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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by outworlder on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @06:57PM (#20570080)
There's nothing _wrong_ with touch ID. It's just that FaceID is way better. It is faster and more seamless, it can work even if you are wearing gloves.

Plus, it lets the phone not display sensitive notification details until you are the one looking at the screen(with attention detection on, the default, you have to be really looking at it), only then it will display the details(including actual messages, depending on how it's configured). This is great in many scenarios.

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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by kalleboo on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @12:07AM (#20571650)
> it can work even if you are wearing gloves

This is a tradeoff though, as FaceID doesn't work if you're wearing sunglasses.

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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by mensetmanusman on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @07:19AM (#20573373)
Twins I know can unlock each other’s phone. Also, little kids can unlock parents phones for some reason. Would love to see internal presentations on the math behind this reason. Did they accidentally make a genetic discovery algorithm?
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by scarface74 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @12:50AM (#20571775)
https://ios.gadgethacks.com/how-to/use-face-id-with-sunglass...
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by marvin on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @01:00PM (#20576078)
It doesn't work when wearing a balaclava, motorcycle helmet or ski googles, which is slightly annoying, but in those cases you'll likely wear gloves anyway. Sunglasses work fine for me.
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by lunchables on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @09:26AM (#20574233)
I have an iPhone X and have no problem unlocking my phone when wearing sunglasses.
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by rimliu on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @06:09AM (#20572981)
Yes, all this. And also face id does not care which finger you use to slide and if any of them is sweaty or wet.
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