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New Video Explores Possibility of Touch ID in Fifth-Generation iPad
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I have the same dilemma. For me, the deciding factors will be: 128GB capacity, retina on the iPad mini 2, A7 on the iPad mini 2 and Touch ID. No 128GB capacity, retina and Touch ID on the iPad mini 2, I get the iPad 5. If the iPad mini 2 gets the A6 instead of the A7, I may still get the iPad mini 2.
This is not a surprise at all. Going forward from the iPhone 5S, nearly all devices will use this touchID - the bigger picture apple is seeing is purchasing items in the future with the touchID. They are going to open up the buying experience with touchID - so it makes sense all new devices such as the ipad 5, ipad mini 2 will carry this feature.
It wouldn't make sense to limit this to just the iPhone.
It wouldn't make sense to limit this to just the iPhone.
Wonder Boy Mark Gurman over at 9to5Mac doesn't think this is evidence for anything: http://9to5mac.com/2013/10/02/iphon...isnt-evidence-for-fingerprint-scanning-ipads/
But similar to iPhone if Apple was going to include this its probably something that was kept secret until the last possible minute.
But similar to iPhone if Apple was going to include this its probably something that was kept secret until the last possible minute.
Best hard evidence yet of TouchID being included in the next gen iPad.
Kudos, and extra points for dedication.
Kudos, and extra points for dedication.
Unlike Siri, its doesn't hurt there market share at all by having Touch ID in the iPad, I mean who actual buys an iPad instead of a iPhone, two totally different markets bro.
How long till we get this on Macs ?
Yes, please!
I want new Apple BT keyboards with a TouchID sensor, maybe on the side power button, or on top near it. Laptops could use a corner, or the space next to the keys, or something.
And I want the Apple keyboard keys to be BLACK already! Like Apple laptops. Macs aren't white anymore! Same with the mouse. (And backlight those keys while you're at it--optional, of course.)
You don't get it apparently. Your fingerprint is nowhere saved. Any data that could in theory be acquired by hacking the iPad cannot be put together to create a full image of your fingerprint. You end up having some data points of your fingerprint. Probably easier for the NSA to just take you out for a drink and take the prints off the glass you are holding in your hands that night.
No, we don't know that at all, but the leaked documents do suggest that the NSA simply takes all the data it wants, and no permission from the companies in question is required.
Which leads to sites like Macrumors picking it up, which leads to tons of views on YouTube, which leads to ad money and also new subscribers for future ad money. I wouldn't call that dedication, more like business sense.
Maybe I misunderstood Touch ID, but I thought you could turn it off so that you could just use a PIN/password to unlock your device the same as before?
As for me, I believe I had to provide my fingerprints when applying for a U.S. Passport years ago and I think it's pretty likely that the NSA already has access to that data.
Good point. I still think someone has to have some serious dedication to something (making money?) to crack an iPhone 5s open and remove the fingerprint sensor. My hat is off to the guy who made the video.
I don't have the chops to crack open my iPhone like that. And even if I succeeded at getting it open and removing components, I think there's a better than even chance I wouldn't succeed at getting it back together correctly.
It seems Apple has mastered the fingerprint sensor technology quicker than we might have originally thought. That is great news and it makes total sense for Apple to add the fingerprint sensor to it's next-generation iPad line up, before the competition can add a similar sensor to even one of it's products with the exception of HTC One Max.
I have to ask. I got an iPad4 a couple of months back. yeah, yeah, I know I could have waited, but I didn't because I really did need an iPad at that point.
So what kind of additional bucks would I have spend, if I sold off my iPad4 and bought an iPad5?
The real draw for iPad5 is not touchId, but 15% lower weight and smaller size (rumour) and potentially better battery life.
So what kind of additional bucks would I have spend, if I sold off my iPad4 and bought an iPad5?
The real draw for iPad5 is not touchId, but 15% lower weight and smaller size (rumour) and potentially better battery life.
I got a bill in the mail the other day from Express Toll out of Denver. Apparently when I was there in May I used one of their express toll lanes and their cameras caught me, matched my license plate and state with my personal information and sent me the bill.
Years ago my wife ran a red light in Phoenix. She was driving her grandpa's car. With facial recognition software, and the fact that long ago she had an AZ driver's license that has long since expired and been relinquished, they still found her and mailed her the citation.
My point is, in this day and age, if you're so worried about gathering of personal data and privacy, you're probably better off living out your days in some underground shelter.
Years ago my wife ran a red light in Phoenix. She was driving her grandpa's car. With facial recognition software, and the fact that long ago she had an AZ driver's license that has long since expired and been relinquished, they still found her and mailed her the citation.
My point is, in this day and age, if you're so worried about gathering of personal data and privacy, you're probably better off living out your days in some underground shelter.
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