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HTC Launches One Max Smartphone, Fingerprint Sensor Garners Negative Reviews
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I just tried the same thing, resting my finger first, then pressing and removing after the press.
My iPhone didn't unlock.
Anyways - you guys continue to fire away. Ya'll are hilarious.
But it misses on the convenience factor. TouchID is a good balance between security and convenience-- not as secure as a passcode, but way more convenient.
The HTC implementation is not nearly as convenient; it misses the balance and I doubt customers will actually use it. Much like Samsung's nifty "face unlock" feature that sounds cool but nobody ever uses.
Except the button to wake, and the fingerprint sensor are the same on the iPhone.
Thank you for the thousandth time.....
Not sure where in my OP did I say this wasn't true or that it took more than one step on the user side.
"Rests", yes but not "swipes vertically", which is what this phone wants you to do.
Well you said the point was moot. But when waking the phone and unlocking the phone occur all in one press, it clearly cannot be said to be the same situation.
As for being the thousandth person to tell you, sorry. I didn't really read the whole thread.
One step on the USER SIDE is ONE STEP. The HTC is more than one step to the USERS. Nobody here except for you was arguing about how the internals of iOS worked.
What should I tell you? This is how it works for me. (I've just tried it like 20 times)
Want a video? lol
EDIT: you still need to rest your finger after pressing the button. It's just way faster.
The implementation is awkward and certainly not convient. I would disable it (if that is possible) in the phone settings. The point of the finger print scanner is to make it more convient and provide security at the same time. Having to wake the phone and then make sure that you swipe your finger correctly on the back of the phone is going to get tiresome to use pretty quickly. HTC slapped this thing together in response to Apple and it shows. Not well thought out at all.
Yeah, some of those Android phone companies pretty much treat their customers like lab rats.
OMG!
Press the button, and continue to rest the finger in 'pressed state' there for like .1 seconds. Not very hard.
Got to wonder with some people.
Apple stuff just works!* That's why I love
*disclaimer: does not include motion sensors.
I find it utterly amusing to watch people hold 5.9" "phones" to their ears. Look, I understand many Apple users want a larger screen, but 5.9" is pretty ridiculous IMHO.
That being said, watching someone trying to unlock their phone with this fingerprint sensor configuration and then holding said 5.9" phone to their face...even better.
That being said, watching someone trying to unlock their phone with this fingerprint sensor configuration and then holding said 5.9" phone to their face...even better.
I simply mean that most of us here are looking at STEPS to be 'user steps' not 'operating system steps'.
user steps = 1
operating system steps = who knows unless we look at the code? more than 1.
In the 5S, the phone also needs to wake up from sleep before use.
Reviewers don't know jack. Of course is simpler/faster on the 5S because you just use the same home button if you want to wake from sleep.
Either way, different functions for the fingers doesn't sound like something I would like the sensor to do. I would have prefer security like w/ my 5S. Also, 4MP camera? That is very weak for 2013.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFmIgNhg0M4
That's the first Android phone with a fingerprint scanner. A whole 2 years before Apple. Lets stop the pathetic 'copycat' nonsense for once...
It's the same amount of steps:
One click and one ID detection for each of the devices. You can even click the power button on the iPhone instead of clicking the home button and then put the finger on top of the sensor.
It's more comfortable/faster/better to do in the 5S, yes it is.
With postings like these you'll just summon the usual android demons and they will tell you that Motorolas Atrix with Android hat a finger print scanner already in 2011. It's irrelevant that it miserably failed.