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If speed to unlock is what's so important, what is the point in locking it at all?

• drivebyacct2 15y ago
  Is this is a serious question? The "lock" is to prevent pocket presses... yes, my warm legs set off the screen rather often on accident. Normally you have to slide to unlock, this is actually faster, surprisingly. Most people I know don't use a pattern, pin or password. If you're doing it for a security reason, then face unlock is just silly. (For what it's worth, it would be much easier to grab a complete stranger's phone and get the pattern unlocked than the face unlock. The finger marks for the screen unlocks are incredibly easy to see)
  • shinratdr 15y ago
    Yes, it was. Silly me, I figured that if Google was piling features on to Android devices, that they would be important. If it's just an alternative to slide to unlock, then it really is a pointless stupid gimmick. I guess I gave them too much credit. You know what the antithesis of good mobile development is? Piling on gimmicky features just because. IMO, Face Unlock is indicative of everything that is still wrong with the direction of Android, which is such a shame because overall Android 4.0 is indicative that they are trying to shake that image by focusing more on the core experience.