And I don’t think the hardware Secure Enclave and iOS themselves support more than one secure biometric anyway.
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Gurman: Apple Event This October Remains Unlikely, No Touch ID for iPhone 15
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MagSafe returns because there was no replacement for it. All we got was just direct USB-C charging.
FaceID, technology wise, supersedes TouchID in every way, so I doubt Apple would put TouchID on their flagship iDevices again.
i'm waiting for that M2 Mini 😍
i used to want touch id to come back but face id has matured a lot especially thanks to covid. it is very reliable and requires no effort even when wearing a mask. it was a bit rough at first when mask support was added but it works flawlessly now.
i was hoping for a power button touch id but it doesn't really make any sense so that only leaves an under display sensor and i don't like them. i'm sure apple if they ever did have such a sensor they would make sure it works properly but from what sensors i have used they are not reliable. plus you need to think about where you place your finger on the screen and if you are using enough pressure.
sticking with face id is the right thing to do. apple just needs to work on hiding the sensor (and the camera) under the screen so we don't need to stare at a notch or "dynamic island".
i used to want touch id to come back but face id has matured a lot especially thanks to covid. it is very reliable and requires no effort even when wearing a mask. it was a bit rough at first when mask support was added but it works flawlessly now.
i was hoping for a power button touch id but it doesn't really make any sense so that only leaves an under display sensor and i don't like them. i'm sure apple if they ever did have such a sensor they would make sure it works properly but from what sensors i have used they are not reliable. plus you need to think about where you place your finger on the screen and if you are using enough pressure.
sticking with face id is the right thing to do. apple just needs to work on hiding the sensor (and the camera) under the screen so we don't need to stare at a notch or "dynamic island".
I didn't know Apple stop putting Touch ID on all of their devices. Please, tell us more.
There goes my wish of MacBook Pro M2 with a smaller notch. MacBook Pro and Air's notch is about as wide as the original notch introduced on iPhone, which is surprising since MacBook's notch does not enable Face ID. At the very least, Apple should eliminate the LED indicator light and shrink the notch as much as possible.
Very good - Around 86%What’s Gurman’s track record?
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Thank dog there’s no Touch ID. It’s ridiculous that in 2023 people are still joking about wanting Touch ID. I’m really hoping Apple gets around to putting in Face ID on the MacBook Pro soon.
I think the group of people that prefer TouchID is bigger than you think. I also don't like FaceID nearly as much even after having my 12Pro for 2 years now. TouchID was a nearly perfect implementation for how I used my phone. FaceID is slower, and fails way more often for me than TouchID ever did.
It's not joking... A fair number of people actually do prefer TouchID. I do. FaceID was a step backwards in my opinion.
Yeah. The notch on MacBooks have no purpose now, as the Design language of iPhones now moves to dynamic island pill. It’s as if the designer had thought they could put FaceID in there, but the engineering side later said it’s not possible, but it was too late to redesign it. Then the iPhone guys forgot to tell them that they are moving away from the notch design.
Apple should just do a punch hole or tear drop design for the MacBooks. The notch looks ridiculous without actual purpose.
I'm waiting for apple to sell Mac Pros with 2 M1 Ultras inside, yeah 40 core CPU, 96 core GPU, in a tower design with better cooling than whats implemented in the Mac Studio. See if they can do it by December.
Later in October. (Mid to end of this month based on beta 9)
Would kill most Mac Studio so not happening.
Mac mini will always have price and performance way below current Mac Studio if there’s ever a new Mac mini.
So are we still thinking October for the iPad Pros ? “This year” has more of a November feel about it.
The extra five hundred bucks for the base Mac Studio gets you a good bit more than a M2 Pro Mac mini...
- Double the GPU cores
- Double the RAM
- Double the UMA bandwidth
- 10Gb Ethernet
Nah, M2 Pro Mac mini to replace the i5/i7 Intel Mac mini...
Exactly. Bringing back TouchID for high end products would also confuse consumers by signaling that TouchID, or a combo of the two, is as good as or better than FaceID.
If TouchID makes a return then some consumers might look at older iPads and iPhones SE and see them as equally valuable to some newer Apple products.
Apple definitely strives for consumers to be painfully aware of what is new and what is old, and what is budget or high-end.
By mixing key features like display quality and biometric login between various tiers of products Apple would see more consumers opt for less expensive devices. It wants to avoid that at all costs which is why TouchID can’t return.
He nearly always gets the key points correct.Very good - Around 86%
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So while details about how the products will be announced might be wrong, I don’t doubt he’s right on what products we’ll see in Q4 2022.
Nothing to get exited about unless the minor improvements M2 offers are exciting to you.
