[chris_7]

I wonder if it works with scarves and hats covering everything but your eyes. It seems like an obvious oversight, but it's a Californian company that launched a maps app without any transit support...

[tomcart]

It's not just the accuracy, but the context switch. Apple Pay only works because you don't need to look at your phone to make it work.

[lando2319]

their website shows people with cold weather gear

https://www.apple.com/iphone-x/

[chris_7]

A scarf that's barely covering the bottom of the guy's face? They don't know true winter. (or, like, Muslims)

[foldr]

It's a tiny minority of Muslim women who cover their faces, just for the record. (I assume a head scarf wouldn't interfere.)

[bobthedino]

I'm curious: can you suggest a source for this statistic?

[foldr]

It's really not a controversial point. I don't know how one would get precise statistics on it, but see e.g. the Wikipedia article:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niqāb

[bdibs]

The keynote did say it works with hats, scarves, and glasses. It also works with face changes like growing out a beard.

[mort96]

How about a big helmet? I imagine snowboarders/alpine skiers/motorcyclist will have to take off the helmet to unlock. As someone who goes snowboarding in the winter, it sounds really annoying to not only have to remove a glove, but also the helmet, to unlock the phone (or unlock with a passcode, which is still a downgrade from using the fingerprint).

[s_kilk]

It's starting to sound a lot like:

    if (true) {
      unlock_phone();
    }