If you go back 5 years you can read the same sort of stories about the then new Touch Id. Fingerprint scanners of course have been around on various laptops, electronic doors and so on for a lot longer, but it's also interesting that until Apple came out with Touch Id they never worked very reliably. I remember I once bought a fingerprint deadbolt for my front door and man was I sometimes cursing when I was standing there in the cold trying to unlock my door only to finally dig out the good old key and of course fingerprint doorlocks have all but disappeared. Yes, Touch Id on the iPhone especially the second generation Touch Id on the 6S and up (5S and iPhone SE have first generation Touch Id) works well if it does work, but as I said in my other message, it only works well if your little fingers don't see a lot of manual labour.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gordon Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 4:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Another Great Face ID Failure Story, I Can't Get Enough of Them, (Smile) This is one of the main reasons I went with the 8 instead of the newer phones. I was almost sold on the stereo recording, but we know how that went. So I'll be able to hang on to my finger print iPhone 8 for a couple of years. By then maybe they will have advanced face ID since they are forcing face ID on us. On 9/23/2018 6:05 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > As you may know, I am not yet sold on the reliability of Face ID. > > A sighted friend of mine, a big, big big fan of Face ID is always telling me > how much he loves Face ID and how well it works for him; to which I always > reply, "Good for you." > > Well, he recently purchased the 10 S Max along with a new garage door opener > which is supposed to be activated via Face ID, when he approaches his home. > > > Last night, he called me at approximately 11:30pm. Since it was so late, I > feared that he had some kind of family emergency but no; he called > complaining that he could not get into his garage using his iPhone because > Face ID would not recognize him in the dark, in his motorcycle helmet as his > bike approached. He said, to his dismay, even when he took his helmet off, > the phone would not recognize him in the dark. > > I could not stop laughing. I don't know why he called me as we have not > spoken in quite some time but I suspect that he just wanted to vent to > someone who would care either one way or the other. > > What made me laugh even harder was the fact that he had been so confident in > Face ID on the new phone that he decided not to purchase a remote control > for the garage door system. > > He was so angry at Face ID and the phone that he could not let it go. > (smile) > > He sent me a text, today, telling me that he purchased a remote control for > the opener. > > Just another great Face ID failure story, I can't get enough of them, (Big > Smile). > > Mark > > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
