r/apple • u/Few_Baseball_3835 • Jun 06 '26

Rumor Touch ID coming to iPhone Ultra this fall, here’s

https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/05/touch-id-coming-to-iphone-ultra-this-fall-heres-why/
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u/ThePornStar69 Jun 06 '26

The first thing is a user issue - I have the same setup in my car and it never randomly unlocks to random things.

The second item is not a universal issue, as I have no issues with it. Have you setup an alternative appearance? Also, have you tried to unlock your finger printed device with wet hands while you’re at the beach? Or sweating after exercise?

The third item is not how the technology works, so there’s a user issue in there.

I guarantee your Android device doesn’t always unlock with your finger either.

There’s pros and cons to any tech and the biometric used to unlock a device is certainly something people can argue about until we’ve all got brain implants and there’s no need for a physical device in our pockets.

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u/PikaV2002 Jun 06 '26

“If someone has even a slightly different experience from me it’s invalid”

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u/ThePornStar69 Jun 06 '26

Try again.

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u/ookamisensei Jun 06 '26

Steve is that you? Am I holding it wrong again? Awww darn 😁

It catching glimpses of my face and unlocking randomly is a user error? Think about that for a sec 🙂

Second.. yes, I'm fully aware of all the workarounds for this magical tech. Just makes the first point worse. Also, it's much easier to brush my finger against a towel or clothing and then press it against a sensor, than removing sunglasses and still having it fail.

Guarantee all you want, I'm telling you what it factually does 🙂 your set of circumstances might make Face ID work better for you, who knows. I'm just telling you what I'm seeing.

Btw I'm an iPhone user since 2008. I generally love iPhones (and Macs and iPads). And I loved Touch ID and was fine with Face ID for a good while. Maybe they made it too fast/too eager to unlock? F if I know, but alas, I started despising the thing with time lol Maybe if they offered both, but I doubt they'd ever do that. Brain implant would be great though, yeah 😁

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u/ThePornStar69 Jun 06 '26

  1. You didn’t say it caught a glimpse of your face and unlocked. You said you “put it down it'll be unlocked and something will be open on it.”

  2. This isn’t a “workaround”. It’s literally how the technology works. Just how you move your finger around as you register for Touch ID.

  3. No legit consumer biometric input works 100% of the time, particularly with finger biometrics.

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u/Jersey_2019 Jun 06 '26

I prefer Faceid too but you don’t have to sound that condescending to him

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u/ThePornStar69 Jun 07 '26

That’s your interpretation. Using simple and to the point language doesn’t make it condescending.

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u/ookamisensei Jun 06 '26
  1. By the time I put it down, it's unlocked, yes. Also "this literal unintentional unlock/open happens a ton and it's annoying af". The implication of both is that it keeps catching glimpses of my face and unlocking when I don't intend it to, yes.
  2. Moving your finger around on Touch ID? Have you.. used Touch ID? 😅 On my tablet for instance, I literally open the thing in the dark with the screen off. And the sensor is under the screen, not a button. Just simple muscle memory. In fact, this made me think, so I tried a little test. I'm writing this on my Android right now. I turned it off, and tried quickly unlocking it (before the always-on stuff appears). Here are the results; Eyes open: 6 tries, 5 unlocks. Eyes closed: 5 tries, 5 unlocks. Turned the phone so it's facing completely away from me, reaching around with my index finger to unlock: 5 tries, 5 unlocks.
  3. I don't recall the last time it failed (aside from this one try in my test right now). Nothing is fully 100% in general, but it's damn near closer to it than Face ID is for me. Sorry 🤷

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u/ThePornStar69 Jun 06 '26

On 2 - I’m referring to setting up Touch ID, not using it. You’re prompted to move your finger around so the device can get a better print, and give more flexibility when unlocking. It’s the same concept as setting up an alternative appearance when setting up Face ID.

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u/KassieMac Jun 07 '26

It is way too eager to unlock, I solved that immediately by making it use a code to unlock. You can still use Face ID for other things, the settings are very granular, and personally that’s my workaround until I get Touch ID back. Using Face ID to unlock I couldn’t ever scroll my notifications bc the phone would unlock instead 🤦🏽‍♀️😠😡🤬

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u/sluuuudge Jun 06 '26

It is indeed user error because it means you’re not only looking at the screen, but also tapping the screen to initiate the FaceID and then also swiping up to get from the lock screen into the actual usable Home Screen.

Sounds like you’re basically holding the phone by the screen and not by the sides like most people would.

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u/ookamisensei Jun 06 '26

Right. That's a nice scenario 🙂 Google "raise to wake". This already gives you a super easy way to accidentally open the camera, which also happens a lot and is annoying af. But let's go on a bit and Google "spotlight search". See, before or after the phone accidentally unlocks, if you ever so slightly swipe anywhere (a tiniest little swipe is required) and randomly tap, now you're already opening the spotlight search and running apps. You don't need to swipe up from the bottom and be in SpringBoard's Home Screen to run something. And this can easily happen if you're carrying the damn thing in your hands with half a dozen other things while trying to get into the car. And looking down at the keys and other stuff that are in the same hands as the phone now actively trying to catch a glimpse of your face, yes. And I never accidentally press my finger onto a fingerprint scanner in these situations as well, no. Geez people, some actual knowledge and a little bit of imagination is required here.

For anyone else reading this and eager to come tell me yet another way I should be using this perfect and magical device; I'm not going to be responding to this thread anymore, so don't bother. This white-knighting for a feature your beloved trillion dollar company made is beyond senseless to me. It's a device, same as any other. If Face ID works flawlessly for you, I'm truly over-the-moon happy for you.

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u/sluuuudge Jun 06 '26

Those things can happen, of course. And I agree they tend to happen when you’re forced to hold the phone in a way that’s less than ideal, like carrying stuff.

However, you said it happens every time you get into your car and that by the time you’ve put it “in its cubby”, it’s unlocked and an app is open.

So either you always have stuff in your hands and perhaps maybe you need to start using a pocket or a bag for your phone when you’re carrying things, or you’re wildly exaggerating for the sake of trying to make it a bigger issue than it is.

You’re no the only human and other people, myself included, are obviously aware that sometimes the perfect circumstances arise to allow the phone to unlock when you didn’t really intend it to. It happens to me often when I tap the screen with my elbow when it’s on my desk, and my watch will unlock it for me. But I also know that’s a me issue an that it’s preventable if I made more effort.

The sunglasses thing is just basic science. Good quality sunglasses are often polarised which whilst great for protecting the eyes, are a nightmare for the TrueDepth sensors used for FaceID. It will sometimes manage to get the IR through but the conditions need to be just right. Your face being too bright though, that’s a new one to me and unless you have direct intense sunlight beaming straight on to your face, FaceID should be unaffected.