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.
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.
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.