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I am still rocking an iPhone SE, first generation. However, it has done a few troubling things as of late and I guess I must prepare myself to get a third generation. I feel like five years is a decent span for a phone. And so I have a screen protector and an Otterbox on order. Finding out that it won't support IOS 16 makes this kind of an inevitable purchase. TouchID, plus the tiny size, makes it a one-hander if I w…
> in its entry model, low cost (USD 429). The iPhone SE isn't "low cost" considering the alternatives from android land, and the disappointing battery life. I think a big reason this phone is so well liked on here is the general woeful state of the budget, compact phone market. With LG gone, Google Nexus gone, HTC gone, OnePlus's descent into mediocrity, and Motorola churning out huge phone after huge phone, options…
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Face ID doesn't work very well in the dark, and it's especially awful if you're lying on your side using an iPad in bed in the dark, since the angle is wrong. Touch ID was markedly superior in contexts like this, in addition to being easier to activate.
FaceID works great in the dark (I'm always surprised at how well) and at angles (as long as I'm holding the phone to match the angle of my face, which seems pretty natural to me).
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Out of curiosity, why? USB-C offers no marked improvements over Lightning, none whatsoever, plus it's more fragile and the port size is significantly larger.
If you're just going to declare all of that to be factual, what response should anyone give? If there is "no improvement, none whatsoever" then obviously Lightning should win! But that's not the case at all. Lightning places the springs inside the port, instead of on the cable. So, when the springs wear out, you need a new phone instead of a new cable. Lightning directly exposes the pins on the cable to the environme…
http://www.josh-ua.co/blog/2015/3/15/usb-c-dimensions-size-c...
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>Face Id I switched from an iphone 7 to a 13 mini and I dearly miss touch ID. It worked a lot better than face id IMO. When the new SE was announced just months after I got the mini I was pretty bummed.
FaceID has been a revelation for me. TouchID was rather touchy... If my finger was a bit damp it didn't read. If my skin was too dry, it wouldn't read. FaceID hasn't failed me yet.
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FaceID works great in the dark (I'm always surprised at how well) and at angles (as long as I'm holding the phone to match the angle of my face, which seems pretty natural to me).
Phone yes. iPad that you are not holding in-hand the entire time so it directly faces you, not so much.
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I used to have my phone unlocked before it was even out of my pocket. FaceID at its fastest (I have a 13 Pro) feels slow. I haven't had a TouchID phone since 2018 and I still miss it. It never made me wait.
I rarely even think about FaceID whereas I had to actually do something for TouchID. Better experience for me and many others.
And, yes, all of these cases happened in the past month. I miss the TouchID. It was simple and I can't recall it ever failing me.
I love the Mini even more. I'm only using the Pro for the wide angle lens, but I'm ditching it once the Mini gets the triple camera array, if it ever does.