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The S10's in screen reader drove me away from the platform and back to an SE2 w/ TouchID....it was that unreliable. Have they fixed it?

by jdhawk 5y ago

gambiting 5y ago
Got an S21 and the sensor works as well as any Apple ever made. But yes, it seems like the technology has matured only very recently, the first in-screen readers were pretty crap.
- fastball 5y ago
  Wow you've tried every Apple ever made?
  - gambiting 5y ago
    I mean, I own the iPhone 12, 2020 iPad Air, and the iPhone SE2, so I'd assume those are state of the art when it comes to both FaceID and TouchID, no? Should be a pretty good comparison? Is there any other apple product you think I should try? I'll be very happy to give it a go.
mynameisvlad 5y ago
Not in the S20, at least. I was about to leave the exact same message but I went to a 12 Pro with Face ID because I couldn't stand Samsung's implementation. If people think that Face ID is inaccurate, then they clearly haven't used under-screen readers. They're slow, unreliable, and imprecise.
- gambiting 5y ago
  S20 was particularly bad, give S21 a try though if you get the chance - they improved the scanning speed and the scanning area is now 2x the size so it's a lot easier to unlock the phone.
  - mynameisvlad 5y ago
    That does sound like it addresses my two bigger issues. The one that annoyed me the most was a direct result of those issues -- I didn't know if I was even pressing in the right place about 75% of the time. It's especially draining when every first interaction with the phone is essentially "Are my fingers too sweaty? oily? Did I tap long enough? Did I press hard enough? Too hard? Did I even tap the right place? Screw it I'll just enter my PIN".
    - gambiting 5y ago
      Yeah basically the S20 used their new ultrasonic sensor for the first time and it was meant to be the greatest thing ever, except that it was pretty small and slow so it wasn't great. S21 uses the same technology for recognition accuracy, but makes it bigger and faster.

The S10's in screen reader drove me away from the platform and back to an SE2 w/ TouchID....it was that unreliable. Have they fixed it?

by jdhawk 5y ago

The S10's in screen reader drove me away from the platform and back to an SE2 w/ TouchID....it was that unreliable. Have they fixed it?

gambiting 5y ago

Got an S21 and the sensor works as well as any Apple ever made. But yes, it seems like the technology has matured only very recently, the first in-screen readers were pretty crap.

fastball 5y ago
Wow you've tried every Apple ever made?
- gambiting 5y ago
  I mean, I own the iPhone 12, 2020 iPad Air, and the iPhone SE2, so I'd assume those are state of the art when it comes to both FaceID and TouchID, no? Should be a pretty good comparison? Is there any other apple product you think I should try? I'll be very happy to give it a go.

mynameisvlad 5y ago

Not in the S20, at least. I was about to leave the exact same message but I went to a 12 Pro with Face ID because I couldn't stand Samsung's implementation. If people think that Face ID is inaccurate, then they clearly haven't used under-screen readers. They're slow, unreliable, and imprecise.

gambiting 5y ago
S20 was particularly bad, give S21 a try though if you get the chance - they improved the scanning speed and the scanning area is now 2x the size so it's a lot easier to unlock the phone.
- mynameisvlad 5y ago
  That does sound like it addresses my two bigger issues. The one that annoyed me the most was a direct result of those issues -- I didn't know if I was even pressing in the right place about 75% of the time. It's especially draining when every first interaction with the phone is essentially "Are my fingers too sweaty? oily? Did I tap long enough? Did I press hard enough? Too hard? Did I even tap the right place? Screw it I'll just enter my PIN".
  - gambiting 5y ago
    Yeah basically the S20 used their new ultrasonic sensor for the first time and it was meant to be the greatest thing ever, except that it was pretty small and slow so it wasn't great. S21 uses the same technology for recognition accuracy, but makes it bigger and faster.