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iPhone Rumored to Include Iris Scanning Capabilities Starting in 2018
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Of course, remember that the police, here in the U.S., can force a retina scan, but not force you to enter your code in order to access your phone. Oh and I can't wait till a bunch of hung over partiers can't access their iPhone to schedule an Uber pick up.
With the Note 7 iris scanner, you have to remove your glasses / contacts. Apple would never come out with this. As I said, Samsung should have waited a year or two, but they always wants to be first with their half bake products. Samsung lets just act like a lot of people in the world don't wear glasses / contacts. How this made it into the FINAL product...is beyond me.
I'll believe it when I see it (or when it sees me, as the case may be).
And that picture on the right is contradicting itself as it's showing a person with glasses on but it may not even work.
And you're right, when Apple release this, you can wear whatever sort of glasses you want. Samsung just want to be the first to market it.
Rumor: If you wait for the 2019 Iphone, you get a $1,000 signing bonus!!
Wow that is pretty bad, I wear glasses so this would count me out! I hope Apple work on this to include those of us who wear glasses, if indeed they are working on iris scanning.
Which iPhone do I wait for now?
Wait a few more years for the one that pricks your finger and DNA test you to verify identity. And glucose levels.
Except that when Apple releases it you can actually use it, and people do. When Samsung releases something it's typically a kluge, doesn't work as advertised, and people play with it for 5 minutes, then ignore it.
Plus, unlike fingerprints, eyes change as they age, sometimes dramatically ( although usually gradually ). A scan would need to be able to update its baseline scan( used for comparisons ) based on the last scan.
Also, the user benefit(s) from the addition ( presumably touch-ID would need to remain due to physical limitations noted by GrumpyMom ) of irs scanning is debatable and possibly increases the end-user price.
This is because Apple take their time and are not usually the first to do something, they realise that it's not a race and that taking their time will pay off in the long run.
No it doesn't, it registers multiple points on each iris, nothing to do with symmetry. So heterochromia doesn't matter.
Apple used to be the first to launch these kind of innovations years ago. Now they always go behind the competitors. I can't understand why having 200.000 million dollars in cash, probably the company with more money in the world, they don't invent anything lately. Sounds as the future, if it doesn't change soon, it's quite dark for Apple. Sorry for them.
Example: Samsung's S5/Note 4 fingerprint scanner. It was its answer to the iPhone 5S. Samsung's implementation was HORRIBLE.
Iris scanning can work with contact lenses just fine. Depends upon the quality of the system.