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Next Year's iPhone Said to Include Iris Scanner to Authenticate With Your Eyes
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Another example of the Geek Developers at Apple fixing something that is not broken.....eye scanner...gee what could possibly to wrong....????? Let me list the ways!
Another example of posters judging Apple's development team based on a very unlikely rumour.
Two things...
1) It's currently not possible to use the iris scanner with Samsung Pay, though the functionality is coming soon...Samsung has to get the banks onboard before they can enable it.
2) The iris scanner is completely optional.
If you're going to make fun of Samsung, at least get your facts straight, lest you look like the pillock.
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Touch ID is not going away anytime soon. They are just now ramping up services around it and rolling out the technology to more products.
Dude, that is a pretty naive thing to say. You say that now but when Apple introduces it you'll be all over it. Just trust Apple on this, they know what they are doing
You're watching it wrong 
I'm not against a retina scan if it provides additional security, but I want to be able to unlock the phone via TouchID.
Many times I unlock the phone while it is pointing to the ceiling just to look at a message, retina scanner wouldn't work in this scenario. And what about low lights? Would it work perfectly?
Retina scanner could be ok for payments or to access very private data, like stuff in healthkit or really secret information like project Genesis
I'm not against a retina scan if it provides additional security, but I want to be able to unlock the phone via TouchID.
Many times I unlock the phone while it is pointing to the ceiling just to look at a message, retina scanner wouldn't work in this scenario. And what about low lights? Would it work perfectly?
Retina scanner could be ok for payments or to access very private data, like stuff in healthkit or really secret information like project Genesis
Agreed. I thought it was a little silly the article alluded to the potential that it could be replaced by an iris scanner.
My concern is the same as it is with Androids with this feature. With the way digital photography has advanced, what's to stop someone from displaying a picture/video of the user on their phone and holding that up to the camera to scan the iris? It seems pretty insecure unless the tech is a lot more elaborate than they've indicated.
Ah, could have been 5 women. Or maybe a midget with one contact lens.
Unlikely rumor? Considering Samsung just released this feature, I'd say it's pretty likely.
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It works well for me even with my glasses on. In fact I only use it with my glasses on. So glasses aren't a problem. But bright sunlit environments definitely are a problem. I do use it a lot when the lighting is conducive to it working. It definitely could be better but it's not bad for first generation.So, if Samsung implements something first and Apple follows it's common business practice, while Samsung is a copycat the other way around. Sry had to say it
I heard Samsung's implementation of this sucks. Wonder if Apple will do any better? There are so many reasons why this won't work well (lighting issues, contact lenses/glasses, distance, resolution, etc), I wouldn't expect it to be any better, tbh.
Okay. Whatever. They'll look like pillocks when unlocking their phone while standing in a queue...
If Apple were to do this, probably the only time I'd really want or need this is during the winter time. Or maybe if I've just pulled my hands out of the sink.
As long as it works as fast as the current touch ID sensor, that's fine. But since we naturally press the home button to unlock it in most cases, Touch ID just works.
Apple is planning to include iris scanning capabilities on the tenth-anniversary iPhone launching in 2017, according to a Chinese-language MoneyDJ report translated by DigiTimes. The latter website, citing supply chain sources, previously said the feature would not debut on iPhones until at least 2018.
An iris scanner could complement or replace Touch ID as a way to verify a user's identity, enabling iPhone users to unlock their smartphone, make payments, and more by authenticating with their eyes. A person's iris, or the circular colored muscle of the eye, contains a complex and random pattern that is unique to each individual.
An iris scanner on a smartphone would not be unprecedented, as Samsung included one on the new Galaxy Note7 released earlier this month.
Taiwan-based supplier Xintec, an affiliate of Apple manufacturer TSMC, will begin mass production of iris-recognition chips in 2017, likely in an effort to secure orders from Apple and other smartphone vendors next year:Xintec said the company does not comment on rumors or speculation about specific products or customer orders.
Based on rumors, Apple's tenth-anniversary iPhone is shaping up to be a more significant upgrade compared to the iPhone 7 series expected at Apple's September 7 event. Other rumors surrounding the so-called iPhone 8 include a 5.8-inch curved OLED screen, glass casing, an embedded or completely removed home button, wireless charging, an enhanced Taptic Engine, and more.
Article Link: Next Year's iPhone Said to Include Iris Scanner to Authenticate With Your Eyes
Did you know that the word "iris" is siri in reverse?
Sounds like the source doesn't really know about retina scanning. t'm not an opthamologist, but I really doubt a mass-produced consumer product is capable of reliable retinal scanning; perhaps a form of facial recognition that tries to match your iris, but the amount of light and proximity necessary for retina scanning makes this totally improbable.
These are the sort of advancements i would like to see(no pun intended), if implemented properly.