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Interesting that Touch ID didn't make an appearance on any of the announced devices.

by bentcorner 13y ago

xutopia 13y ago
I'd say it's because unlike your iPhone you don't take it out of the house as much.
- Geee 13y ago
  ..And iPad isn't very personal device usually either. Although, multiple fingerprints would be excellent way to open different user profiles if there was a support for that anyway. I think they'll do this in the next version, and support 5 finger prints for each user.
dannowatts 13y ago
i believe they are saving it to be something that is (currently) exclusive to the iPhone 5s, as a differentiator.
- jonknee 13y ago
  So you buy a phone instead of a tablet? That doesn't make any sense.
  - shurcooL 13y ago
    I buy a tablet (mini with LTE) instead of a phone. Absence of Touch ID won't stop me.
  - dannowatts 13y ago
    no... in the same way that siri was an iPhone 4s exclusive before going to the rest of the lineup. the way that retina was an iPhone 4 exclusive before moving to the other devices, the way that touch-id is now.
uptown 13y ago
Perhaps they wanted to see a period of time with real-world use with the touch sensor on the 5s before going all-in across their entire platform.
- jonknee 13y ago
  If that were the case they wouldn't have first used it on their most popular product (and their most profitable). You don't test out crazy ideas on your golden egg.
  - enraged_camel 13y ago
    >>You don't test out crazy ideas on your golden egg. You could consider the idea "crazy" if it was a major change that had the risk of actually hurting your golden egg's success. As things stand though, Touch ID is simply a new feature that has the potential to become more important as time goes on. From that perspective, testing it out on your golden egg makes perfect sense, since the product's popularity ensures the new feature will get the widest exposure possible. More usage data = more ideas for how to improve the feature.
macspoofing 13y ago
Rumor is that they have supply-chain problems with the TouchID sensor.
roc 13y ago
Given how Retina and Lightning went through similar staggered rollouts, I think this is probably just "The Apple Way" to introduce new tech across product lines.
CamperBob2 13y ago
Without an API for third-party apps, Touch ID is a non-starter. Just another example of Apple snatching lame from the jaws of awesome.

Interesting that Touch ID didn't make an appearance on any of the announced devices.

xutopia 13y ago

I'd say it's because unlike your iPhone you don't take it out of the house as much.

Geee 13y ago
..And iPad isn't very personal device usually either. Although, multiple fingerprints would be excellent way to open different user profiles if there was a support for that anyway. I think they'll do this in the next version, and support 5 finger prints for each user.

dannowatts 13y ago

i believe they are saving it to be something that is (currently) exclusive to the iPhone 5s, as a differentiator.

jonknee 13y ago
So you buy a phone instead of a tablet? That doesn't make any sense.
- shurcooL 13y ago
  I buy a tablet (mini with LTE) instead of a phone. Absence of Touch ID won't stop me.
- dannowatts 13y ago
  no... in the same way that siri was an iPhone 4s exclusive before going to the rest of the lineup. the way that retina was an iPhone 4 exclusive before moving to the other devices, the way that touch-id is now.

uptown 13y ago

Perhaps they wanted to see a period of time with real-world use with the touch sensor on the 5s before going all-in across their entire platform.

jonknee 13y ago
If that were the case they wouldn't have first used it on their most popular product (and their most profitable). You don't test out crazy ideas on your golden egg.
- enraged_camel 13y ago
  >>You don't test out crazy ideas on your golden egg. You could consider the idea "crazy" if it was a major change that had the risk of actually hurting your golden egg's success. As things stand though, Touch ID is simply a new feature that has the potential to become more important as time goes on. From that perspective, testing it out on your golden egg makes perfect sense, since the product's popularity ensures the new feature will get the widest exposure possible. More usage data = more ideas for how to improve the feature.

macspoofing 13y ago

Rumor is that they have supply-chain problems with the TouchID sensor.

roc 13y ago

Given how Retina and Lightning went through similar staggered rollouts, I think this is probably just "The Apple Way" to introduce new tech across product lines.

CamperBob2 13y ago

Without an API for third-party apps, Touch ID is a non-starter. Just another example of Apple snatching lame from the jaws of awesome.