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The nice part of rear fingerprint sensor is that it's super natural to grab your phone out of your pocket and unlock it in one simple (blind) motion. So you are
by pixelmonkey 6y ago
The nice part of rear fingerprint sensor is that it's super natural to grab your phone out of your pocket and unlock it in one simple (blind) motion. So you are quite literally never waiting for the phone to unlock, it's always unlocked by the time you lift it from your pocket.
- dangus 6y agoSo, as my original comment pointed out, the two “unlock” phases are: 1. Phone standby to phone on (as you describe) 2. In-phone software actions, typically, password manager or locked/private apps (banking, etc) For case #2, I greatly prefer FaceID. For case #1, it’s a toss up for me.
- pixelmonkey 6y agoOh, I see. But I suppose on a Pixel 4a you could configure both face unlock and the fingerprint scanner and thus get best of both worlds. I personally don't find touching the scanner to be a nuisance for case #2 since its location on a Pixel 2 or 4a's chassis is such that you can do it without fiddling with how you hold your phone (your index finger tends to be near the scanner during phone use, whether one- or two-handed, anyway).
- jessriedel 6y agoOk, but interactions of type #2 are probably a hundred time rarer. Personally, I rather like that I have to actively decide to authorize the use of a password.
- panpanna 6y agoYeah, #2 could probably be abused by a malicious app.