The race to the first phone with a 3D UD selfie cam is on. 3D facial recognition hardware is a luxury in today's smartphone market, with Apple being the...
After so many years, can’t say I understood the appeal of facial recognition on a phone. You’re already going to be holding it so fingerprint readers still seem superior in every way. You can unlock it before you even take it out of your pocket too.
I think it’s mostly a combination of a Apple pushing it + people having a singular bad experience with the fingerprint reader on some cheap/old phone and assuming all fingerprint readers are like that.
After so many years, can’t say I understood the appeal of facial recognition on a phone. You’re already going to be holding it so fingerprint readers still seem superior in every way. You can unlock it before you even take it out of your pocket too.
Fingerprint readers require touching a specific spot with a specific digit.
Face recognition only requires the user be looking at the device.
The bigger argument is fingerprint readers can be more secure.
I personally would prefer a device that does both simultaneously for secure requests like accessing credentials.
So make the reader area bigger and allow people to add all their digits. I think when the iPhone had the home button the reader accepted 10 fingers.
I think it’s mostly a combination of a Apple pushing it + people having a singular bad experience with the fingerprint reader on some cheap/old phone and assuming all fingerprint readers are like that.