And then any app that has you pushing in the middle of the screen fails because it takes you back to the home screen.
But what about the speaker and the front camera?
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Apple Obtains Touch ID-Related Patents From Biometric Security Firm Privaris
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But what about the speaker and the front camera?
Wait...the babies are pregnant? That is kinda wrong...
These patents don't look all that interesting in the grand scheme of things; looks more like Apple was afraid of them falling into the wrong hands than anything else.
"Another invention of Privaris' could allow you to open a door with your iPhone by scanning your fingerprint and holding your phone up to a reader, similar to how you pay for items with Apple Pay."
The patent system is so broken...when things are a natural progression and you can patent "ideas".
The patent system is so broken...when things are a natural progression and you can patent "ideas".
Don't believe the summary. That's not what the patents actually claim. In a patent, all that matters is what is claimed. And you patent inventions, not ideas.
Incoming iPhone 7 without the typical home button we've come to know--would be great. Larger screen, less ugly bezel. Would like that very much.
I don't think we'll get that on this year's iPhone since you mentioned "incoming." Unless, you know something I don't.
No, silly! The button-less front. Fingerprint reader by way of the screen is rumored later this year.
Then, later on I could say: "Like the iPhones for the past three years? I guess that would work!"
Incoming as far as 2016 is concerned. Some will have to deal that spec-bumped S version first. One more year, can't wait.
Apple would most likely feature this new technology integration as part of an overall model re-design. Since I see this happening much sooner than 2018's iPhone 8, if the rumor's true, my gut tells me we'll see this debut in next year's iPhone 7.
I'm not sure that some of the people saying "get rid of those big ugly bezels" aren't looking at the full picture. There is actually electronics and stuff underneath those bezels. Sure, get rid of the home button and that mechanism goes away (or rather gets integrated into the screen) but there are still connectors, camera, flash, speakers, microphones and PCBs that need space inside the case. Remove the bezels and bits of most of that stuff all needs to go somewhere else and space for the stuff that was previously underneath the bezels is almost certainly going to have to come from reducing available volume for the battery. If the case thickness is kept at the same dimension as the current iPhone 6 (for example) but bezels removed or greatly reduced in size then I'd guess that we're talking a good 25% or greater reduction in battery life. To counteract this Apple could make a bezel-less model quite a lot thicker but personally, as someone who keeps his iphone in his front trouser pocket, I value the current thinness more than the bit of extra height due to the bezels.
Sure, the phone would (in my opinion) look nicer with smaller bezels and a screen covering most of the front but in this case Apple seems to have made a looks-vs-function trade-off in favour of function by using a form factor that, at least for my use, is far preferable to a shorter and thicker phone (I care about battery life so I would want any bezel-less phone to be significantly thicker to make up for the internal volume lost from removing the bezels).
Sure, the phone would (in my opinion) look nicer with smaller bezels and a screen covering most of the front but in this case Apple seems to have made a looks-vs-function trade-off in favour of function by using a form factor that, at least for my use, is far preferable to a shorter and thicker phone (I care about battery life so I would want any bezel-less phone to be significantly thicker to make up for the internal volume lost from removing the bezels).
Here is a good one for Apple.
US Patent No. 7,420,546 -- "Man-Machine Interface for Controlling Access to Electronic Devices," which describes biometric authentication approaches including, for example, a fingerprint sensor that works through, or is a part of, a liquid crystal display (LCD). When the user touches an icon on the touch sensitive display, the fingerprint is imaged and authentication occurs for that specific icon and its associated application. This enables touch screen devices to control which individual users can access which specific applications, as well as the limits of their access rights.
US Patent No. 7,420,546 -- "Man-Machine Interface for Controlling Access to Electronic Devices," which describes biometric authentication approaches including, for example, a fingerprint sensor that works through, or is a part of, a liquid crystal display (LCD). When the user touches an icon on the touch sensitive display, the fingerprint is imaged and authentication occurs for that specific icon and its associated application. This enables touch screen devices to control which individual users can access which specific applications, as well as the limits of their access rights.
If that ideal were true, Apple would make no major technological progress whatsoever. (And we'd probably still be listening to spec-bumped iPods with scroll wheels).