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Touch ID Once Again Said to Come to iPhone 6, iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 This Year
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Sure, but where would they put it? On the Power button?
Other manufacturers like Lenovo, HP, Toshiba, Fujitsu, ... have simply added a fingerprint reader near the trackpad or near the keyboard, but I highly doubt that Apple would come up with such a lazy (and ugly) solution.
They could integrate it on an iMac, Mac Mini or Mac Pro within the keyboard or trackpad by making it part of the power button the end.
On a MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro with Retina they could put it where the power button used to be on the top right or something like that. This would obviously necessitate a shift of the ports on the right side by a half centimeter forward.
There's a nice spot for it on the side of the keyboard. Integrated power / touch ID sensor..
You mean there was doubt?
Evidently. Truly no one saw this groundbreaking technology expanding throughout the iOS eco-system! We all thought Touch ID was a one time special/iPhone only sort of thing last year.
We were all wrong it seems!
The iPod Touch really is the child that no one wants to talk about.
I wonder what will happen with the iPhone 5s though? Will Apple remix it in a cheaper form as some type of iPhone 5sc possibility removing Touch ID? Or will they decide not to pad their profit margins and continue selling the iPhone 5s for $100 cheaper?
I wonder what will happen with the iPhone 5s though? Will Apple remix it in a cheaper form as some type of iPhone 5sc possibility removing Touch ID? Or will they decide not to pad their profit margins and continue selling the iPhone 5s for $100 cheaper?
Obvious? Why?
Take a moment and understand why things are so obvious to you guys.
It is because we have such websites like MacrRumors.com
We forget how much work goes into running a site like this.
Collecting and evaluating data seems like an easy task?
Try finding your reliable sources in the first place! It's like searching for a needle in a haystack.
All this bickering and complaining about the nature, value or constituents of new articles is becoming really boring.
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And yes, it does make sense to believe that the upcoming iPhone / iPad devices will also sport the already well-received fingerscan button. At the same time, Apple is a company that is also known for moments where it could as well discontinue a well received part of their products, for the better of the overall good (e.g. the apple boombox speakers.) Even if this might not be exactly a rumor in the traditional sense, it does emphasize a potential point and not a fact.
Take a moment and understand why things are so obvious to you guys.
It is because we have such websites like MacrRumors.com
We forget how much work goes into running a site like this.
Collecting and evaluating data seems like an easy task?
Try finding your reliable sources in the first place! It's like searching for a needle in a haystack.
All this bickering and complaining about the nature, value or constituents of new articles is becoming really boring.
Edit:
And yes, it does make sense to believe that the upcoming iPhone / iPad devices will also sport the already well-received fingerscan button. At the same time, Apple is a company that is also known for moments where it could as well discontinue a well received part of their products, for the better of the overall good (e.g. the apple boombox speakers.) Even if this might not be exactly a rumor in the traditional sense, it does emphasize a potential point and not a fact.
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Funny, if this doesn't come true, Ming-Chi Kuo will be able to tell us it wasn't so obvious after all.
