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What's the point of a fingerprint scanner?
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What's the point of a finger print scanner? So you can break into your significant other's iPhone while they're sleeping.
OP: Actually the fingerprint scanner will make things less complex. 4 number pins can be easily guessed, the long passwords take time to enter on the phone and can be forgotten. Fingerprint scanning will be optional just like the pin. It is for security and convenience.
And if the scanner is located under the home button, there is no extra step as you already have to press the home button to wake the phone.
I use a HP Pavillion with a fingerprint scanner and it works perfectly well and is more convenient than entering passwords. It scans instantly.
And if the scanner is located under the home button, there is no extra step as you already have to press the home button to wake the phone.
I use a HP Pavillion with a fingerprint scanner and it works perfectly well and is more convenient than entering passwords. It scans instantly.
Ummm, I think not. IP5s won't have:
NFC
Bluetooth data (music, etc)
Multitasking (2 windows open at the same time)
Blah blah blah
Poor
Think they can dictate forever
IP5c is the start of their down to earth and "no time to save the world and make it a better place" strategy
Because NFC is so widespread that everyone needs it
Whatever system the iPhone eventually adopts for payments will eventually be the dominant force in the market, regardless if it's NFC or not.
The iPhone has this thing called "flash storage" to keep music on
I'm sure customers are quaking in the boots about not having "bluetooth data."
Because having two windows open on a handheld device is just so productive and needed
I can't tell you the amount of times I wish I could have to squint my eyeballs so hard that they pop in order to see a bunch of information on two 2" sections of screen.
Ummm, I think not. IP5s won't have:
NFC
Bluetooth data (music, etc)
Multitasking (2 windows open at the same time)
Blah blah blah
Poor
Think they can dictate forever
IP5c is the start of their down to earth and "no time to save the world and make it a better place" strategy
At the bolded: What the hell is bluetooth data?
1. Apple has in this case your fingerprints in the iCloud keychain for the NSA.
2. Fingerprints allow additional attacks on otherwise secure" devices. Like additional interfaces (FireWire, Thunderbolt) allowed additional attacks in the past.
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Correct.
The OP will have to wait years before all these functions are implemented, so he'll have plenty of time to warm-up to the scanner. Apple is notorious in introducing technology that doesn't live up to its potential. Heck, the whole iPhone is the epitome of gradually releasing a technology's potential.
I am actually going to Jailbreak for the first time when it's available for iOS 7. This app looks pretty good actually, I can see myself using it.
Because NFC is so widespread that everyone needs it
Whatever system the iPhone eventually adopts for payments will eventually be the dominant force in the market, regardless if it's NFC or not.
The iPhone has this thing called "flash storage" to keep music on
I'm sure customers are quaking in the boots about not having "bluetooth data."
Because having two windows open on a handheld device is just so productive and needed
I can't tell you the amount of times I wish I could have to squint my eyeballs so hard that they pop in order to see a bunch of information on two 2" sections of screen.
Your needs and others may differ
You may be a basic user but others DO make FULL use of other functionality ----------
Oh, something Nokia and Samsung allows. To Bluetooth data from one device to another
Now stop trying it with all of your
devices . That's why you haven't heard about "Bluetooth data" Your needs and others may differ
The average customer is the one that rules the market. Your kind that need to "make FULL use of other functionality" (via bluetooth data, NFC, and split window multitasking on a small window handheld device) are simply a drop in the pond that don't affect much of anything outside of tech site comment sections.
The main purpose, it seems, is to irritate iPhone users. I am more than sure that you can disable the finger reader, if it even has one!