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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by kalleboo on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @07:01AM (#28850670)
How good are those under-the-display sensors from a security standpoint? If Apple had a blunder like that Samsung fingerprint reader that was fooled by a gel phone case they'd never live it down, meanwhile nobody really cares about the security level of Android phones (IIRC there are no Android phones with an actually secure face unlock, the random spot IR blaster is one reason that Apple can't get rid of the notch like Android phones can)
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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by fomine3 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @10:35PM (#28859941)
This is fair. I doubt most Android phone's fingerprint sensor isn't secure as iPhone. Still Apple sell iPad and MacBook with TouchID so they can implement them for iPhone without degrading security.
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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by vinay427 on Thursday October 14, 2021 @08:37AM (#28863430)
The current iPhone SE (2nd generation, 2020) has TouchID, so there doesn't seem to be a higher threshold of biometric security required by Apple as compared to similar Android brands. There are also Android phones that still offer standard (not in-display) fingerprint sensors.
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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by kalleboo on Friday October 15, 2021 @09:12AM (#28877309)
Yeah there should be nothing (but cost/supply) prohibiting them from implementing the power button touch sensor that the iPads have.
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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by vinay427 on Thursday October 14, 2021 @07:57AM (#28863099)
The Pixel 4 has actual IR-based facial recognition, which is why it has a top bezel. I’m indifferent between that and the notch chosen by Apple, having owned both.
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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by kalleboo on Friday October 15, 2021 @09:11AM (#28877302)
It makes sense that Google would bother to do it right! Thanks for the correction.
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