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So Apple is Killing Touch ID?
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I think it will be a year or two, but they won't admit they made a mistake and go back, so Touch ID will die out. Probably the 8 and 8+ were the last iDevices that will be introduced with it.
I don't think they're getting rid of it. I have a feeling they'll bring it back once the in-screen Touch ID can be figured out and implemented properly.
Nada, I don't think Apple will get rid of it anytime soon. Maybe few years down the road. But as above, I'd like to see it implemented into the screen.
This is the core problem. Touch ID is as good as dead because reviving it is an admission of error on Apple's part. The last nail on the coffin was the slide claiming Face ID is supposedly 20 times safer than Touch ID.
what you saw tuesday was the introduction of an entirely new level of iPhone product and apple is known for not keeping redundancy across its products. Touch ID probably still has a future (for example as various POS worldwide may have to be updated to support it) and you will now see not only a new big and small iPhone each year but also a pro iPhone with a beta tester's price to match.
And how would you explain it to the public as to why the $1000 iPhone X didn't have touch ID?
But its not dead? If it was, it wouldn't be available on the iPhone 8, the other handsets in their lineup or the MBP. I don't see any reason why they can't have both systems available given the framework in the OS is the same.
We're all aware of the rumours around getting TouchID working on the iPhone X. But there were also rumours where the TouchID sensor was getting moved to the back and there's also the possibility that Apple being Apple like a challenge and believe they can improve the state of facial recognition and become the gold standard for it like they did with TouchID.
I suspect the truth is an amalgam of all of those things. Plus, its another thing where they're damned if they do, damned if they don't. There's been people wondering why Apple haven't done facial recognition before now, but some people would never be happy.
I think TouchID is a near perfect implementation of a system. I can also see some potential advantages to the facial tracking that's going on and I can see some times where its going to be a quicker way of checking for notifications without even touching your phone.
If the Apple Watch didn't exist, i'd be much more gutted about losing TouchID as its the integration with Apple Pay and contactless payment which is the big time saver for me. Contactless payment is supported so widely in the UK that I use it multiple times every day, but I now use my watch for that which only needs the watch to be unlocked/authenticated.
We're all aware of the rumours around getting TouchID working on the iPhone X. But there were also rumours where the TouchID sensor was getting moved to the back and there's also the possibility that Apple being Apple like a challenge and believe they can improve the state of facial recognition and become the gold standard for it like they did with TouchID.
I suspect the truth is an amalgam of all of those things. Plus, its another thing where they're damned if they do, damned if they don't. There's been people wondering why Apple haven't done facial recognition before now, but some people would never be happy.
I think TouchID is a near perfect implementation of a system. I can also see some potential advantages to the facial tracking that's going on and I can see some times where its going to be a quicker way of checking for notifications without even touching your phone.
If the Apple Watch didn't exist, i'd be much more gutted about losing TouchID as its the integration with Apple Pay and contactless payment which is the big time saver for me. Contactless payment is supported so widely in the UK that I use it multiple times every day, but I now use my watch for that which only needs the watch to be unlocked/authenticated.
They didn't explain why they removed it, why would they have to explain why they're adding it?
Totally agree. This will be the future. Anyway I think both will work together in the end. Just don't put a fingerprint scanner at the back of the phone!
