Apple has just posted a new video introducing the technology behind Touch ID, the new fingerprint-reading technology in the iPhone 5s. There’s also a video about the updated camera in the iPhone 5s.
Some real life usage of the feature can be seen in the Vine below.
And the “Fingerprints” setting panel:
iPhone 5S fingerprint settings http://t.co/mIYNnx0ZUW
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Are developers going to have access to it?
“Never available to other software”
No
why not and it depends on what you mean by “access”. I’m sure apps won’t have direct access to your fingerprint image. not even apple has that but you can use the fingerprint to authenticate purchases in itunes why not something else. I would love to be able to open other passcode locked apps with my finger.
i’m sure there will be a way for other apps to take advantage of this feature. if not then it’s a big missed opportunity.
wait till ios 7 gets jailbroken :)
Whow whow Apple. Does this mean that waterproof cases are over?
How would it recognize my fingerprint with my beloved LifeProof case
wrapped tightly around the phone?
Now that Otterbox acquired LifeProof
they better put a thin layer of REAL otter skin & fur
to coat my new iPhone 5s
Reeeeelax, you still can press insert password and then type it
I think it was the worst Apple Event since i can remember! With the quantity of leaked information i could present all the functions of new iPhones with 2 minutes talk with Tim Cook!
I think that spending minutes talking about new iOS Ringtones expresses quite well the way Apple is not delivering new features at all. Nothing!! Apple is just Upgrading things….that was the exact critic Steve Jobs made to other companies that spent their time replicating success instead of creating new factors for it!
Dont get me Wrong, i love Apple, but for me, besides OSX all the other Apple Products aren`t as innovative and interesting as they should be – Samsung and Nokia and Google are leading on phones innovation!
You got it all wrong.. plus Nokia is not out of business
He didn’t say Nokia was going out of business, he grouped them in with companies that are revolutionizing the mobile industry.
Personally, I look at Apple products as Pigs with Lipstick. They don’t do anything for me anymore, and they are just adding makeup to what’s already there. Honestly, the newest feature of iOS was the notification bar, brought over from Android.
The phone is still a 2007 phone (looks wise), with newer internals…