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Re:iPhone X by acchow on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @02:46PM (#15230313)
Samsung does every feature first, and terribly. They hit check boxes. Apple executes.

You could unlock Samsung phones with photographs [1]

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-galaxy-note-8-facial-...

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Re:iPhone X by FireBeyond on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:05PM (#15230644)
And you could/can unlock TouchID with playdoh casts, even high res fingerprints printed on paper... so?
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Re:iPhone X by theshrike79 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:10PM (#15230757)
Printing someone's photo off Facebook is trivial.

Lifting a working fingerprint and transferring it to a play-doh mold or a hi-res printer is a whole another beast.

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Re:iPhone X by vilmosi on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:44PM (#15231449)
I thought it needed to be a high resolution photo?
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Re:iPhone X by theshrike79 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:30PM (#15232224)
For Samsung, nope. You can just open someone's profile picture on Facebook on your phone and show it to their phone and It'll unlock (or not, just like with their actual face).
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Re:iPhone X by sorenjan on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:13PM (#15230814)
Samsung didn't do face unlock first either, it was part of Android 4.0. Of course, using a single camera without movement you'll only get 2d data, so it shouldn't stand a chance against Apple's 3d sensor.
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Re:iPhone X by bhnmmhmd on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:08PM (#15230710)
I agree partially, but Apple is also expected to introduce some new features, right? Or else, what's left of Steve's legacy?
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