Yesterday, one of the novelties that were presented regarding the iPhone 5S was the Home button which on this occasion has inside a fingerprint sensor (biometric sensor) and becomes tactile. Those from Cupertino have called him touch ID.
As you may all know, there is currently no mobile device on the market with a sensor of this type, Apple being once again a pioneer in the development of what will soon become a standard.
The new button will be able to read our fingerprints and use them as a password when using the system, thus saving users considerable time. That sensor alone comes built into the iPhone 5S, leaving the 5C with a home button that we already use in the rest of the devices. Currently and according to information presented yesterday in the keynote, for now the sensor is restricted to be used by the system itself and not by third party applications. If you stop to watch the streaming of the keynote that is already available on Apple's website, you will be able to hear that when you use the sensor, it will be able to read your fingerprint in any position, regardless of the angle that the finger forms with the iPhone. The first thing we will have to do when we turn on the device is to capture the fingerprints so that it can recognize us. We can capture the tracks several times so that the recognition be 100% perfect in addition to being able to authorize several fingerprints on the same phone.
The sensor is made up of several layers of components ranging from an upper sapphire crystal as a window, a metal ring the color of the case that activates the sensor when it detects the finger and the sensor itself inside the phone. This sensor is capable of taking a high resolution image of our fingerprint, analyzing it and identifying the person. Later, that fingerprint is encrypted and stored in the Secure Enclave of the Apple A7. Keep in mind, it has been reported that this is the only place where the prints are stored. Not even on Apple's servers or in iCloud copies of it will be saved.
As you can see, Apple has done it again. Use a technology that already existed and reinsert it into a new device, revolutionizing existing mobile technology.
More information - Touch ID on a Mac: possible, feasible, and of course desirable
I ask: does it mean that the Home button (how much damage) becomes tactile?
Effectively. In this way, the faults that made these buttons have to be repaired are eliminated.
I have broken the button of a 5S because I fell and broke the screen and button and they have changed it and the fingerprint does not work. why???
friend where do i get the iphone 5s button
Hey, my friend, the home button on my iPhone 5s is broken, you know where I can repair it, greeting 😀