Nothing like grabbing your phone by the button in your pocket and having it unlocked and open before you even lay eyes on it. As fast as they advertise faceid being it will never beat the fact you can engage touchid as soon as you lay a finger on the phone.

Yup, sad news.

Anyone who disagrees should try teaching an older relative with less than youthful fine motor control how to use a FaceID equipped iPhone.

I occasionally use my iPhone 8 Plus and don't immediately remember why it feels so nice to use. Then I remember it's the touch ID button

Touch ID is on the power button of iPad Air. Hopefully it will return on iPhone Air.

Agreed. FaceID is fundamentally less secure than TouchID. This is just gross.

No touch to unlock is one of the main things keeping me on Android