therealelbadoo

I'd be happy to update from my 3rd gen SE, but I'm holding out for Apple to bring out a new version. I like the size of the SE models, and I'd really rather have Touch ID instead of Face ID. I probably won't get what I want. Sigh...

Apple might be following the old advertising motto "We will sell no wine before its time." Maybe they're not happy with the performance, reliability, and security of their (experimental) under-screen fingerprint sensors. Or maybe it just doesn't suit their marketing plans.

But yes, I'd certainly find it acceptable if Apple came out with a phone with that as a feature and it was as good as the one on my 3rd Gen SE. I'm just saying I like having to take a purposeful physical action to unlock my phone or authorize a purchase. (Yes I'm aware I can disable it all and just use a password, but who wants to do that?)

I know I'm probably in the luddite minority here, but I'd really like it to keep the same size and - in particular - the home button with Touch ID.

Convenient or not, I've never been comfortable with the passive unlock and authentication granted by Face ID. It's a slick bit of technology, but I like having to take the explicit action of putting my thumb on the home button to make privileged things happen.

I hope they don’t eliminate Touch ID completely.

I have continued to buy iPhone 8 and SE models over the past several years specifically because they have Touch ID. With Touch ID there is zero danger someone can take my phone and hold it up to my face to unlock it before I realize what they’re up to.

For me, the  added security of having to perform a purposeful action - touching the unlock button with specific fingers - makes up for the inconvenience when wearing gloves, etc.

It’s nice to have that choice available.

I love my Tile Mate locators, and they’re less expensive than the article says - well under $20 each in a set of four, and there are other discounts available. Their batteries are replaceable and can be used to locate your phone from your keys as well as the other way around. My Tiles have saved my bacon scores of times. I’ve never used them to locate a truly lost item, but I lose my keys and phone in the house all the time.

The biggest advantage the future Apple devices will have is that the crowdsourced locating capability apparently won’t require a specific app to be installed like Tile does. I’m guessing that anyone with the latest OS becomes a “finding assistant” for a tag marked as lost. If that’s the case, I’ll probably have a mixture of Apple tags and my existing Tiles.

Or... Could/will Apple open up the API and location system to third-party tags like Tile?