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Re:Why doesn't Apple make a standalone Touch ID? by fanf2 on Thursday December 04, 2025 @09:36AM (#46148103)
FaceID is much slower than TouchID, FaceID fails with wet glasses, it fails with a breathing mask. I can’t use the phone with wet fingers or gloves so needing a bare dry finger for TouchID is fine. FaceID annoyingly worse.
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Re:Why doesn't Apple make a standalone Touch ID? by JohnBooty on Thursday December 04, 2025 @12:37PM (#46150371)
The big problem for me is using FaceID in bed. Unless you sleep on your back, the pillow obscures your face.

All you typically need to do is lift your head up so FaceID can get a clear look... but when I'm sleepy, it's annoying.

Ideally, the phone would just have both... somehow... but this seems technically infeasible so I get it

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