Replacement Touch ID to Face ID in iPhone X was a late decision

Replacement Touch ID to Face ID in iPhone X was a late decision

Before the announcement of iPhone X there were rumors that Apple might integrate the fingerprint sensor under the smartphone’s screen, but later the company had to abandon this idea in favor of facial recognition Face ID due to the fact that the technology was not ready for mass implementation. Now, however, the authoritative source of information about Apple’s plans and the leading of the blog Daring Fireball John Grube (John Gruber) argues that copertina came to the decision to have Face ID the main security feature in the iPhone X at least a year ago.

According to him, Apple is really going to integrate fingerprint sensor into the display, but only as a subsidiary solution. The blogger says that he received the information from several different sources inside Apple, including engineers, who worked directly on the iPhone X. the Complete failure from the Touch ID was supposedly no longer dictated by technical difficulties, and the desire to focus on the Face ID.

In General, relative to the Face ID of the public a lot of questions. One of them recently in a conversation with TechCrunch said Craig Federighi (Craig Federighi) from Apple. For example, in emergency situations, the robber can unlock the phone, bringing it forcibly to the face of the owner. To avoid this, the company has provided a special combination.

Previously, to quickly disable biometric identification, the user had 5 consecutive press the power. The new smartphone enough to pinch on the small buttons on either side of the unit is triggered the screen switch the phone off and disabled identification Face ID. On iPhone 8 the same combination disables the Touch ID. Whether it will be convenient and quick, time will tell.

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