Face ID it will not work on the iPhone X if the battery's energy level drops below a certain percentage, confirms Apple in a recently published support document. According to those from Apple, the iPhone X will no longer allow the use of Face ID if we have less than 10% of the battery energy available for the phone, so then we will have to use the access code.
Basically, the new TrueDepth camera in Face ID seems to need quite a lot of energy, since it will not work on the iPhone X if the battery level drops below this value. Touch ID in the old iPhone models does not have such limitations imposed by the Apple company, so we are talking about something completely new for Face ID in the iPhone X.
iPhone X basically brings us back to the "market age" of unlocking mobile phones when the battery power drops below 10%, and Apple didn't prepare us for that. Why there is this limitation imposed by Apple for the use of Face ID, no one knows for now, but American journalists will probably ask this question as well.
iPhone X with a Face ID that works for only 90% of the time of use is not a phone that you can fully enjoy, and in Android there are no such limitations. I would like to believe that Apple will remove this limitation for the iPhone X and Face ID someday, but I think I'm hoping for nothing.
"You may need to enter your passcode or Apple ID instead of using Face ID in the following situations: If the battery level is below 10%."
