iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro

Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by KerrickStaley on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @11:09PM (#24772737)

One major downside of Touch ID that is niche but affects me personally is that if your fingerprints get damaged (e.g. by rock climbing, which I do regularly) then Touch ID will stop working for ~1 day while your fingers recover. For this reason I'm planning on getting a device with Face ID or a similar feature next time I buy a phone. The downsides of Face ID you mention are valid, though.

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Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by sinatra on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @02:40AM (#24773785)

Add your two thumbs and two index fingers so that you can use any one of them depending on convenience or rare edge cases like rock climbing damage to one of them.

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Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by jamil7 on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @02:57AM (#24773906)

I have a scar across my left thumb from working in kitchens in my 20s and touchID seems really unreliable on that thumb.

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Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by wil421 on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @07:26AM (#24775377)

Good luck using your Face ID with a mask. At least you only had one day recovery time to use Touch ID.

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