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nitroben2 t1_j22vuxz wrote

Reply to comment by drDVMHomie in Face ID: a hassle or no? by drDVMHomie

Most (maybe all?) Longtime apple users have adapted and forgotten the advantages of fingerprint, or the difference is unnoticeable. The people who prefer the advantages of touch over face (including myself) seem more adamant about it. I didn't let the lack of fingerprint hold me up from buying my iphone but it is still on my list of gripes.

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nitroben2 t1_j22vft9 wrote

Mark me in the still wishing i had a fingerprint scanner column. There is the aforementioned time delay of waiting to have the phone in front of my face before starting the unlock process, which i still get irritated by occasionally after 3 months of use. I also wear a mask more often than i wear gloves which leaves the face scanner much less useful in a 'relative number of situations it won't work' metric.

Edit to add: there's also the situation of not looking directly at my phone but wanting to view something on it. Particularly when it's laying on the desk/table while I'm working on something else and want to reference the phone. With touch i just touch it to wake and view what was last on the screen, even while holding something in my hand. But with face i have to put down what I'm holding to pick up the phone and look directly at it.

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nitroben2 t1_j22uq95 wrote

Reply to comment by 0000GKP in Face ID: a hassle or no? by drDVMHomie

The difference is that with a fingerprint it's already unlocked when you first look at it. With my old phone i could even open one of my favorites tray apps before looking at my phone. I know in reality the difference is negligible (around 1 second, maybe less) but 3 months in it still bugs me sometimes.

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