no love for iPod touch ?
That would only up it's price, and it's already a product on the decline.
no love for iPod touch ?
Samsung have one as well, though. According to one of my colleagues whose missus has an S5, it's apparently just as good -- if not better -- than Apple's. Apparently it's quicker and more reliable.
In saying that, he's an insatiable Android fanboy so I always take what he says with a heavy dose of sodium chloride. Are there any objective opinions from MR members about the S5 vs 5S fingerprint scanner quality?![]()
Touch ID sensors in future MacBooks? How about a Touch ID sensor in the Apple Keyboard, Mouse and Trackpad?
Care to elaborate? What's wrong with sharing a device (e.g. within one's family), yet keeping personal data / profiles (e.g. bookmarks) separated? Apart from Apple preferring to sell more devices, of course... ;-)The desire for user accounts blows the whole concept of what an iPad or iPhone is out of the water.
This is where I see Macrumors really needing to bring back down voting because user accounts are the very last thing iPad needs. The desire for user accounts blows the whole concept of what an iPad or iPhone is out of the water.
Touch ID sensors in future MacBooks? How about a Touch ID sensor in the Apple Keyboard, Mouse and Trackpad?
Touch ID sensors in future MacBooks? How about a Touch ID sensor in the Apple Keyboard, Mouse and Trackpad?
Silly story. It's almost axiomatic that Apple would strive to make a next-gen part better than the previous one. It makes sense from both a customer satisfaction perspective as well as a reducing warrant repairs endeavor. I really haven't heard of wide-spread durability issues but I'm sure they exist -- I've seen people using the Touch ID by mashing their finger on the button rather than just lightly touching.
Samsung have one as well, though. According to one of my colleagues whose missus has an S5, it's apparently just as good -- if not better -- than Apple's. Apparently it's quicker and more reliable.
In saying that, he's an insatiable Android fanboy so I always take what he says with a heavy dose of sodium chloride. Are there any objective opinions from MR members about the S5 vs 5S fingerprint scanner quality?![]()
I am missing the "more durable" part in this article! What is wrong with todays sensor?
Maybe you can now fist bump your phone?
The iPhone 5S' sensor is indisputably better.
Samsung's is using outdated swipe tech, which is exactly what Apple did not want to use for usability reasons and why it bought Authentec for $356M. It would have been easy for Apple to implement that old and proven tech way before, back when the Moto Atrix had it. But they wanted to offer something better, unlike Samsung.
Now why are swipe sensors bad? First, well, they require a swipe motion, which is totally unpractical if you're holding your phone one-handed, and makes the process a little longer. Second, they require your finger to be at a specific angle to recognize it, unlike Touch ID which works at any angle.
That makes Touch ID way more convenient because you can unlock your phone single-handed much like you would if you had no fingerprint reader at all, and you don't have to worry about your thumb being perpendicular to the sensor on two axes. You just place your thumb and it works. Samsung's implementation is not bad per se, it would have been considered good if Touch ID didn't exist. But when you compare the two, it's obvious that one's tech belongs to another decade.
Before touch IDs on a ipad, shouldn't we have stereo speaker grills?
That's weird, I never thought of tin as being "durable". Resistant to corrosion, maybe, but durable?
This is where I see Macrumors really needing to bring back down voting because user accounts are the very last thing iPad needs. The desire for user accounts blows the whole concept of what an iPad or iPhone is out of the water.
Care to explain?
User accounts would be perfect. One iPad for the living room. Both me and my Wife will be able to use it with our own accounts. Whats not to like about this?
Oh, and Android already does this for tablets...and it works great.
Of course they would, the question is whether we will see it in the next release or will they continue making the same part for now. This gives more evidence that we will see the improved Touch ID sensors sooner rather than later, and potentially more durable as well.
Or they could continue using Intel but just add an additional chip in the MacBooks to support Touch ID
OK, but "of course they would what?" Just looking for clarification.![]()
[of course] Apple would strive to make a next-gen part better than the previous one.
It would seem to me that they bought the wrong device then or did not buy enough of them.Hi Wizard, interested to understand where you are coming from with your thoughts on user accounts. I am the sole user of my ipad and iphone so have never had problems but I know friends who have a lot of problems trying to share a device as a family.
I've been on record for some time as far as not liking the way iPad handles files. Admittedly the current system has its good points, but a hell of a lot would be simplified if there was support for global storage.Having accounts and the choice to have tags to make things global (say some photos, music or apps) seems a great step forward. Each account would have their own email etc as you would expect. Touch ID would make it a seamless transfer between accounts.
If the iPad "must" be shared then obviously the wrong device was purchased.I see less of a use on a phone but plenty of iPads must be shared in a home?
Thanks.