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Please do explain why you don't view Face ID as an innovation over existing technology.
I'm kind of surprised on this because it's been around on various Android and Windows devices for a while. I understand that it might be more reliable and faster, but that's incremental rather than revolutionary.
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> Passing a phone to the kids in the back probably more dangerous then glancing at the screen Hmm, why? Looking at the screen takes your eyes off the road. Passing a phone back allows you to keep your eyes on the road. Why would that be more dangerous?
If we're going down this rabbit hole: Glancing at the phone screen (that you can bring in front of you) will take a second and is very similar to glancing at the navigation screen. Now try to pass a phone to a kid behind you in a child seat or using a seatbelt. For starters, just try 'passing' a phone behind your chair without dropping it why looking into your computer screen.
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I think you misremember. Here’s Daring Fireball on the iPhone 5S ( https://daringfireball.net/2013/09/the_iphone_5s_and_5c ): “Once you’ve added a fingerprint, subsequent scans of that finger are nearly instantaneous. Touch ID is way faster than “fast enough”. I’d call it “I can’t believe it works this quickly” fast. It’s also very accurate — only a handful of times over the past week have I had to try a second time,…
> Let me know if you find a review that says otherwise. Personal experience from having got a 5S at launch. And every iPhone with Touch ID since.
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> Let me know if you find a review that says otherwise. Personal experience from having got a 5S at launch. And every iPhone with Touch ID since.
Fair enough! It works great for me.
I'm expecting Face ID to be the same - kinda clunky but amazing on the X, almost frictionless on the XI, and then almost completely transparent on the XII.
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Don't you need to look at your phone to use it anyway ?
No. Often my phone is on a desk. So with Touch ID I can walk back into the room, lay my finger on the phone and it wakes and shows me if I have any messages. I don’t have to pick it up, move it, stare directly at it or anything. I get that most people don’t work this way but for me it’s great.
You don't have to be facing it directly, you don't have to lift to wake it.
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No. Often my phone is on a desk. So with Touch ID I can walk back into the room, lay my finger on the phone and it wakes and shows me if I have any messages. I don’t have to pick it up, move it, stare directly at it or anything. I get that most people don’t work this way but for me it’s great.
Disclaimer: mine hasn't arrived yet, but you should be able to walk into the room, tap the phone, and it will unlock but leave you at the lock screen to see your notifications. You don't have to be facing it directly, you don't have to lift to wake it.