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Apple goes plastic and colorful with new iPhone line
CNBC ^ | September 10, 2013 | Cadie Thompson , Eli Langer

Posted on 09/10/2013 12:50:07 PM PDT by Hojczyk

But the most significant news to come out of the event is a new security feature on the iPhone 5S called Touch ID, which is an app that allows users to use their fingerprint to access information in their phone.

The new function is essentially a fingerprint identity sensor in the home button on the phone that enables users to unlock their device. However, it can also be used as a substitute for passwords when making purchases, including in Apple's iTunes Store.

"Your fingerprint is one of the best passwords in the world. It's always with you," said Dan Riccio, Apple's senior vice president of hardware, at the event.

Apple broke tradition and rolled out two new colorful iPhones models, the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C, at its Cupertino event on Tuesday.

As expected the iPhone 5C, which features a plastic casing and starts at a subsidized price of $99, is cheaper than the iPhone 5S, which starts at $199. The iPhone 5C comes in multiple bright colors including green, pink, yellow and blue, while the iPhone 5S comes in gray, silver and gold.

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KEYWORDS: biometrics; fingerprint; google; iphone; password; passwords; privacyrights
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To: fwdude
You can’t beat basic black. Everything else is distraction.

Unless you have black leather seats and interior in your car...

21 posted on 09/10/2013 1:48:06 PM PDT by raybbr (I weep over my sons' future in this Godforsaken country.)
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To: Hojczyk

What happens when you get a cut on your finger, or have on a band-aid? That CHANGES your fingerprint! You might be locked out of your own phone. And in an emergency, no on else could use it, either.


22 posted on 09/10/2013 1:55:58 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: Hojczyk; a fool in paradise
The future is in plastics!


23 posted on 09/10/2013 1:58:42 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Hojczyk

I was hoping for a bigger screen. If I don’t have my glasses on, I can use my 5 inch phone, I can’t do anything on my wife’s iphone.


24 posted on 09/10/2013 2:02:31 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: 9YearLurker
I love my Galaxy Note II.

I'm thinking about getting the next version. I need it for my on-line businesses, but I also love the "phablet" size. Tablets are too big, and phones are a tad too small.

25 posted on 09/10/2013 2:03:23 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: 2harddrive

My work switched to finger print scanners about a decade ago, they worked great! If you had a problem using the scanner, you could still enter your ID and password. I loved it.

About a year later they came through and removed all the scanners with out ever telling us why. I still miss them, I have to enter my password about 30 times a day.


26 posted on 09/10/2013 2:07:41 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Yep. Means I only have to carry the one.


27 posted on 09/10/2013 2:13:15 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: sheana
Doesn’t really matter what color your phone is anymore. Everyone puts cases on them...

Exactly.

28 posted on 09/10/2013 2:17:13 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: Hojczyk

gays and girls will buy the new gumdrop iphones.


29 posted on 09/10/2013 2:41:55 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Crusher138

You are talking about a 3 year old phone that had a small battery. There are much better android phones out there , I know, I had a Evo, hardly representative of the modern droid experience..heck when Evo came out it used Android 2.2, Android is up to 4.2 now..soon to be 4.3.


30 posted on 09/10/2013 2:42:22 PM PDT by aft_lizard
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To: aft_lizard

30 posts in this thread and about 5 of them are actually on topic.

Smh.


31 posted on 09/10/2013 2:50:17 PM PDT by JoeTheGeorgian
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To: 2harddrive
What happens when you get a cut on your finger, or have on a band-aid? That CHANGES your fingerprint! You might be locked out of your own phone. And in an emergency, no on else could use it, either.

I'd be really surprised if it wouldn't allow anyone to dail 911 with the phone, regardless of fingerprint.

If the NSA didn't already have a copy of my fingerprints, I'd be concerned about the phone shipping it to them.

32 posted on 09/10/2013 4:26:40 PM PDT by zeugma (Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
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To: 9YearLurker
I love my Galaxy Note II.

Me too. The iPhone 4 retina display was slowly killing my eyes. Last fall I saw all the kids riding the MRT in Singapore with their noses buried in huge, beautiful Galaxy Note II screens and said, "That's enough!" :)

33 posted on 09/10/2013 4:34:00 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: Hojczyk

Oh boy! Colored iPhones. I’m sure Jobs would have been thrilled with such innovation.


34 posted on 09/10/2013 5:26:21 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Hojczyk

Apple is Doomed, Again!
And this better be the last time.
35 posted on 09/10/2013 7:15:40 PM PDT by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
And then the NSA has direct access to your biometric assets.

Have a Driving License?
Have a Passport?
Ever been in the Military?
Ever had a background check
To buy a handgun?

Get real they likely already have your prints.

36 posted on 09/10/2013 7:20:50 PM PDT by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: 2harddrive
What happens when you get a cut on your finger, or have on a band-aid? That CHANGES your fingerprint! You might be locked out of your own phone. And in an emergency, no on else could use it, either.

You can program multiple fingers . . .

37 posted on 09/10/2013 7:56:27 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Hojczyk

easy to bypass with gummy bears.

fingerprint tech is soooo 20th century.

apple is getting desperate if they think this is high tech.


38 posted on 09/10/2013 8:05:00 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: longtermmemmory

>> “apple is getting desperate if they think this is high tech.” <<

.
This is real Mark-of-the-Beast tech: “in the forehead or the right hand...”

Apple wouldn’t want to impede the Beast!


39 posted on 09/10/2013 8:12:26 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Hojczyk

iOS 7 is what I’m waiting for.


40 posted on 09/10/2013 8:14:40 PM PDT by moehoward
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