>> Face ID is pretty much a hack
>> I didn't watch the keynote
This is nothing like the version that's been available on Android for years. Read up on it or watch the keynote before jumping to wild conclusions.
Re:iPhone X
by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:12PM
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Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that it was "bad" when I said "hack". I meant that it was introduced in order to solve a problem introduced by another design change (i.e. the removal of touch ID).
Well they introduced completely new dedicated hardware components that I've never seen in a smartphone to enable this feature. For me "hack" doesn't do the feature justice.
If using a 30k dot projector, 2 cameras (one IR), and a neural network processor is your idea of a 'hack', I'd love to see what you think an elegantly designed solution is!
Re:iPhone X
by fuzzythinker on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:07PM
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You should watch the keynote then. Calling it "existed on android phones" is borderline incorrect as it uses infrared sensors to match 3D models of your face.
Re:iPhone X
by theshrike79 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:05PM
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Yes, the "hack"-version existed in Androids. You know, the one that can be unlocked with any photo of your face.
This one goes a bit deeper with IR and depth mapping.
There is no TouchID on the X
Re:iPhone X
by OstrichGlue on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:07PM
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Nope, no Touch ID. The presenter also failed to unlock via Face ID several times in a row, prompting a "please enter your pin to unlock phone message". Worst time for it to happen.
You are seriously misrepresenting what happened. The display phone was showing the “passcode is required to unlock” screen that iPhones show when they are cold-booted.
Re:iPhone X
by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:10PM
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Huge mistake, IMO. People really love touch id, and it would've essentially been 'free' had they just moved it to the back. I've been using Huawei's equivalent on the Nexus 6P for over a year now, and it works like a dream.
> People really love touch id
What? TouchID effectively hands your entire phone contents over to the Feds, as it's significantly easier to compel a fingerprint than a passcode.
There is absolutely nothing to "love" about TouchID, unless you work in law enforcement.
The same applies to facial recognition too.
I didn't watch the keynote: do they have touch ID on the back?