"We reduced the accuracy of Face ID in order to accelerate the shipment pace of iPhone X" Apple confirmed "complete mistake" as Bloomberg

Bloomberg reported that "Apple has dropped the accuracy of Face ID to ship iPhone X as planned"newsApple has announced that it is "a complete mistake" at an unusual speed.

Apple calls Face ID quality change report 'completely false' - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/25/16545764/apple-face-id-quality-change-report-bloomberg-false-accuracy

Apple calls report of reduced iPhone X Face ID specs "completely false" | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/10/apple-calls-report-of-reduced-iphone-x-face-id-specs-completely-false/

The beginning of the matter was that Bloomberg reported that at 16:00 on October 25, 2017 in Japan time, "Apple has let the supplier lower the authentication accuracy of Face ID to increase the production speed of iPhone X" . Although it is already known that the production of parts that realizes Face ID has become a bottleneck and the assembly of iPhone X itself is not going as I expected, Bloomberg said Apple has "reduced accuracy" Apple reportedly denied this from reporting it. It's rare for Apple to respond to what's reported in the news, and it's an unusual and rapid reaction that shows how Apple regards this matter as important.

Statement that Apple has made public to multiple media. Despite being an indescribable expression, it seems that quiet anger is felt in the area where it is clearly denied that "Bloomberg's article is a mistake".

The customer excitement for iPhone X and face ID has been incredibly easy and intuitive to use. Friday, November 3. Face ID is a powerful and secure authentication system that's incredibly easy and intuitive to use. It continues to be 1 in a million probability of a random person unlocking your iPhone with Face ID.

Bloomberg's claim that face ID is completely false and we expect face ID to be the new gold standard for facial authentication.

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Customer excitement for iPhone X and Face ID is unbelievably incredible and I can not wait for you to hand in from Friday, November 3. Face ID is a powerful and secure authentication system, incredibly easy and intuitive to use. The quality and accuracy of Face ID has not changed. As before, the probability that another person can unlock iPhone using Face ID is 1 / 1,000,000.

The content that Apple brought down the accuracy specification of Face ID reported by Bloomberg is a totally mistake and we expect that Face ID will be a brilliant new standard of face authentication system.

The fact that the production pace of iPhone X will be in the normal after the first quarter of 2018, as reported by Many media such as "Bloomberg" as "Face ID related parts are causing trouble in the production of iPhone X" It is also predicted. Therefore, it will be inevitable that it will be in a state of shortage around the world at the time of the release on November 3rd.

Production volume of iPhone X will increase to "400 thousand units per week" but the situation that has not yet reached its normal condition - GIGAZINE


Apple seems to make full use of Face ID, and it is reported that from 2018 onwards, Touch ID of fingerprint authentication system will be abolished and it will completely shift to Face ID. If this is the case, it seems to be a problem for Apple to speed up the production of the Face ID unit is a task that must be resolved even if it is not certain.

All iPhones released after 2018 will abandon Touch ID and move to Face ID - GIGAZINE