Originally Posted by
BreakingKayfabe They seem to be very confident in Face ID standing alone.
I disagree with the reader on the back being better than not having it at all. I think it's incredibly clumsy and inconvenient to have it placed there. It's either implemented on the front of the device or nothing for me.
I have to disagree with this. Did you try a phone with a fingerprint reader on the back? (Not the Samsung S8, which positioned it very poorly). It's really not "incredibly clumsy and inconvenient". I'm not saying it's better than having it on the front of the phone, but it's maybe as good, and certainly not much worse. I find it strange that Apple didn't include the rear-mounted fingerprint reader on the iPhone 10, so that people at least have the option to use it.
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flyinion makes a good point that cases would need to be designed to take into account a fingerprint on the back, but as new cases were needed for the 10 that's hardly a problem. Anyway, any well made phone doesn't need a case.