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Samsung Reveals Galaxy S5 With Home Button Fingerprint Sensor, Accompanying 'Gear Fit' Band
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or there's the macbook air for a few hundred dollars more...
so if you are carrying groceries to your car you will stare into your iphone just to pass the time?
Why has nobody asked where the fingerprint data is being stored? There was such a huge kerfuffle when Apple announced their fingerprint scanner, people freaking out about privacy and the government having access to it (even though Apple made a very large point in the keynote about it having a secure enclave). Now that there's a fingerprint scanner on the world's most insecure mobile OS nobody seems to mind. It's always so one-sided.
Um, and why exactly 'must' Apple double the resolution again in order to increase the display size? They don't have to, you know. They could move to a new resolution thats more common, like 1080. So long as they keep the aspect ratio 16:9 (which they no doubt will), current apps could scale up to the larger display just fine and still maintain a PPI on-par with the iPad Air, while reworked apps will probably take very little time using new APIs in iOS 7.
And if you've been seeing what Apples been doing in iOS 7 and how they're actively encouraging developers to adopt AutoLayout, its fairly safe to say Apple wants developers to adopt AutoLayout so apps are more resolution/screen-independent.
No, I think he means if he's carrying groceries in with one hand and a call comes in, he'd need 2 hands to unlock. Vs the 5S, you only need one [which has happened to me a few times; groceries, or carrying something else].
not only is it in the title of the post, it's in the second sentence of the first paragraph and first sentence of second paragraph
I think it looks very ugly, i like the s4 better. And just when i thought i might get a samsung instead of the iphone...
No - because if you bothered to watch they keynote - you'd know that the only place the info is stored is locally on the phone and it's encrypted.
You mean the worlds most insecure mobile OS because Apple it's main competitor told you so
I do think the swiping motion is prty interesting. Since the home button is slim, it would need the user to swipe the finger since the home button is not large enough to capture the entire fingerprint just by setting the finger on the button. Interesting approach in contrast to apple looking to enlarge the fingerprint scanner in their home button.
Nonetheless, it won't make me switch, since every Galaxy release continues to turn into a buggy piece of junk over a short period of time. All the hardware "advantages" mean nothing with crappy software and integration. Also, can't live without my iCloud and iTunes match; services that Samsung and Google still have not figured out how to properly emulate.
Nonetheless, it won't make me switch, since every Galaxy release continues to turn into a buggy piece of junk over a short period of time. All the hardware "advantages" mean nothing with crappy software and integration. Also, can't live without my iCloud and iTunes match; services that Samsung and Google still have not figured out how to properly emulate.
Lol. Well said. Apple is the one who goes to extra mile to implement this feature with care and done right, and they're always the one getting punished for it. Competitors come out later with the same thing but less attention to all the details Apple commits to, and they never get questioned.
All rivalry aside,you have to admit that samsung easily has the least inspired design team in the entire industry. It's their flagship phone and the galaxies are powerful androids. They demo that platform very well.
So why do they insist on designs from 2006?
Companies like Sony and HTC can at least use their imagination and try to look good. If iOS 6 was too "boring" for you than phones that look like this must put you unconscious the moment you set your eyes upon them.
So why do they insist on designs from 2006?
Companies like Sony and HTC can at least use their imagination and try to look good. If iOS 6 was too "boring" for you than phones that look like this must put you unconscious the moment you set your eyes upon them.
Looks like the fingerprint scanner that I had on a company Lenovo 10 years ago. Never worked reliably. And there was a great Mythbusters episode where they hacked (the Lenovo) in a matter of minutes using a fingerprint from a soda can, plastic bag, super glue and a photocopier ala CSI-style. Certainly hope this is better.
Doubt it.
Doubt it.
"The world's first mobile phone with a heart rate sensor"
eh..
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-heart-rate-heart-rate/id409625068?mt=8
eh..
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-heart-rate-heart-rate/id409625068?mt=8
Confusion
First, that is not a "home button" sensor.
Second, having to use two hands to get the phone unlocked real quick seems very counter intuitive.
This is poor implementation of something Apple has already done well.
Now if Apple would just release that screen size...
First, that is not a "home button" sensor.
Second, having to use two hands to get the phone unlocked real quick seems very counter intuitive.
This is poor implementation of something Apple has already done well.
Now if Apple would just release that screen size...
OMG, I'm still laughing at that fingerprint implementation. Um, you have to use two hands! ROFL! Why do something if your version of the product is completely inferior? My touchID works before I can even get it out of my pocket. And the S5 scanned and accepted two different fingers in the same setup! That can't be right, can it? TouchID lets me set up five different fingers so no matter how I'm holding it, I can quickly unlock it.
And other than the pincushion backside it looks the exact same. Apple gets blasted for its slow release schedule, but at least you know they are going to change what it looks like every other year.
Also, where is the super HD screen? The 20 MP camera? Has to be a serious let down for android fans.
And other than the pincushion backside it looks the exact same. Apple gets blasted for its slow release schedule, but at least you know they are going to change what it looks like every other year.
Also, where is the super HD screen? The 20 MP camera? Has to be a serious let down for android fans.
Yes, I know. From the video, it looked like he was swiping on the screen. That's why I wanted to confirm it.
Locally where though? Just on the filesystem?
People watching the 5s keynote made no difference to the complaints about privacy so I don't see what your point is there. I was stating that nobody is asking the question compared to when Apple announced there's, not that Samsung haven't said about it in their own keynote.
You can do the same thing with touchid. Useful trick for storing more than 5 fingers.