I've used Touch ID since inception, and I can honestly say that I'm excited to explore the different set of tradeoffs that Face ID will bring. What I will grant you is that we don't actually know how well it works yet, but we will soon.
That's only if the "Raise to Wake" option is turned on under Display settings.
She could get the black one and use the glass back.
I'm also very interested if they introduce TouchID into the next generation's screen. Would be an admission of guilt that the combo of both is the sweet-spot, and is sure to annoy X-gen1 users.
It just doesn't feel ready to me at all.
My assumption is that it will always take longer than just using a button. If it doesn't take longer, then it will be unlocking at incorrect times.
That's why I think it will be an epic failure.
I fully expect to be proven correct when this POS is released.
The fact that the phone only allows one face is a deal-breaker for me. My wife needs access to my phone (and vice versa). I'd prefer we don't have to memorize each others long/complex passcodes. With TouchId, this scenario is handled. With a single FaceId, it's a loss of functionality.
We don’t know if that means ‘until a software update next year’ or ‘for this hardware recision’.
I’m hoping for the former. For that use case it is certainly a step down from TouchID.
For the most part, there's no reason for my wife and I to interchange phones at any time. Functionality can be replicated easily between devices to the point where there are zero essential situations where she needs access to my device, or the other way around. Would you be willing to share the use case where your
> wife needs access to my phone (and vice versa)
1. I'm driving, I've started Waze on my phone, and she needs to adjust destination/settings. Same for Pandora or anything else while I'm driving.
2. We're in Europe, and only using a single phone to avoid massive data fees. Verizon is $10/day/phone to use existing data plan, which works well for long weekend trips (longer trips, I'd buy a local SIM and deal with using a different phone number).
3. One of our phones is unusable (forgot it, battery dead, etc), so need to use the other.
Either way Apple Pay works much better in the Apple Watch than the phones and I doubt FaceID would change that either way (better or worse).
It's much more common not to be able to pay with it because of the £30 limit (again inherited from contactless) than because it's not available.
That touchid on back is a huge fail from UX perspective. Samsung did it only because they could not do it from front side
Besides, the convenience of TouchID is largely due to it being integrated in the home button, you’d lose that too.
You can still unlock a phone via its PIN if you don't want to pick it up. (Edit: I have not owned an iPhone since the original. Does the iPhone not provide a PIN option when Touch ID is enabled?)
I'm not an UX designer, but I would optimize for the nominal case, rather than choosing a solution that is sub-optimal 90% of the time, but works better for the remaining 10%.
Seems like a perfectly normal use-case to me. I have it lying on my desk when I'm at work, which is 40 hours a week. I don't want to have to pick up my phone or enter a PIN every time I want to check an incoming iMessage, news alert, etc.
Fingerprint on the back is a major UX issue. I hope FaceID would work fine at an angle.
How so? My wife's phone has a fingerprint sensor on the back and it works great. My phone has a retina scanner on the front, and it works less well. Sure, we'll eventually see scanning through the display [1], but until that happens the fingerprint sensor on the back works really well for me.
*citation needed, but I sincerely doubt this is hard to believe.
Really? When I'm holding my phone (right hand), my fingers wrap around the left edge and my thumb rests along the right edge. Moving my thumb to the TouchId is easy. Moving my index finder to the center of the back panel is awkward.
For me, for 3 years, yes. For you, clearly the answer is no. Everyone is different and that is great.
OP stated:
> That touchid on back is a huge fail from UX perspective.
This is a matter of opinion that was stated as fact. I've used both styles of phone (simultaneously) where the fingerprint sensor is on the thumb/home button v. on the back for a few years now. I prefer the sensor on the back. I am not alone in this opinion. Therefore, it is not a "huge UX fail". That is the point I was trying to make.
Source: owned both phones.
One more reason why the iPhone X isn't "the iPhone" this year. Apple knows this, it's the most fundamental shift in how you use the device since the original iPhone.
Those that feel confused and annoyed can always return the phone and buy the iPhone 8 for less money. Many already have opted to just buy the iPhone 8 rather than wait.
I don't think it's a mistake at all, it's a carefully calculated move to ensure that the vast majority of their customer base isn't alienated by pricing this phone out of reach and making it very clear that this is a glimpse into the future of the iPhone, not the iPhone you know and love.
It's a huge improvement if you're wearing gloves or have wet fingers.
>an ergonomic button on the back
This requires you to hold your phone a certain way (at least initially).