I have not found that face Id is a huge issue. I got an XS on Friday and have had no problems as a totally blind user of it, even with attention mode turned on. If it is troublesome, it's very easy to enter your pass code.
Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Vece [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Another Great Face ID Failure Story, I Can't Get Enough of Them, (Smile) Mary; When I can’t get my Face ID to work i use my passcode and it works just fine. Sent from my iPad > On Sep 24, 2018, at 10:27 AM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi sieghard, > Of course people didn’t complain when touch ID was introduced, because it’s > easy, for the vast majority of people at least, and it’s more convenient than > a passcode. You still didn’t have to use it. You could keep using the > passcode if that’s what you wanted. Now we have Face ID or nothing going > forward, once the iPhone 8 and older are out of the system. Of course, you > can go back to using just the passcode, which is a downgrade from using touch > ID. For my particular use case, face ID is less convenient, and we’ve already > had the discussion about security issues surrounding having attention mode > turned off. The fact that some manufacturers, such as Samsung, are still > offering a choice between face recognition or a fingerprint sensor would > indicate that there is some validity to the idea that not everybody is > thrilled with face ID. All I wish is that Apple gave us that choice. They > choose not to. So there you go. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 23, 2018, at 10:12 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Marry, >> >> You say we shouldn't be forced to use Face Id, interestingly >> enough when Apple introduced Touch Id or enter a passcode I don't recall >> people complaining about being "dforced" to use Touch Id. Of course this >> mainly had to do because prior to Touch Id it was enter a passcode or >> nothing, but Apple has shown that Face Id is more secure by a huge factor >> and we all know it has always been Apple's way to give us what they think is >> best so there is little point foro anybody to complain, just like with the >> 3.5mm audio jack, Apple will not suddenly say next year that based on >> popular demand they are bringing back Touch Id and in any case, if it was >> put up to a vote I doubt Touch Id would win especially now with the improved >> Face Id, also unless they can figure out how to let you put your finger >> anywhere on the screen for Touch Id, where would they put the Touch Id >> sensor. If you follow the tech news a bit you know how much people >> complained when I think it was Samsung put the Touch Id sensor on the back >> of the phone because they of course also got rid of the home button. It is >> my guess that one day phones will have no more buttons at all except maybe >> for the on/off button. >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mary >> Otten >> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 7:20 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Another Great Face ID Failure Story, I Can't Get Enough of >> Them, (Smile) >> >> I am not a fan of face ID. I would rather stick with touch ID. However, how >> many times has touch ID failed you? I have certainly had failed me. I have >> to enter my passcode from time to time, because the phone hasn’t recognize >> the finger that is in there for touch ID. This really sounds like a mountain >> out of a mole hill to me. If you think about all the times everybody who has >> a touch ID phone has had that not work for them on one occasion or another, >> we could string lots of anecdotes together I’m quite sure. So let’s get >> real. I think there should be an alternative. We shouldn’t be forced to use >> Face ID, but Apple thinks otherwise. Buy an iPhone 8 if you want. But sooner >> or later, he will be using something besides touch ID if you want to stay >> with Apple. >> >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 23, 2018, at 4:43 PM, Michael Irons <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> After hearing about these face ID fill your stories, I do not want to get >>> the new iPhone with Face ID. I am like you mark I would rather get the >>> iPhone 8 plus go with the fingerprint is long as I can. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Sep 23, 2018, at 6:05 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> 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. 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