iPhone 17 Pro's Face ID and Dynamic Island: challenges for users with medical conditions

Comment rather than a question. Just moved from iPhone SE 2020 (No facial ID just fingerprint ID button) to iPhone 17 Pro mainly because of camera improvements. Found: Latest & Greatest, Newly improved is not always the Best.


**1. I have a medical condition condition which causes my neck to tilt my head downwards. No problem with fingerprint ID but Big Problem with Facial ID which wants to see the eyes. Looking at Accessibility work arounds Apple says exist but for the many with issues where the camera cannot clearly see the face/ eyes, a facial recognition only phone such as iPhone 17 might not be what you want.


**2. On my SE 2020 at the top right of pages with apps I have a clear & useful number indication for battery charge remaining (which I like) AND a Separate graphic bar representation of battery charge (which I tolerate). On the 17 Pro I tried to duplicate this arrangement only to first get smaller, Much Less Useful numbers (practically useless) INSIDE the bar status indicator & when there is a 50/ 50 status one number is light & one dark for an illegible combination. I realized the issue when on charge the bar fills with a bright green charging indicator color which again makes the numbers illegible. For those up against the same, stop trying to fix, the smaller numbers inside the bar is culprit #1 but the real culprit is the Dynamic Island which takes up so much space that the numbers inside the bar is just a desperation attempt to include the same info in much less space.



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Original Title: iPhone 17 Pro Facial recognition only phone, check if it is for you/ New phone makes simple complicated.

iPhone SE, iOS 26

Posted on Dec 20, 2025 12:20 AM

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Dec 20, 2025 12:40 AM in response to TEXASCITIZEN

think maybe your post is more directed at apple rather than us other users


these forums are user helping other users like yourself, it's sort of going

to a physical apple store and asking other customers their advice


you can voice your opinion to them using their feedback channels


Product Feedback - Apple


or reach out to their support channels 

Get Support (apple.com)

And or

Contact - Official Apple Support

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iPhone 17 Pro's Face ID and Dynamic Island: challenges for users with medical conditions

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