The FaceID requires the TrueDepth camera to recognise your face, plus there's also one sensor which emits infrared rays to map your face. So my question is will both these things consume significant amount of battery from my iPhone X and will it be better to turn the Require Attention for FaceID off so that the battery consumption is reduced?
iPhone FaceID – Does FaceID Consume Significant Battery?
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Best Answer
No - I tested this for several days with Face ID on and with Face ID off and I can't measure anything even close to 15 minutes or more difference in run times / overall battery difference.
My intuition is that whatever processing power is needed to power the infrared is more than counteracted by saving time unlocking where I'm tapping out my passcode to unlock the phone as opposed to having no passcode.
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My passphrase is something I type out with letters and numbers and not a numeric only short passcode, so ymmv but I'd be surprised if you have measurable differences on your device and iOS 11.