glynh

Good article and I agree with almost everything you say Mike.

It's a pity however that 'scapegoat diplomacy' was in force when the time came to fire Scott Forstall as having listened to a. his dignified silence since this occurred and b. a recent interview with him in June 2017 where he comes across as full of Apple principles was allowed to happen.

If anybody needs an example as to why calling for someone to be fired is counter-productive then his own experience seems to me to be a good example.

I know he was supposed to be awkward, not easy to get on with and opinionated but then again wasn't Steve Jobs?

canukstorm said:

Doubt it. A ton of R&D and sleepless nights went into making FaceID & I think Apple is all-in with facial recognition.  Don't be surprised to eventually see it on Macs. Imagine flipping open your laptop screen or sitting down in front of your iMac & voila, your Mac automatically unlocks.

Mine does that now. Apple Watch!

rogifan_new said:

glynh said:

rogifan_new said:

So why do you have to swipe up to get to the home screen when unlocking the device? Why doesn’t Face ID take you directly to the home screen? Seems slower than Touch ID.

So you can look at the screen to read time, date, battery, signal strength, notifications etc without unlocking it?

 Maybe Apple should offer an option to go directly to the Home screen with FaceID for those that want it.

Yes they should. If I want to look at my lock screen I just push the sleep/wake button. Does that no longer work with the X?

Probably not. You just look at it don't you and the phone is unlocked. So no need to even push the sleep/wake button AFAIK. Just raise the phone and if your face is within range/angle boom...

bitmod said:

The constant face scanning is actually a major turn-off and not something I want. 
It's actually a lot faster and more convienent to click the home button while pulling the phone out of your pocket and straight to your ear, than bringing the phone to your forward looking face and swiping up before bringing to your ear. 

Surely the only reason you would want to take it out of your pocket and bring it straight to your ear is to answer a phone call and for that it would be ringing with a rather large Slide to Answer button wouldn't it?

rogifan_new said:

So why do you have to swipe up to get to the home screen when unlocking the device? Why doesn’t Face ID take you directly to the home screen? Seems slower than Touch ID.

So you can look at the screen to read time, date, battery, signal strength, notifications etc without unlocking it?

 Maybe Apple should offer an option to go directly to the Home screen with FaceID for those that want it.