Intel to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Forecast Misses Amid PC Blight

Re:Intel to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Forecast Misses Amid PC Blight by CydeWeys on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:55AM (#11535332)

The phone market is still rapidly evolving. For instance, I have a Nexus 5X right now. The fingerprint scanner on it alone is worth it. It was an afterthought to me when I got the phone, but now it's the single most important feature on the phone to me. The camera is also better than anything phone camera I've had before.

Also, I play some games on my phone, and having better hardware helps a lot with that.

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Re:Intel to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Forecast Misses Amid PC Blight by sireat on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @02:01PM (#11536366)

What is so useful about a fingerprint scanner?

I could see how infrared sensor like in that new Caterpillar phone could come in useful especially if you are in a building trade, but fingerprint scanner?

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Re:Intel to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Forecast Misses Amid PC Blight by CydeWeys on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @03:43PM (#11537165)

You know that it's used for unlocking the phone, right? It's nothing like the use case you're describing.

You have to get a phone with one and use it for a week or so until its use becomes routine to really understand how big of a game changer it is. I subconsciously unlock my phone now every time I pick it up. It's amazing. Every day it saves me probably 60 seconds in total typing in stupid PINs, and those savings add up real quickly.

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