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Alleged iPad Air 4 Manual Depicts All-Screen Display With Touch ID Built into Power Button

But it would just go to home screen the same as the current Touch ID iPads do. Why do you think they would implement this one any differently? I pick up my 1st gen 9.7" Pro, touch the Touch ID and it goes to home screen almost immediately.

There is no reason this Touch ID being on top, would operate any differently.

ChromeCloud said:
iPad Pro and iPhone 11 have faceID. This means that as soon as you pick them up, they unlock without requiring any user action. This means that on those devices, you only need 1 action to get to the home screen (swipe up).

With this new iPad Air, instead, even if you pick it up and the screen turns on, you still need to perform 2 distinct actions to get to the home screen:
  1. Rest your finger on the power button to unlock.
  2. Swipe up to go to the home screen.
See the difference?
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armandxp said:
Apple would never put Touch ID in a side or top button. Same reason they’ve never put one in the back of something. Not as user friendly and would create a bad experience.
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Unless they are deliberately trying to create a bad experience so that you buy a Pro...
 
jlozoya said:
But it would just go to home screen the same as the current Touch ID iPads do. Why do you think they would implement this one any differently? I pick up my 1st gen 9.7" Pro, touch the Touch ID and it goes to home screen almost immediately.

There is no reason this Touch ID being on top, would operate any differently.
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You mean....obviously....aside from the ridiculous action of having to reach and rest your finger on the button on the top (or left, or right, or bottom depending on you're holding it). Surely you mean....aside from that, why would it be any different.

:rolleyes:
 
I have to say I'm very much NOT surprised at the reception this gets on this forum, where so many people value bezels over everything else, including user experience.

What a shame. Hopefully turns out to be fraud.
 
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If this has a laminated display, I’m upgrading to this. My iPad 3(!) needs to be put down.
 
PaulpBenitti said:
You mean....obviously....aside from the ridiculous action of having to reach and rest your finger on the button on the top (or left, or right, or bottom depending on you're holding it). Surely you mean....aside from that, why would it be any different.

:rolleyes:
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You mean like having to reach and rest your finger on the Home Button on either the top, bottom, left, or right bezel depending on how you are holding it?
 
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adammusic said:
Why do we need touch id again? We have face id? Why are we going back?
Seems wasteful.
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I would appreciate it on my phone, especially while wearing a mask. I have missed having Touch ID my phone many times.
But on my iPad it seems far less useful. I don’t think I’ve once wished for Touch ID, at least since it was the option on my 2016 iPad Pro.
 
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thefourthpope said:
I would appreciate it on my phone, especially while wearing a mask. I have missed having Touch ID my phone many times.
But on my iPad it seems far less useful. I don’t think I’ve once wished for Touch ID, at least since it was the option on my 2016 iPad Pro.
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I really like Touch ID on my iPhone. On the iPad Pro 10.5, less so.

If I tap on the space bar of the Smart Keyboard, it just brings me to the login screen, prompting me to use Touch ID (or my pin).

OTOH, on a Face ID machine, if you tap on the space bar, it activates Face ID, and takes you right into the home screen.

I’m not using the iPad Pro with my mask on. I do use my phone with my mask on.
 
Oblivious.Robot said:
Suddenly have the urge to gift away my Air 3 purchased last year to my niece, because I’m that generous lol.

Seriously though, if it has quad speakers then I’d be definitely tempted to upgrade much sooner than expected. Had the Air 2 for 5 years before upgrading.
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Yes, the quad-speakers would be a great addition to the air. I have a 4th gen 12.9 Pro, and let me tell you, the built in speakers are so great and get so loud that in most cases I don’t need to use my Bluetooth speaker.
 
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This is going to go one of two ways for the iPads,

Either...

iPad WiFi
iPad Cellular
iPad Air Wifi
iPad Air Cellular
iPad Mini Wifi
iPad Mini Cellular
Another iPad (maybe another pro)

or

iPad Wifi
iPad Cellular
iPad Air Wifi 11”
iPad Air Cellular 11”
iPad Air Wifi 12.9”
iPad Air Cellular 12.9”
Another iPad (maybe another pro)

There has got to be some form of iPad X model coming with there being an odd number of models being released.

anyone else agree?
 
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adammusic said:
Why do we need touch id again? We have face id? Why are we going back?
Seems wasteful.
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I rather have touch ID than FaceID. For the most part in my experience, FaceID failed to unlock nearly half of the time from my usage, or suddenly lock into Passcode mode because it couldn't detect my face properly.
 
EugW said:
That’s why I think the iPad Pro 11” also needs to get updated at the same time or earlier. The other rumour is that the iPad Pro 11” will simply be discontinued, but I don’t buy that.
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This hypothetical Air eats into the 11 Pro by a long shot. I bought my 11 Pro on launch day in 2018, and based off rumors, would replace it next time with an Air rather than Pro. Much like the MacBook Pro 2-port cutting into the 4-port market for most general users.
 
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jb1280 said:
You mean like having to reach and rest your finger on the Home Button on either the top, bottom, left, or right bezel depending on how you are holding it?
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It's really not the same.

Positioning a finger on the side of the iPad would be more awkward and less intuitive.

If the iPad is set on a stand or laying on a table, now you have to hold it in place with your other hand to press the power button and have TouchID read your print. You're pushing sideways. Versus pushing down with the home button.

If the iPad is in your hands, chances are one of your thumbs is already able to reach the home button.

A fingerprint reader on the side of a phone is not as big an issue because either your thumb or your index finger is already close to it when you're holding it normally. That is not the case with a tablet.
 
Fearing how typical Apple fashion for each “improvement” of simplifying or removing something often requires more taps or swipes or actions than before...how often now will an iPad be picked up wrong-side-up and require reorienting before use?
 
EugW said:
I really like Touch ID on my iPhone. On the iPad Pro 10.5, less so.

If I tap on the space bar of the Smart Keyboard, it just brings me to the login screen, prompting me to use Touch ID (or my pin).

OTOH, on a Face ID machine, if you tap on the space bar, it activates Face ID, and takes you right into the home screen.

I’m not using the iPad Pro with my mask on. I do use my phone with my mask on.
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This is exactly my experience. And the iPad has gotten even easier with the magic keyboard. Swipe up or tap the trackpad while looking and it unlocks.

I find using Apple Pay on the iPad annoying specifically because I have to find the button — it’s surprising how much that little oval gets lost along the edge.

Going from my 2016 to 2018 iPad Pro, I thought I would miss Touch ID and was skeptical of Face ID. I was completely wrong. I have completely gotten onboard with Face ID as the way to go with the iPad.

Some will say “why not have both,” but it seems totally unnecessary and will absolutely increase costs.
 
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ps3zocker said:
The top button is in a really weird position for unlocking. On the iPhone SE2 it would work, but on the iPad it would be cumbersome.
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I’m curious at the amount of surface area needed for a Touch ID sensor to work. The buttons on my iPad Pro are waaaay smaller than the “home buttons of old” on my devices that had Touch ID.
 
colmaclean said:
Nice, will be interesting to see what features distinguish the iPad Pro from this model -

  • Face ID
  • Camera
  • Pencil 2 compatibility
  • Screen size
  • Processor(?)

What else?
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😁You can see the pencil 2 in the right side of the ipad air in the image where usb-c is mentioned. A bit blurred but it’s there.

I’m spanish. By the wording i would say that the button itself has a fingerprint scanner. It makes sense. It says “Use touch id with the upper button to unlock...” Not only it makes sense but there are already other devices with slim fingerprint scanners.
 
jlozoya said:
But it would just go to home screen the same as the current Touch ID iPads do. Why do you think they would implement this one any differently? I pick up my 1st gen 9.7" Pro, touch the Touch ID and it goes to home screen almost immediately.

There is no reason this Touch ID being on top, would operate any differently.
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Shirasaki said:
So you don’t even consider the option of “rest to unlock”, similar to the Touch ID on iPhone 6s, bypassing swiping up actions?
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Unlocking and going to the home screen are two different things. With iPad Air 3 (or any other iOS device with touchID), pressing the home button and briefly resting your finger on it unlocks the iPad and takes you to the home screen. That's because you are pressing the home button as well as resting your finger on it. You effectively do two actions in one.

The problem with the iPad Air 4 is that it does not have a home button. To go to the home screen, you have to swipe up from the bottom. The button you need to rest your finger on to unlock the iPad is the power button. This means that you cannot unlock and go to the home screen in one step. You are no longer resting the finger on the same button that takes you to the home screen. So you need to perform two actions: rest your finger on the power button to unlock and swipe up from the bottom of the screen to access the home screen.

 
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