the phone). It’s especially bad in the car where you can’t unlock your phone without obstructing your vision. Also when laying on the couch your face is often squished making it not recognize you. I also like to use my devices in landscape orientation meaning that the camera used for FaceID is obstructed. Landscape orientation with TouchID put your thumb right where it needed to be to unlock the device! With TouchID I basically never reverted to using a passcode, and now with FaceID I’d estimate it’s 20% of the time I use a passcode and another 20% of the time I have to reposition my face or my hands after it fails in order to get it to work. The only benefit of the new mechanism for me is eliminating bezel space require for the fingerprint sensor. That’s a big benefit, but it comes with very annoying first world problems, which are especially annoying since prices for these devices have gone up so much recently. As someone with two pairs of AirPods, the lack of a headphone jack also annoys me. Most commonly when in a car with and aux jack and no Bluetooth. Bluetooth devices also require charging one more battery. High end earbuds and IEMs also require a 3.5mm jack and IIRC it might not even be possible to do high end audio via BT due to how it works for audio(something about the audio getting recompressed).