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I just fixed it by turning off FaceID. Apple reached phone perfection with the iPhone 4; they reached access perfection with touchID. Things have gotten worse
by _jal 6y ago
I just fixed it by turning off FaceID.
Apple reached phone perfection with the iPhone 4; they reached access perfection with touchID. Things have gotten worse since then.
- walterbell 6y agoLatest iPhone SE and iPad Air are both TouchID only - and wonderful.
- _jal 6y agoI agree, it looks like it ticks all the boxes. I usually only replace phones when the battery starts going. But I'm thinking of getting the SE anyway, just in case it isn't available when this one (X) finally goes.
- kiwijamo 6y agoOh thank you. I've been making up my mind over which phone to get next. You've just helped me rule out the SE. The TouchID is one feature I've never had reliable experience with. I have sweaty hands, and it seems TouchID has trouble with fingers with sweat on them. But even when I dry my hands before attempting it it wouldn't always work. I thought FaceID would be worse until $WORK gave my team an Apple with FaceID. I got to see first hand how much better FaceID is. It's doesn't have a 100% success rate but it is much closer to 100% than TouchID in my experience. I just pick up my phone and it's unlocked almost instantly. A much better UX than I had with my previous iPhone 8 and 5s which had TouchID. I was disappointed they didn't improve it for the 8, it was just as bad as the 5s.
- walterbell 6y agoMask-independent TouchID on the $399 iPhone SE has been 100% reliable. Even works in the dark, including close distances where FaceID forces you to move the phone back so it can focus. Allows the phone to be unlocked with one hand without looking, when multitasking.
- dylan604 6y agoOne of the last reasons that I still use a 6s+ is the TouchID. I still like my headphone jack too, but the TouchID is the biggest feature I don't want to lose
- lolive 6y agoI second that SO much !!!! Everything is perfect on that phone.
- InvaderFizz 6y agoI was a holdout with my 6S and it's Touch ID and headset jack. Finally upgraded to a XR last year due to general slowness of the 6S, especially with CarPlay. I bought a aftermarket headset lightning adapter. Wireless charging largely eliminated my complaints about charging. Fast charging with an 18w brick is great as well! I only miss Touch ID when wearing a mask. Face ID is otherwise so much more reliable and fast.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago> Apple reached phone perfection with the iPhone 4; Thank you, I tell people that I liked developing on that platform and the only reason I still don't is because XCode no longer supports it and I get critized like I'm a luddite. It's a phone, you can't do a lot more on device other than add new sensors and new networking technology... it's like buying a new car because it has a 2021 instead of a 2020, it hasn't changed that much....
- microtherion 6y agoCameras, to name just one feature, have improved to a ridiculous extent since the iPhone 4.
- toxik 6y agoOther things: CPU, GPU, and for the love of god, display technology.
- drexlspivey 6y agoTouch ID had to go because the home button was removed. They are now developing on screen fingerprint detection to bring back touch ID as a secondaryunlock mechanism.
- QuotedForTruth 6y agoThe newest ipad Air has touch id in the power/lock button on the side. I know production timelines probably made it impossible to do in reaction to COVID, but can you imagine if they had put this on iphone 12 late last year? So many iphone users would have bought one just to fix face ID with masks.
- bombcar 6y agoI hope they do - I've been holding onto my 8+ as FaceID is annoying.
- amluto 6y agoI think the sensor-on-the-back mechanism on some Android phones is better than Touch ID ever was.
- jeffbee 6y agoThe iPhone SE is physically the same shape and size as the 4 but with much better internals. To me, that is "peak iPhone". I still use an SE to control a few things around the house. Without a SIM, with the mobile radios and bluetooth disabled but wifi enabled, and with Apple's idiotic News app that nobody wants disabled, the battery lasts for 20 days. Peak iPhone.
- kennywinker 6y agoThe original SE (not the 2020 SE) is the same form factor as the iPhone 5 and 5S, not the 4 or 4S
- jeffbee 6y agoWhoops, you are right. I forgot there was a size difference between the 4 and 5. I had decided to think of them all collectively as the sharp-edged iPhones.
- meristohm 6y agoIsn’t the 2016 SE still useful as a phone?
- jeffbee 6y agoProbably, I just happen to have owned the 16GB model that is now impractical for me, since iOS itself takes half of it. Replaced it for my daily carrying, but kept it around since it's so nice.
- meristohm 6y agoYeah, 16GB goes fast. I’ve heard from a few others how much they like the older SE.
- Snelius 6y agoYes, it's my phone since 2017 and I happy with that. I will use it until EoL.
- jensvdh 6y agoI hate TouchID, never works when my fingers are sweaty or I'm cooking or anything like that. FaceID is perfect.
- iso1631 6y agoThere's no reason that a phone couldn't have touchid and faceid, other than the desire for every square mm of space to be a screen (any didn't they have touch ID on the back of the phone for a while too?)
- SilverRed 6y agoThats a very big "other than" virtually all users like and want to keep the full screen size. Their best next move would be to include underscreen fingerprint scanning and face id in the next iphone.
- dan_hawkins 6y agoI've run into this problem with my iPhone 8 but almost never with my iPhone SE 1st gen - talking about constant regression.
- ASalazarMX 6y agoWhy not have both? This whole topic would be a non-issue if we still had Touch ID as an option.
- jen20 6y agoHow about anywhere cold enough to require gloves, and reasonable enough to require face masks?
- fomine3 6y agoIris auth on Galaxy S8/S9 was great but it's gone.
- ASalazarMX 6y ago
- kennywinker 6y agoI'm sorry to be pedantic but there is no way anyone would pick an iPhone 4 over a 4S, and neither of those had touchID.