I think they’ll make some triumphant return to Touch ID in the power button at some point, because they don’t really seem to feel like making Face ID better right now either. I’m not sure what the big draw is, as in the best case it’s as usable as Touch ID was.
You can't look at your phone for a nano-second while driving? If still no, then here are your alternates you can explore -
1. Setup an alternate appearance: like side pose
2. Turn off "Require Attention for Face ID"
3. Unlock phone with voice commands - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeJQHBBpUPs
4. Allow access for CarPlay when locked - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8519499
You can flip a switch in the settings to turn off the requirement to look at the phone to unlock it.
As usual with Apple the Siri message notifications and unlocking while masked work fine if you have AirPods and an Apple Watch, everything is always optimized for the integrated experience. Personally I prefer faceID and the chinless display plus not having to find the touch pad on the back like a pixel phone.
For carplay though, you really should enable it before you hit the road, even with touchid.
Touch ID and Face ID are both mixed bags. Would be great if they had both, but I understand that space is at a premium and they may want to push for a single authentication solution.
With Touch ID, I can reach into my pocket, place my finger on the button as I'm taking the phone out, and by the time I got the phone out it's already unlocked, played the unlock animation and is on the home screen.
If the phone is on the table/etc I can just put my finger on the button and unlock it - so again by the time I actually grab the phone it's unlocked (that is - if I need to grab it - maybe I just wanted to glance at the notification I just received, or pass it to another person).
With Face ID, the phone needs to be in front of your face just to begin the unlock sequence, and needs to be at a certain distance and in clear view of your face. Masks break this, but so do even pre-pandemic things like being in bed and having some of your face obstructed by pillows/blankets.
That said, my wife gets quite dry hands and has never been able to use the fingerprint sensor reliably so this is a golden age for her. Would be nice to have the option of both going forward.
(One problem with designing products in California is that they don't have public transportation, so nobody beta testing the phone is standing on a crowded subway, hanging on with one hand and trying to use their phone with the other. The SE was great for one-handed use. The subsequent phones are difficult there.)
I often want to look at the lock screen, perhaps to tell the time or to read / interact with a notification, or to swipe from the left to interact with the widgets.
Quite a lot of my phone usage is like this: recency based (driven by notifications) and/or not wanting to open the phone and then search for the app I want, launch it, get to the right screen and blah blah. Much lower overhead to get the job done.
I don't tend to open my phone and doom scroll when I have a moment. I understand that's the major use case for most people, and for them perhaps your model would be appropriate.
It doesn't. On my iPhone, just picking it up to look at the latest alerts activates FaceID. I find it annoying because more often I just want to see the notifications, not jump back into whatever app I was using six hours ago.
If you and I are having opposite problems, there must be a setting for this.
Other comments say it's so you can read the notifications after you unlock, but I rarely want to do that.
If it unlocked fully, I'd just see a bunch of icons, not the notification and I'd need to swipe to see them.
I never encountered it. When I lift my phone, it's already lit and once my face is positioned with the camera - it gets unlocked.
BART does not count?
It's probably not a hack, but just the towering complexity of all the different software systems developed under tight deadlines.
Make 100% sure you have multiple backup though because backup corruption is still a thing forever reason. Apple just haven't bothered to fix it.
If the thing is built to require a case that would increase its thickness by the amount of the camera protrusion, why not just make it that thick to begin with.
I really pine for a flat back (despite any thickness that would add), square edges, and a back material with a higher index of friction. The SE1 frame was like this.
Good phone otherwise though, fast, battery ok if you charge regularly, etc.
Currently thinking about getting the 13 mini but I love TouchID too much so it's really a debate between TouchID or better battery life, ugh...
What's that based on? There are 19 different Android phones available for me to buy right now in the €360 - €400 price range that came out in the last six months.
No more stupid absurd "borderless" Screen. You even make the false positive detection of holding a phone perfect. Or you make a simple border around it.
Touch ID and Home Button is a trillion times more intuitive than swiping. It is one of those question like single or double mouse button. People dont understand why double mouse button isn't exactly a great design.
Seems you’re a bit sensitive to that.
Absolutely. I'd say FaceID might be even a downside
I'm happy with TouchID (ok not on Apple). I don't want to stare at the phone to unlock it.