{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_ntkz44nkcdqo5scin2xa","title":"iPhone 18 Pro Face ID isn't random — \"you're holding it wrong\" (please try to reproduce)","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/iphone-18-pro-face-id-isnt-random-youre-holding-it-wrong-please-try-to-ntkz44nkcd","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_ntkz44nkcdqo5scin2xa","seq":765535,"kind":"article","title":"iPhone 18 Pro Face ID isn't random — \"you're holding it wrong\" (please try to reproduce)","url":"https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-18-pro-face-id-isnt-random-youre-holding-it-wrong-please-try-to-reproduce.2490766","summary":"My 18 Pro's Face ID felt random: fine outdoors all day, then failing at my desk, on the couch, in the bathroom. After a few evenings of testing, with four sysdiagnoses analysed, it turns out it isn't random at all: It fails when the phone is square in front of my face, and works when it's held a bit lower or at a slight angle. My 15 Pro, freshly enrolled the same evening, unlocks instantly at every angle. In a side-by-side run the 18 Pro unlocked 10 of 14 times, the 15 Pro…","published":"2026-09-29T20:34:19Z","seen":"2026-09-29T20:47:11Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-forums-macrumors-com-7ccf66","name":"forums.macrumors.com","domain":"forums.macrumors.com"},"via":"kite-forums-macrumors-com-7ccf66","topics":["apple","iphone"],"authors":["author","Enrico2828"],"entities":[{"id":"Q140421681","name":"iPhone 18 Pro","type":"other"}],"story":"st_ntkz44nkcdqo5scin2xa","category":"science-technology","category_p":0.7699999809265137,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.20999999344348907,"political":0.019999999552965164}]}