[empath75]

actually, the phone had been rebooted, so he needed to unlock with a pin to activate it.

[vernie]

Actually, the message ("Your passcode is required to enable Face ID") was identical to the message when too many failed Touch ID attempts are made, not when a phone is rebooted ("Touch ID requires your passcode when iPhone restarts").

[aecorredor]

Still, at least I didn't notice, and probably the average user didn't either, which makes it just look as a major blooper. I loved the phone though.

[mcondit]

at least he knew the password and wasn't relying on the face recog to get into the phone, that could have been rough

[wlesieutre]

IIRC he didn't use the passcode, they switched over to a backup phone.

For presentations like these you always have multiple devices standing by, ready to flip over to at a moment's notice.

[ledak]

I'm pretty sure the backup phone had an imitation of Face ID unlocking.

[jads]

How are you "pretty sure" about that?