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Why doesn’t the iPhone X work with Face ID when holding the phone upside down?

Why doesn’t the iPhone X work with Face ID when holding the phone upside down?

Posted on Mar 5, 2018 3:11 PM

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Posted on Mar 5, 2018 3:38 PM

For the same reason that when you look at an upside-down face you can not recognize it immediately. Complex physics.

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Mar 5, 2018 3:38 PM in response to Community User

For the same reason that when you look at an upside-down face you can not recognize it immediately. Complex physics.

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