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Fingerprint sensor/touch id

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jamesapp

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Mar 7, 2008
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How accurate do you think the fingerprint sensor will be?

I have heard people talking of fingerprint sensors in hospitals not working 100% of the time.

Also the home button touch/Id isn't clickable in the sense that it isn't a physically clickable button?
 
jamesapp said:
I have heard people talking of fingerprint sensors in hospitals not working 100% of the time.
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This isn't a typical fingerprint sensor and it's a different, better brand.

That's like saying because your 1990 Toyota Civic's brakes sometimes lock up, you think all car's brakes will lock up
 
It is clickable.

It's amazingly accurate and a world of tech ahead of the stuff you're talking about in the hospitals.
 
It won't be 100% perfect but I'm sure it'll be okay, you need clean hands and can't use gloves right? Which basically negates it during the winter lol
 
tymaster50 said:
It won't be 100% perfect but I'm sure it'll be okay, you need clean hands and can't use gloves right? Which basically negates it during the winter lol
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Actually you don't even need clean hands as the sensor scans below the surface of your skin.
 
jamesapp said:
How accurate do you think the fingerprint sensor will be?

I have heard people talking of fingerprint sensors in hospitals not working 100% of the time.

Also the home button touch/Id isn't clickable in the sense that it isn't a physically clickable button?
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Because the people who make items such as that for hospitals are not a massive software company worth billions. cant just drop 300mil to aquire a company
 
I've used the Authentec Fingerprint Scanner for my Mac for years and has worked perfectly!! I was excited to hear when Apple bought the company, because it makes things so much simpler without passwords.
 
tymaster50 said:
ah okay, but I'm sure it can't scan hands covered in dirt :p

I'll see when I'll inevitably get the 6, I don't like the S upgrades
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Yeah. I ca't afford to upgrade every year. Besides getting tired of 4" screen, would like something around 4.5-4.8"
 
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