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0 pointsDangerousPie6y ago0 comments

Repeating myself here but for me FaceID actually does feel like an improvement, despite my many doubts about it in the beginning.

Yes there are some occasions where it doesn't work well (when you're trying to unlock the phone without looking at it properly) but there are also many occasions where it works much better. Most of the time my phone now unlocks so smoothly that I don't even realise it was locked. I just take it out of my pocket, swipe up and I'm on my home screen.

Agreed on reachability though, that has never worked well for me either. I just avoid using it now.

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jakear6y ago

If there were a quick way to switch over to pin input, and furthermore the pin input would constantly be looking for your face rather than needing to switch out of pin mode to try for faceid, it might be okay.

Two situations make faceid unusable:

1. I’m in bed and bedding materials occlude my face.

2. I’m using my hair to purposefully occlude my face in areas with public surveillance

In both of these situations touching the home button would be much easier.

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