Face ID

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Will Apple drop Face ID immediately they figure out how to get under screen finger prints to work properly?

My wife is probably getting a new iPhone for her birthday and doesn't like the idea of having to pick her phone you every time she wants to unlock it.

Or will Apple stubbornly persist with Face ID for the next few iterations?

 

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Is it feasible for Face ID to work in situations where the phone is on a desk nearby and you want to unlock it without picking the phone up? I must admit I don't know much about the technology, but I always found Touch ID to be vastly more convenient than any other unlocking method (I have a Galaxy S8 at the moment and it's a faff having to lift the phone)