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0 pointsjakear5y ago0 comments

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"?

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DangerousPie5y 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.

jakearOP5y 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.

ryan935y ago

Do you actually cover your face when around public cameras.

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snailmailman5y 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.

jakearOP5y 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.

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0 pointsjakear5y ago0 comments

Glad to see a non faceID option. I'm on an 11 Pro currently, will probably sidegrade to this.

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"?

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DangerousPie5y ago

Repeating myself here but for me FaceID actually does feel like an improvement, despite my many doubts about it in the beginning.

Agreed on reachability though, that has never worked well for me either. I just avoid using it now.

jakearOP5y ago

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.

ryan935y ago

Do you actually cover your face when around public cameras.

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snailmailman5y ago

I do miss old reachability though. I can never activate it on the first try.

jakearOP5y ago

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