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Other POLL: 2020 FACE OR TOUCH ID or both
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Not overly bothered if I’m honest. The excitement of how to unlock your iPhone is lost on me lol.
You guys fully understand that Face ID is less secure and all it was Meant to be was a Marketing tool. Even if you never enroll in FaceID it’s still tracking Faces if anyone is looking at the device.
Just imagine you can skip a YouTube video today after 5 seconds. But soon, you can only skip that video if any when FaceID cameras detect a person is actually looking at the ad.
Ive never enrolled in FaceID on my iPad Pro but when I glance at myNews a feed it quickly Updates. Because Face ID cameras have detected a glance which triggers an immediate Update to fresh News which always gets me to look more at the top stories.
Its pretty frightening and genius.
Just imagine you can skip a YouTube video today after 5 seconds. But soon, you can only skip that video if any when FaceID cameras detect a person is actually looking at the ad.
Ive never enrolled in FaceID on my iPad Pro but when I glance at myNews a feed it quickly Updates. Because Face ID cameras have detected a glance which triggers an immediate Update to fresh News which always gets me to look more at the top stories.
Its pretty frightening and genius.
lol. It’s still a key feature for me.
& having both means Touch ID will compensate for Face ID’s short-comings ie. working flat on a table & at distance.
2 posts in for this to go tits-up. Might be a MR record 
Both for me
Both for me
If you can have both why not? I don't really like the whole concept of the FaceID tech - concerns about privacy (not necessarily from Apple's specific implementation, but the tech in general) plus health issues from having focused beams of IR blasted into your eyes several times a day mean I won't use it even if it's on my phone. I'm not particularly bothered if it's there for others to use as long as I also have TouchID though.
I voted for both. I use FaceID on my iPhone and TouchID on my iPad, and honestly they both work. That’s all I look for.
I forget Face ID is even there it's so accurate for me. I had Touch ID failures petty regularly. Haven't missed it for one second.
FaceID can tell you’re paying attention so the screen won’t time out and lock. TouchID cannot.
You do understand that there are cameras everywhere in the world these days? You pretty much can't go anywhere without being recorded.
You must work for CNN because that’s definitely fake news
Glad someone said it. I didn’t dare as I always get shot down.
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Well the less secure bit may be fake news, but the continuous monitoring bits are true if you have Attention Awareness switched on. Not sure Apple is sharing that with 3rd parties though (the attention events not the face scan hashes).
Touch ID may make unlocking your phone easier in some scenarios, & then Face ID can take over with its attention monitoring.
The only negative to having both would be the cost on the phone imo.
Going back to touch ID after face ID, is like going from CDs back to cassette tapes.
Apple is ahead of the game.
Face ID must be ahead of its time for people to freak out about it like they have been. Apple even improved it so I can actually look at my phone on an angle and it still open. The cons against Face ID list is getting smaller and it’s even faster this year.
Having both, Face ID and Touch ID, only creates less room in your phone, perhaps inviting a smaller battery, no thank you.
I feel apples only bringing back touch ID because of people freaking out about advancement in technology.
So let’s take a step back and take a breather is their philosophy I guess, for those ‘older’ folk.
Apple is ahead of the game.
Face ID must be ahead of its time for people to freak out about it like they have been. Apple even improved it so I can actually look at my phone on an angle and it still open. The cons against Face ID list is getting smaller and it’s even faster this year.
Having both, Face ID and Touch ID, only creates less room in your phone, perhaps inviting a smaller battery, no thank you.
I feel apples only bringing back touch ID because of people freaking out about advancement in technology.
So let’s take a step back and take a breather is their philosophy I guess, for those ‘older’ folk.
I don’t think the technologies are that far different with the previous being as archaic as you try and make out lol.
LOL , I made my subjective, a bit over the top point.
I just think people need to move on, if we didn’t, we would still be riding horses because of those who feel uncomfortable moving onto the automobile.
I would like to see an iPhone with both. I think Touch ID is more convenient when my phone is sitting on my desk or off axis from my face but living in Minnesota Face ID would be nice for when I have gloves on in the winter. Though I don't know how well Face ID will handle the middle of winter when most of my face is covered to try to stay warm.
I have an iPad that has touch id - this time of year (winter in Maine) I find that touch ID almost never works - at least it takes several tries where Face ID on my iPhone works all the time.
I have found touch -id in winter has always been unreliable in winter over a bunch of phones.
I have found touch -id in winter has always been unreliable in winter over a bunch of phones.
It’s pretty good in Britain where we get near winter conditions for most of the year. Probably doesn’t suit American winters.
I’ve been to the UK twice during winter and it was nowhere nearly as nasty as it gets here (I live in New York). You guys are lucky!