Me too, I still have my iPhone SE, I was hoping they would bring back some smaller version of the iPhone + Touch ID, I refuse to upgrade just because of the lack of Touch ID
Still have my SE. When I pick it up, it’s striking just how much better it feels.
Not hating on people who do, but I just do not use my phone enough to justify the hassle of having a freakin' cinder block in my pocket.
Looking at replacing my SE with a keitai supplemented with an Android emulator
I don't have anything against Face Id, BUT I just don't see why they eliminate the sensor and remove the option.
It's worse than motor memory (no thought required) gesture, because it requires a more expensive non-motor-memory physical movement that depends on context of the human. Face ID requires moving and orienting phone close enough for the Face ID sensor to capture a 3D image of face and moving eyes for attention, so it's a function of both phone and human position.
TouchID is context free: grab phone and touch button in fixed position. By the time the phone has turned to facing the user, it is already unlocked.
Touch ID is much faster than Face ID.
I rolled back to TouchID after a few months, it was intolerable.
I have an impression this gets worse the more correction your glasses have.
I actually had to disable some FaceID stuff because it was too easy to get to the Home Screen when I wanted to just look at the clock.