I've got a Surface Pro 4 and I can tell you the facial recognition with Windows Hello works much more reliably for me than the touch ID on my iPhone 6+. It has 3D scanning and infrared so low-light activation is not an issue. While I would prefer to have the option of both on the new iPhone, if Apple implements it right it won't be a problem at all to drop the fingerprint reader.
We'll see how it goes, but it is sounding more and more like Apple has limited expectations for the iPhone 8 and is going to try for the Burberry experience by moving it upscale as a special edition rather than their primary product. I don't know how well that will work though. Tim Cook has already gone on record saying the drop in iPhone sales last quarter is attributable to pent up demand for the new product. They need a bonafide hit to meet investor expectations for continued growth.
Yeah, I call bullshit on that. That doesn't square with a SINGLE thing I've ever read in reviews, etc. Touch ID fails me maybe once out of every 300 times, and its when my finger is wet or something.
I know I can turn off Touch ID... and I haven't yet... but it does bother me when I've got messages and notifications on the lock-screen and I see them for a split second when I touch the home button and it immediately opens the iPhone.
So I think I could live without Touch ID. There is an inconvenience either way.
I know I can turn off Touch ID... and I haven't yet... but it does bother me when I've got messages and notifications on the lock-screen and I see them for a split second when I touch the home button and it immediately opens the iPhone.
So I think I could live without Touch ID. There is an inconvenience either way.
You're doing it wrong. You either use Raise to Wake or the Sleep/Wake button to wake the iPhone. You rest your finger on the home button to unlock it, you press the home button to go to the home screen. If you're waking your phone by pressing the home button, you're showing intent to go straight to the home screen.
The iPhone is by far Apple's most important product, Touch ID one of its best features, and privacy and security is an aspect and feature that Apple touts above everything else. Does everyone REALLY think that Apple is just going to scrap Touch ID and replace it with a half-baked, unreliable feature? Give me a fucking break. Apple knows what the fuck it's doing and what the stakes are, if they have any kind of face recognition that they would have worked out all the kinks and made sure it's at LEAST as good as Touch ID before launching it.
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I don't how anyone could think otherwise. I would go further to say, if Apple is replacing Touch ID with a 3D head modeling, it is probably going to be 100x more accurate and convenient than what it is replacing. That is worth getting excited about.
It is frankly embarrassing to read people's comments about face detection as if it is even relevant to Apple.
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So I think I could live without Touch ID. There is an inconvenience either way.
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I don't how anyone could think otherwise. I would go further to say, if Apple is replacing Touch ID with a 3D head modeling, it is probably going to be 100x more accurate and convenient than what it is replacing. That is worth getting excited about.
It is frankly embarrassing to read people's comments about face detection as if it is even relevant to Apple.