Touch ID on iPad air?

[TheAnalogkid]

I would like to buy an iPad air but I really like the idea of touch ID. Is this a feature that is likely to surface on refresh if the iPad air in 2014?

 

[phreddyl]

My guess is yes in the fall sometime

 

[TheAnalogkid]

My guess is yes in the fall sometime

Do you think that this feature is worth waiting for?

 

[TheAnalogkid]

Depends on what device you have now.

I have a Nexus 7 and a PlayBook.

 

[phreddyl]

My initial reaction is no. I do love it on my iPhone but I also love my air.

 

[anon(52425)]

I would like to buy an iPad air but I really like the idea of touch ID. Is this a feature that is likely to surface on refresh if the iPad air in 2014?

Probably. And I will disable it just like I did on my iPhone 5S.

 

[anon(52425)]

I have a Nexus 7 and a PlayBook.

Sell the Nexus 7 and try your best to give away the Playbook. And then use the 80 bucks that you collected from the sale toward an iPad Air.

 

[TheAnalogkid]

Then my opinion would be to get the iPad air now but that's just my opinion.

You wouldn't wait for touch ID?

 

[TheAnalogkid]

Probably. And I will disable it just like I did on my iPhone 5S.

What don't you like about touch ID?

 

[TheAnalogkid]

Sell the Nexus 7 and try your best to give away the Playbook. And then use the 80 bucks that you collected from the sale toward an iPad Air.

Fair play on the PlayBook, however, the Nexus 7 is excellent device... Especially when you consider what it cost to buy.

The question is whether to buy now or wait for Touch ID?

 

[goku_vegeta]

Fair play on the PlayBook, however, the Nexus 7 is excellent device... Especially when you consider what it cost to buy.

The question is whether to buy now or wait for Touch ID?

Touch ID isn't going to revolutionize your usage. If you were planning to wait for an iPad refresh you might as well wait to see if any hardware improvements other than Touch ID are made. If it doesn't concern you just get the iPad Air now.

 

[TheAnalogkid]

Touch ID isn't going to revolutionize your usage. If you were planning to wait for an iPad refresh you might as well wait to see if any hardware improvements other than Touch ID are made. If it doesn't concern you just get the iPad Air now.

I would like to be able to share the iPad air with my wife and daughter. I understand that Touch ID will "partition" the iPad air such that we can all be signed into our own twitter, Facebook, etc ?

 

[phreddyl]

I would like to be able to share the iPad air with my wife and daughter. I understand that Touch ID will "partition" the iPad air such that we can all be signed into our own twitter, Facebook, etc ?

Unless I am completely mistaken I do not believe that you could do that. Touch id just allows the phone to open without using a password or swiping. It can't decipher different users.

 

[iOS Gravity]

Unless I am completely mistaken I do not believe that you could do that. Touch id just allows the phone to open without using a password or swiping. It can't decipher different users.

You're correct.

 

[TheAnalogkid]

You're correct.

Well, that changes everything! My Nexus allows for different profiles :|

 

[TheAnalogkid]

I ordered an iPad air this evening

 

[anon(52425)]

What don't you like about touch ID?

It's faster to enter my code. And it also does not work all the time. I can't count how many times I have rescanned my fingers.

 

[Timhewitt]

Works flawlessly for me. Wish my iPad Air had it.

 

[anon(52425)]

Works flawlessly for me. Wish my iPad Air had it.

I'm sure it doesnt work every single time, no matter what, with no thought to repositioning your finger for a proper scan. Every single person I know that has a 5S has to properly align their finger to get it right. And I got tired of doing that. Sure, if I do that it works "flawlessly" but the amount of times I reach for my device and want access right away, having to set my finger just right for that perfect scan got annoying REAL quick.

 

[Scallops]

I use my wife's iPhone 5S and neither of us have had any issue with the finger print scanner not working. Personally, I love the feature, because having a semi complex Apple ID, it's a pain to enter it every time I download an app etc.

I'd be very happy to have the feature on my tablet.