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Glad to see a non faceID option. I'm on an 11 Pro currently, will probably sidegrade to this. FaceID is incredibly unreliable in my opinion, and it almost alwa

by jakear 7y ago

Glad to see a non faceID option. I'm on an 11 Pro currently, will probably sidegrade to this. FaceID is incredibly unreliable in my opinion, and it almost always takes more time that touchID did. Furthermore, "Reachability" (the feature where you slide the UI down for easy access with one hand) is much more difficult to access and dismiss with no home button. It's rare I don't accidentally invoke some UI action when trying to dismiss reachability mode (mistakes include: dialing additional numbers, super-linking on tinder, clicking on links in websites, etc.) Apple seems to know this, the store workers I spoke with when I was purchasing the phone admitted it was difficult to use. Is it rose colored glasses, or would old Apple never release products that the Apple Store workers have to tell you are "difficult to use"?

DangerousPie 7y ago
Repeating myself here but for me FaceID actually does feel like an improvement, despite my many doubts about it in the beginning. Yes there are some occasions where it doesn't work well (when you're trying to unlock the phone without looking at it properly) but there are also many occasions where it works much better. Most of the time my phone now unlocks so smoothly that I don't even realise it was locked. I just take it out of my pocket, swipe up and I'm on my home screen. Agreed on reachability though, that has never worked well for me either. I just avoid using it now.
- jakear 7y ago
  If there were a quick way to switch over to pin input, and furthermore the pin input would constantly be looking for your face rather than needing to switch out of pin mode to try for faceid, it might be okay. Two situations make faceid unusable: 1. I’m in bed and bedding materials occlude my face. 2. I’m using my hair to purposefully occlude my face in areas with public surveillance In both of these situations touching the home button would be much easier.
  - ryan93 7y ago
    Do you actually cover your face when around public cameras.
    - jakear 7y ago
      When I’m feeling particularly pessimistic yes. More as a statement than real protection though. Gait analysis has all screwed anyways, but there is value in requiring more expensive systems to be tracked. Delay the inevitable. See https://cvdazzle.com/ https://cvdazzle.com/
snailmailman 7y ago
I’ve had the opposite experience with Face ID. Touch ID for me worked maybe 1/10 times. Something about my fingers, it would never work. I had to enter the passcode every time. Face ID on the other hand works consistently every time, all the time. I nearly never have issues. I do miss old reachability though. I can never activate it on the first try.
- jakear 7y ago
  My trick for touchid was to register the same finger in as many slots as possible. Also cross between fingers in the same slot. I think this helped decrease the selectivity while still keeping others out.

by jakear 7y ago

DangerousPie 7y ago

Repeating myself here but for me FaceID actually does feel like an improvement, despite my many doubts about it in the beginning. Yes there are some occasions where it doesn't work well (when you're trying to unlock the phone without looking at it properly) but there are also many occasions where it works much better. Most of the time my phone now unlocks so smoothly that I don't even realise it was locked. I just take it out of my pocket, swipe up and I'm on my home screen. Agreed on reachability though, that has never worked well for me either. I just avoid using it now.

jakear 7y ago
If there were a quick way to switch over to pin input, and furthermore the pin input would constantly be looking for your face rather than needing to switch out of pin mode to try for faceid, it might be okay. Two situations make faceid unusable: 1. I’m in bed and bedding materials occlude my face. 2. I’m using my hair to purposefully occlude my face in areas with public surveillance In both of these situations touching the home button would be much easier.
- ryan93 7y ago
  Do you actually cover your face when around public cameras.
  - jakear 7y ago
    When I’m feeling particularly pessimistic yes. More as a statement than real protection though. Gait analysis has all screwed anyways, but there is value in requiring more expensive systems to be tracked. Delay the inevitable. See https://cvdazzle.com/ https://cvdazzle.com/

snailmailman 7y ago

I’ve had the opposite experience with Face ID. Touch ID for me worked maybe 1/10 times. Something about my fingers, it would never work. I had to enter the passcode every time. Face ID on the other hand works consistently every time, all the time. I nearly never have issues. I do miss old reachability though. I can never activate it on the first try.

jakear 7y ago
My trick for touchid was to register the same finger in as many slots as possible. Also cross between fingers in the same slot. I think this helped decrease the selectivity while still keeping others out.