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Samsung Reveals Galaxy S5 With Home Button Fingerprint Sensor, Accompanying 'Gear Fit' Band
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Fingerprint data stored at Samsung Cloud server and will become property of Samsung which has the right to use it at It discretion.
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Ok, to match their current devices, that means they would have to keep the same total # of pixels but in a larger frame, so the pixel density would go down, probably below Retina levels, which would not be very good for them.
The only other option would be to quadruple the pixels as they did from the 3GS to the 4, to conform to the 1:4 pixel ratio, or else an avalanche of issues will occur.
In order to quadruple the pixels and fit them into a 4.7" diagonal screen, they would require a PPI of 555. Not only are such high PPI screens nowhere to be found in ANY mass-produced consumer electronics device on the market (the closest is the HTC One at 468 PPI), the battery power drainage and heat emission from a 2xretina would be huge, requiring a substantially larger battery or drastic improvements in battery technology, which would only add to the costs, lowering their profit margins significantly on their most profitable product.
If they don't conform to either a 1:1 or 1:4 pixel ratio like so, they would be "pulling an Android" and a domino effect of 3rd party app issues/problems would ensue.
I agree. This looks like a great phone and it will come in several hundred dollars cheaper than an iPhone. The design is still superior to the 5C in terms of plastic in my opinion.
The fingerprint scanner can be used with one hand if you scan your print while holding with one hand during setup. I've seen reports in other places explaining this.
Actually the flagship Galaxy phones are normally priced similar to the latest iPhone of the time.
Subsidies might be better as carriers can stick their own apps on there and they control the updates so a carrier would rather you use a device they can mess with.
So many immature people on this site. It's just beyond me aren't we here to share our love for technology?
Why the hell would they make the Gear Fit display sideways? Probably the worst design choice in a long time.
Thanks for the clarification. I figured I was just looking at it wrong.
I've slowly discovered that I'm an aesthetics person. I love the feel and look of precisely crafted aluminum. My 5s, my MacBook Pro, my iPad Air, my HTC One... All gorgeous devices. While plastic may work for some, it doesn't for me. Especially since I owned an S2, S3, Note 2, and S4.
Pfft, as long as that "technology" is Samsung, right?
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And Samsung managed to make the camera bump on the back of the camera even uglier. The finger scanner implementation is horrible. The S5 already looks like a tired design.
You've not seen the new Mac Pro yet?
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It's all the same smartphone market though?
Why do people keep saying that Motorola Atrix had the 1st fingerprint scanner on a mobile phone? You're all WRONG! The Pantech PG-6200 had one back in 2006. That's 5 years before the Atrix.
I don't want to challenge your knowledge on this (as its clearly more than my own)..But as in the past i'd point out that a 4 inch iPhone 6 aint coming .. Rest assured..Its going to be 4.5+ and may even spot two different sizes...I do not know how apple will manage the transition, but they will !
This is the stupidest thing I've read on this site in a long, long time. Thank you.
You've been on this site since before the original iPhone, and you post about once a month (if that)... yet you go out of your way to spew garbage about Macs? You must really, really love to hate Apple.
Wireless charging sure. Larger screens no. I've used a 27 inch iMac for over a month in a go. I went back to my own 21.5 inch and I actually preferred it. On the other hand I still think the iPad Mini is a bad size and the original iPad size is better. I also think a larger iPad or phablet is a bad idea and hope Apple never do them.
I'm not for or against larger/smaller screen sizes. I take each case separately and judge based on that.
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This achieves nothing. The masses still click on everything. You alone can do nothing. And the websites put out what they want to regardless of how off topic to the website's theme or how poorly it's written.
Either you accept it or you move on to another website.
It is called security. Want your print stolen from a malicious Android developer? Be my guest.
It's just like how the iPhone 2g had no cut/paste, no SDK and no 3G on release day. Apple have restricted it's touchID for a reason. Maybe in the future it'll be open to developers if it can be kept secure.
And that is your mistake. You think the WSJ is credible. A larger sized iPhone will become plausible when part leaks come about. This is just people wanting a phablet now. Not realising it's not what they really need now and in the future.
They already are. They have increasing competition from other more attractive or/and similar powerful but cheaper Android devices. The sales figures of the S4 didn't meet expectations. Samsung seems (unlike for example Sony or HTC) to have great difficulty in coming up with attractive or innovative designs. Probably hectically last minute implementation of some sensors will most likely not wow potential customers anymore. 'Useful' Software implementation is clearly not really a stronghold of Samsung either.
And that was without
competing in the "big screen phone" arena.
You don't know this. You are just talking out your behind. It could happen, it might not. Lets wait and see if it happens.
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oh boy that pen. i remember getting my iPhone 2G back in the day and everyone asked me why i would use a touch screen device with my fingers (everyone was used to a pen on win mobile and nokia back then) and here we are with samsung bringing back that damn pen no ones asking for as no one else seems to take samsungs "idea" of a pen thus far
I for one want a pen, try taking notes without one. The capacitive styluses are terrible. The samsung note with stylus and built in holder is what I want in the next bigger iphone.