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Samsung Galaxy S5 to Include Home Button with Integrated Fingerprint Sensor
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NFC is dated!!!!!!yup and it worked perfectly. And is that a dual flash and NFC.
So when apple brings out NFC I'm sure everyone will say that they copied samsung right?
Just like the control center, dual flash, larger screen...
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yup and it worked perfectly. And is that a dual flash and NFC.
So when apple brings out NFC I'm sure everyone will say that they copied samsung right?
Just like the control center, dual flash, larger screen...
I'm not going to argue about the fact Samsung implemented something like Notification Center before Apple. That is true. They really did.
However, I'll point out two things:
1) The Motorola Atrix's fingerprint sensor was far, very far from having the level of reliability Touch ID has. It also wasn't implemented in a user-friendly way and made the unlock process more lengthy rather than faster.
2) The iPhone 5s' "True-tone" flash's main feature is that it adapts the flash color to the ambiant color temperature. They didn't put two LEDs in there just for the sake of having two LEDs. The Atrix had two LEDs strictly to increase the intensity of the flash, not to do the equivalent of the True-tone flash. Number of LEDs is also pretty irrelevant as a single LED can have pretty much any intensity, and therefore a single LED could outperform dual-LED in intensity. If that's really the metric you care about, a Xenon flash is what you should be looking for anyway.
Count me as one who would prefer a larger screen. That said a larger screen is not a killer feature for me. I think that Apple should make a larger screen phone as an option while keeping a smaller screen device for those who prefer it. I don't see this as an either or type of situation.
By not doing a larger screen, Apple has left a lot of money on the table. That said, some people just think that bigger is better I don't subscribe to that point of view.
Does it really matter to you guys? Would this even make people consider jumping platforms? I bought the iPhone 5s and while touchid worked great for me I still did not like iOS, the small display and the constant safari crashes. It was my first iPhone and I was unimpressed.
And just to release selected stories about Samsung is fanboi bashing in my book. What about telling the readers about Samsung's kitkat updates that are starting today? Or the HTC M8 leaked pictures and specs? Or Sony's next flagship? Making Samsung to be enemy number one is very pathetic. The Android sites I visit don't have to go to such levels.
When I come to this site I want to see Apple news; not a silly attemp to get click revenue. And the sad part is that this is not even confirmed news. Macrumors should know the difference by know since over 50% of the stories are not true.
And just to release selected stories about Samsung is fanboi bashing in my book. What about telling the readers about Samsung's kitkat updates that are starting today? Or the HTC M8 leaked pictures and specs? Or Sony's next flagship? Making Samsung to be enemy number one is very pathetic. The Android sites I visit don't have to go to such levels.
When I come to this site I want to see Apple news; not a silly attemp to get click revenue. And the sad part is that this is not even confirmed news. Macrumors should know the difference by know since over 50% of the stories are not true.
I really don't mind when companies "steal" another company's good idea
IF they figure out a way to add to it in a creative way that makes it better.
To simply put the fingerprint sensor on a front home button for the sake of doing it clearly shows Samsung is blatantly copying Apple for the sake of copying them. It's not like the home button is the only place they could have put it.
To simply put the fingerprint sensor on a front home button for the sake of doing it clearly shows Samsung is blatantly copying Apple for the sake of copying them. It's not like the home button is the only place they could have put it.
The implementation is different enough to say they didn't get it directly from Motorola, but...once again...why care?
Good ideas have a tendency to spread about from where they originated from. TouchID as it is on the 5S is a good idea. Other people are gonna use it. Call it copying. Call it whatever. It's not like Apple hasn't done it before.
Good ideas have a tendency to spread about from where they originated from. TouchID as it is on the 5S is a good idea. Other people are gonna use it. Call it copying. Call it whatever. It's not like Apple hasn't done it before.
No, not all. Apple's is incorporated into the home button and no swipe required. Actually no additional input is required than if you use your phone with no passcode.
Oh yes, Apple's implementation has a far higher success rate.
I think we can now officially add the Motorola Atrix to the list of phones that got talked about more several years after their release than when they actually launched.
It'll fit well right next to the LG Prada and Samsung F700.
It'll fit well right next to the LG Prada and Samsung F700.
I assume people here are saying about the copying by Samsung due to the implementation being on a "home button".
Otherwise are you guys saying no company can use something another has discovered first? So noone can add a camera because the J-Phone (Japan) was the first to use it. Noone can use a colour screen because (Insert Company) was the first with colour screen? If so did Apple copy all those other manufacturers that supported 3G before them? Etc.
TouchID clearly is the way forward to securing devices, I don't see why only Apple can have this technology?
Otherwise are you guys saying no company can use something another has discovered first? So noone can add a camera because the J-Phone (Japan) was the first to use it. Noone can use a colour screen because (Insert Company) was the first with colour screen? If so did Apple copy all those other manufacturers that supported 3G before them? Etc.
TouchID clearly is the way forward to securing devices, I don't see why only Apple can have this technology?
I'd file this under "who cares".
I don't think the fingerprint sensor is a huge selling point.
It will be interesting to see what Samsung does now that they've soaked the large screen thing to death. I'll be interested to see if they can do something really innovative.
It seems as though we're at a peak in innovation here and everyone seems to be struggling with coming up with something truly useful and innovative.
I don't think the fingerprint sensor is a huge selling point.
It will be interesting to see what Samsung does now that they've soaked the large screen thing to death. I'll be interested to see if they can do something really innovative.
It seems as though we're at a peak in innovation here and everyone seems to be struggling with coming up with something truly useful and innovative.
I really don't understand why people care. Unless you're afraid that Samsung will dominate Apple. If Apple is so innovative it should be no issue.
The only thing I see is more competition, which means Apple will have to come up with something else that will separate them from the pack.
The only thing I see is more competition, which means Apple will have to come up with something else that will separate them from the pack.
I think the problem here is your misunderstanding (or willful misrepresentation) of what this "logic" is. Everyone knows the 5s wasn't the first phone to have a fingerprint sensor, hell we talked about it in 9,000 different threads back when it was announced.
But I think we all know where the inspiration for having a fingerprint sensor on the home button of this generation Galaxy phone is coming from. They're well within their right (probably? I don't know if they are violating any patents) to do so. But I seriously doubt it's coincidental
Wouldn't it make you feel like you're at a big screen theater if you wore these, though? Bring on the 4k phones!
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I'd like to see samsung innovate their fingerprint reader where you don't have to actually touch the phone. Kinda like how you'd hover and swipe your hand to unlock or answer a phone call
I had it on a thinkpad from ten years ago. I think almost every other time it would give me grief and I'd have to deliberately smash my finger and slide it at a certain speed to get it to work. It never "failed" but it never worked well either.
Why does this strawman keep coming up? No one (that I have noticed) is saying that Samsung can't implement a fingerprint sensor. They are simply saying that it appears that Samsung will "copy" Apple in that they are supposedly implementing a fingerprint scanner in response to the iPhone 5S.
It's a silly argument, but there is no need to make it even more ridiculous.