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by rjzzleep 1362 days ago
I really dislike the fact that it only has Face ID in the age of masks, but otherwise I too think it's a great device. I'm surprised how quite a few apps in that ecosystem don't support the small formfactor though(i.e. keyboard doesn't close and you can't press next in some apps) even though it's not like in android where there is a thousand formfactors to support.
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Masks aren't the concern so much as privacy. (Who the hell has even worn a mask in the past year and a half? I literally haven't worn one since mid 2021 - I don't even know where our masks are...)

I'm really opposed to buying a phone with FaceID - give me a fingerprint sensor, please.

>Who the hell has even worn a mask in the past year and a half? I literally haven't worn one since mid 2021 - I don't even know where our masks are...

Around a third of the people I see at the grocery store in Santa Rosa, CA are wearing masks. A lot of people still don't want to spread germs, even though the pandemic is "over"

Happy iPhone 13 mini user here: it took a long time but unlocking while masked does now work
My former iPhone XR and current 13 Pro both work very well with masks.
You can actually weaken Face ID so it works with masks.
You can train it to work with masks. Judging by the prompts it pays increased attention to the eyes