100%. I got an iPhone 13 but didn't like it. Took it back and bought a refurbished iPhone8+. I'm delighted that Apple hasn't ignored those of us who really love our home button and touchid unlock.
I think they’ll make some triumphant return to Touch ID in the power button at some point, because they don’t really seem to feel like making Face ID better right now either. I’m not sure what the big draw is, as in the best case it’s as usable as Touch ID was.
You can flip a switch in the settings to turn off the requirement to look at the phone to unlock it.
Touch ID and Face ID are both mixed bags. Would be great if they had both, but I understand that space is at a premium and they may want to push for a single authentication solution.
As usual with Apple the Siri message notifications and unlocking while masked work fine if you have AirPods and an Apple Watch, everything is always optimized for the integrated experience. Personally I prefer faceID and the chinless display plus not having to find the touch pad on the back like a pixel phone.
For carplay though, you really should enable it before you hit the road, even with touchid.
You can't look at your phone for a nano-second while driving? If still no, then here are your alternates you can explore -
1. Setup an alternate appearance: like side pose
2. Turn off "Require Attention for Face ID"
3. Unlock phone with voice commands - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeJQHBBpUPs
4. Allow access for CarPlay when locked - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8519499
With Touch ID, I can reach into my pocket, place my finger on the button as I'm taking the phone out, and by the time I got the phone out it's already unlocked, played the unlock animation and is on the home screen.
If the phone is on the table/etc I can just put my finger on the button and unlock it - so again by the time I actually grab the phone it's unlocked (that is - if I need to grab it - maybe I just wanted to glance at the notification I just received, or pass it to another person).
With Face ID, the phone needs to be in front of your face just to begin the unlock sequence, and needs to be at a certain distance and in clear view of your face. Masks break this, but so do even pre-pandemic things like being in bed and having some of your face obstructed by pillows/blankets.
That said, my wife gets quite dry hands and has never been able to use the fingerprint sensor reliably so this is a golden age for her. Would be nice to have the option of both going forward.
(One problem with designing products in California is that they don't have public transportation, so nobody beta testing the phone is standing on a crowded subway, hanging on with one hand and trying to use their phone with the other. The SE was great for one-handed use. The subsequent phones are difficult there.)
I often want to look at the lock screen, perhaps to tell the time or to read / interact with a notification, or to swipe from the left to interact with the widgets.
Quite a lot of my phone usage is like this: recency based (driven by notifications) and/or not wanting to open the phone and then search for the app I want, launch it, get to the right screen and blah blah. Much lower overhead to get the job done.
I don't tend to open my phone and doom scroll when I have a moment. I understand that's the major use case for most people, and for them perhaps your model would be appropriate.
It doesn't. On my iPhone, just picking it up to look at the latest alerts activates FaceID. I find it annoying because more often I just want to see the notifications, not jump back into whatever app I was using six hours ago.
If you and I are having opposite problems, there must be a setting for this.
Other comments say it's so you can read the notifications after you unlock, but I rarely want to do that.
BART does not count?
I never encountered it. When I lift my phone, it's already lit and once my face is positioned with the camera - it gets unlocked.
If it unlocked fully, I'd just see a bunch of icons, not the notification and I'd need to swipe to see them.