iPhone 13 Face ID might work with masks and foggy glasses on

25 August 2021
The company is currently testing the upcoming phones' Face ID array with its employees.

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  • Buddah-Teckie
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  • 26 Aug 2021

Besides training AI to identify everyone even with his/her face covered. Let's keep on giving our facial meta-data to big tech companies, so they can collect our emotional status for tailored advertising & control.
Our faces speak more that what we know..

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    • Hawk
    • g3H
    • 26 Aug 2021

    Possibly, there is no iPhone 13, there will be "S" series of iPhone 12 models.

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      • John
      • 6pC
      • 26 Aug 2021

      Kuba, 26 Aug 2021actually Face ID is something i like about apple. however t... moreWhat are you talking about, They will have 120hz displays on the iphone 13 that may likely to appear on the 13 pro and pro max models this year!

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        • Kuba
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        • 26 Aug 2021

        actually Face ID is something i like about apple. however their system is so restricted and slow, i ended up just using iphone 3 days and returned to android:) for example animations speed god its sloooow in apple and cant be changed, android can change it easily.

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          • Ranjan Kumar Bose
          • Dky
          • 26 Aug 2021

          My Readmi Note 7 Pro Face ID works with masks 97% cases but my Realme X Face ID doesn't works with masks.

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            • AnonD-1003038
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            • 26 Aug 2021

            There is no way this is landing in iPhone 13. It's barely 1 month left till iPhone 13 launch and people have this idea that Apple testing this now can fit it into devices scheduled to be relased 1 month away? Shows how people don't understand logistics of things.

            When iPhone 12 was launched, they already had a draft how iPhone 13 will look like and what its features and improvements will be. Meaning iPhone 13 is most likely already being stacked on pallets as finished product being prepared to ship out to suppliers/stores. Or it's very close to that phase. There is no way you can't test such hardware feature 1 month prior device release, certify it's working correctly, stick it into phone, actually manufacture it, package it and ship it to customers in September 2021. Software feature, maybe as it can still be delivered with delay after device launch, but not a hardware feature. Just no way.

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              • AnonD-1003038
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              • 26 Aug 2021

              rizki1, 26 Aug 2021my low end acer laptop still a live from 2013 with 2GB ram ... moreThat's such BS claim it would be the same if you didn't even write it. There's tons of Android phones that have exact same issues or are broken in numerous countless ways and you just purposely ignore it. Come on dude. Electronic devices break or have flaws with wear and tear or crap getting into them, even if it's just dust or water vapor.

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                • AnonD-1003038
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                • 26 Aug 2021

                Anonymous, 26 Aug 2021I think to achieve this, the system will have to have such ... moreThey didn't "go for it". People say like they did it just now in pandemic. FaceID exists since 2017 (iPhone X). And people greatly over-exaggerate the mask issue with it. So it has problem these 2 years. Fingerprint scanners, be it on back, on side or in display have problems every winter, every single year if you wear gloves. And no one even mentions that. Oh, you don't wear gloves when at home? Well, neither you do masks. It's annoyance, but not really a massive issue as everyone makes it to be.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • MFx
                  • 26 Aug 2021

                  Anonymous, 26 Aug 2021Good old fingerprint sensor is better anydayUntil you have a skin condition and fingerprint scanners don't work with you, so I think Face ID is defo better in that outlook

                    Macaulay Culkin, 26 Aug 2021My cycle with Apple is I always love their products at firs... moremy low end acer laptop still a live from 2013 with 2GB ram and amd e1 2500.. this is what i am using to typing this.. yes apple is just a status and no point whats best to android phones. i saw a lot people selling iphone 6 to 7 with FP died, sim didn't read, wifi only etc its because ios bugs with newer version.

                      AnonF-1013367, 26 Aug 2021I have face id and fingerprint sensor on my phone, honestly... more"I have face id and fingerprint sensor on my phone, honestly going from fingerprint sensor to face id its like going from 120hz to 60hz display."

                      You don't have Face ID, you have half baked Android version from it which just use your photo to scan your face so obviously you want to use fingerprint sensor, because you can't even use your face scanner for mobile paying, because it's not secure enough.

                      By the way what is wrong with your "face id" ?

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 26 Aug 2021

                        Essen, 26 Aug 2021You don't say. But since Apple has decided it won'... more'Apple is always right'.


                        Antennagate anyone? 'You are holding it wrong!'.


                        Yea Apple is always right and they love their customers and they are totally not another cashgrab company...

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 26 Aug 2021

                          Essen, 26 Aug 2021You don't say. But since Apple has decided it won'... moreYou forgot to add Anandtech to the list of Apple shill publications.

                            Anonymous, 26 Aug 2021Good old fingerprint sensor is better anydayNo it isn't. Face id of apple was definetly better if it weren't for masks.

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                              • AnonF-1013367
                              • 3bm
                              • 26 Aug 2021

                              Essen, 26 Aug 2021You don't say. But since Apple has decided it won'... moreMy eyes have been blessed by your comment, it made me laugh.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • PZa
                                • 26 Aug 2021

                                FaceID unlocking on a partial scan of the face will make it far less secure.

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                                  • AnonF-1013367
                                  • 3bm
                                  • 26 Aug 2021

                                  Anonymous, 26 Aug 2021Breaking news. TSMC says 2022 3nm process delayed, now i... moreThat's means no chip shortage for anyone, apple already occupies 80% of all 5nm TSMC production. Those are amazing news.

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                                    • AnonF-1013367
                                    • 3bm
                                    • 26 Aug 2021

                                    Macaulay Culkin, 26 Aug 2021Just bring back Touch ID. I want to unlock my phone without... moreI have face id and fingerprint sensor on my phone, honestly going from fingerprint sensor to face id its like going from 120hz to 60hz display.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • PZa
                                      • 26 Aug 2021

                                      Anonymous, 26 Aug 2021"Apple really messed up with going for Face ID instead... moreIt's not like you never touch your phone, lol. You touch it all the time and touching it to unlock it is the most natural thing to do. You have to pick up your phone to use faceID anyway. It's not going to work if you don't touch your phone.

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                                        • Essen
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                                        • 26 Aug 2021

                                        Socalteknique , 26 Aug 2021You know what works great with masks and glasses? A fingerp... moreYou don't say. But since Apple has decided it won't have a fingerprint scanner, therefore, something must be bad about it, and therefore I shall have none of it. Apple is always right.

                                        Sony has been doing side fingerprint scanners for ages. I have a feeling Apple is going to introduce it for the iPhone. Just like the iPad. But they will wait. They will say they are taking their time in doing the best implementation of it that will leave other side scanners to the stone age. They won't call it fingerprint scanner or biometric security. They will call it EdgeSecure or BionicDNA, behave like it has never been done before, announce it like it's the greatest invention since fire and the wheel and that the Earth spins even faster since its introduction. The final nail will be drilled when PhoneArena, The Verge and ArsTechnica have articles headlined, "Who needs Face Recognition anymore? Touch is the best form of biometric security since the history of biometric security."