How can you be so sure?
Also, what do you expect to replace it, USB-C or Lightning? Or both? You see the problem here right.
I don't see it disappearing.
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New iPhone Patent Suggests Touch ID May Live on in a Different Form
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How can you be so sure?
Also, what do you expect to replace it, USB-C or Lightning? Or both? You see the problem here right.
I don't see it disappearing.
Why?
The button at the back is a perfect place for a finger when I hold it, unless you only have two thumbs and no other digits.
The iPhone's button is awkwardly placed when using Apple Pay…
Sadly that only applies to some countries; and I'm amazed that USA, which apparently still uses cheques (or checks, as American-English), has Apple Pay - whereas I don't
Being able to unlock your phone from the front seems more intuitive to me. I've nothing against the back scanner though, and like you say it is better being higher up the device.
Because being able to do it anywhere in the screen is better than doing it in that one spot in the back.
We're not comparing it to the current placement, but to the new tech.
And I think it's obvious they won't drop TouchID, the tech may change, but it's a feature they've invested a lot in and it's great for Apple Pay and stuff like that - also, now that the MBP has it, it'd bee too much of a disjointing move to drop it from the iPhone.
Honestly don't want to be negative and hope I'll be proven wrong, but if I we've learned anything about Apple, it's probably best to steer clear from 1st generations of very new stuff. I will probably skip this upcoming gen and hold on to my 7+.
"as when "Force Touch" on the MacBook became "3D Touch" on the iPhone"
Why do people say thing? They're not the same thing and never were supposed to be.
Why do people say thing? They're not the same thing and never were supposed to be.
And I wasn't talking about "New Tech"… I was responding to the poster's statement that's all.
Touching the screen (or even the back of the phone) anywhere to unlock the phone would be absolutely amazing. Kinda like the whole Watch proximity sensor to unlock a Mac, but quite a bit more impressive.
No. Force Touch and 3D Touch are based on the same technologies and use Apples Taptic Engine, but one is better than the other. See here: https://www.wired.com/2015/09/what-is-the-difference-between-apple-iphone-3d-touch-and-force-touch/
Basically, the two technologies do the same things, but the iPhones get an additional level of sensitivity. Force Touch has less capability to measure touches and presses and doesn’t react as quickly to input, whereas 3D Touch is more sensitive, reacts immediately and allows different "levels" of actions based on how firmly you press.. That's why Apple chose to give them different names.
I remember how even Craig Federighi accidentally referred to 3D Touch as "Force Touch" when talking up the new iPhones, so obviously the two technologies are somewhat aligned even in the minds of Apple bods.
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No it's called progress. The headphone jack has been around since the 19th century......
Am I the only one who read that and immediately came up with like 100 dirty jokes?
A secretary goes into her boss' office and asks, "May I use your dictaphone?"
He replies, "No. Use your finger like everyone else."
'Cept when they don't.
It's especially apropos since the topic is Touch ID. Then the argument becomes, "Apple may not have been first, but they..."Apple leads sometimes. Apple follows sometimes.
Curious, where are you from?Sadly that only applies to some countries; and I'm amazed that USA, which apparently still uses cheques (or checks, as American-English), has Apple Pay - whereas I don't
Didn't this already appear on an iPhone 6 or 6 plus when the touchid was faulty? Something like "bring your phone to Apple when you can but in the mean time use the screen with your finger to unlock."
I am pretty sure there was an article awhile back like that.
I am pretty sure there was an article awhile back like that.
Well, they were first on the market and OnePlus 3(T) has the fastest and (even under hard conditions like wet fingers) most reliable fingerprint reader currently available.
They're probably sourcing those parts from a third party and didn't invent the technology themselves, but ultrasound fingerprint readers are available on mass market products since Q2 2016 so filing a patent now seems a bit broad.
Intel, and the rest of the industry has already made it crystal clear that usb-c will be the audio jack of choice going forward.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3108...-war-against-traditional-headphone-jacks.html
That's from their developer's conference.