The iPhone X Is Cool. That Doesn’t Mean You Are Ready for It.
- 6 years ago
The iPhone X Is Cool. That Doesn’t Mean You Are Ready for It.
Ultimately, it was faster to unlock the iPhone 8 with Touch ID, the fingerprint
sensor, than it was to unlock the iPhone X with Face ID in most situations.
Apple’s Face ID, the official name for its face scanner technology, works by spraying an object with infrared dots
and stitching the patterns into a detailed 3D image of your face to determine whether you are the owner of the smartphone before unlocking it.
Over the long term, Face ID is likely to save more time than using Touch ID because Face ID only failed in rare circumstances.
But Face ID worked inconsistently — or not at all — when I lay the iPhone X flat on a table or my night stand, wore
a gas mask for my Halloween costume, walked around in bright sunlight at a park or wore Persol sunglasses.
With Face ID, you have to wait for the camera to scan your face, which sometimes takes more
than a second; you can swipe up to unlock the phone before or after the scan completes.
Ultimately, it was faster to unlock the iPhone 8 with Touch ID, the fingerprint
sensor, than it was to unlock the iPhone X with Face ID in most situations.
Apple’s Face ID, the official name for its face scanner technology, works by spraying an object with infrared dots
and stitching the patterns into a detailed 3D image of your face to determine whether you are the owner of the smartphone before unlocking it.
Over the long term, Face ID is likely to save more time than using Touch ID because Face ID only failed in rare circumstances.
But Face ID worked inconsistently — or not at all — when I lay the iPhone X flat on a table or my night stand, wore
a gas mask for my Halloween costume, walked around in bright sunlight at a park or wore Persol sunglasses.
With Face ID, you have to wait for the camera to scan your face, which sometimes takes more
than a second; you can swipe up to unlock the phone before or after the scan completes.