Re:Interview: Apple’s Craig Federighi about Face ID
by pmontra on Saturday September 16, 2017 @03:47AM
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I can unlock my phone with my fingerprints in the dark (example, at bed during the night). Do I have to turn on the light to use FaceID or do I have to type in a PIN instead? That would be progress /sarcasm.
I could also unlock my phone and my tablet with my face (don't remember how Sony and Samsung call that method) but it means that I have to point their cameras to me. Maybe it's me but their cameras tend to point to the ceiling when I'm holding them. Fingerprints are faster. Even the swipe pattern on the tablet is faster.
FaceID is probably more about the current impossibility of adding the fingerprint sensor to the bezelless and thin iPhone X. I expect Apple to solve that at the next iteration. FaceID would stay and be useful for some purposes, but people will be back at unlocking iPhones with their fingers.
I could also unlock my phone and my tablet with my face (don't remember how Sony and Samsung call that method) but it means that I have to point their cameras to me. Maybe it's me but their cameras tend to point to the ceiling when I'm holding them. Fingerprints are faster. Even the swipe pattern on the tablet is faster.
FaceID is probably more about the current impossibility of adding the fingerprint sensor to the bezelless and thin iPhone X. I expect Apple to solve that at the next iteration. FaceID would stay and be useful for some purposes, but people will be back at unlocking iPhones with their fingers.