Since the announcement of the iPhone 5C and 5S there has been news surrounding fingerprint unlocking, sales, battery, motion sensing and more. Here's a review of the latest news around iPhone which is creating more "iPhonephenomenal" news than ever before.
Fingerprint Unlocking Fears
Security experts have many theories about the safety of the fingerprint sensor unlock, which is no to be confused with how to unlock the iPhone 5 and 4S from your carrier (Sprint, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile.
Some people are worried that thief may cut off your finger to unlock your iPhone 5S, untrue, the cut off finger won't work. The iPhone 5S scanner doesn't take the photo with optics but also looks beneath the skin. Therefore using a cut off finger or even a photo would not unlock the iPhone 5S. A crook might try to imprint a fingerprint on a piece of red meat, or perhaps molding a fingerprint in ballistic gel to get the meaty feel too it, but most iPhone thieves are not that sophisticated. The major problem is that once your fingerprints are copied, you can't get a new set.
When you don't use the fingerprint scanner over a period of time you will need a pass code to unlock the iPhone 5S noted some sources.
Cooking Up Fingerprint Scanner Faux Pas
When a user gets the iPhone 5S s/he s must "register" fingerprints with the device, after it can be unlocked the phone by placing a finger or thumb on the button. If your finger have sweat, lotion or other liquids on it which are conductive and my cause the finger not to scan properly. Another problem may be that you can't use the scanner in while its raining or your in the shower....
The scanner also does not do well with scars. Apple's answer is to scan another finger.
Supped Up iPhone 5S/C Batteries
FCC documents confirmed that the iPhone 5S and 5C have slightly bigger batteries than the iPhone 5's 1440mAh batter. The iPhone 5S at 1570mAh has 10% more juice and the iPhone 5 at 1507 mAh has 5% more. This is important because LTE bands use up a lot of battery power.
Unlocked iPhone C Mellow Yellow 16GB Bye Bye
The yellow iPhone 5C 16GB Model was the first to sell-out and is shipping no later than September 20.
Color My iPhone World at 1 Million Today
The iPhone 5C went on preorder starting today. Apple could sell as many as one million iPhone 5C in the first 24 hours to those who like the color options, reported Forbes. It appears that color does matter to some buyers.
The iPhone 5S is not available for preorder and will go on sale September 20. Some contend that the production of the fingerprint scanner caused delays in stock.
Analyst Gene Munster predicts that Apple could sell 5-6 million 5S and 5C units in the launch weekend compared to 5 million iPhone 5s sold in last year’s launch (20% y/y growth). Apple could also sell 8-9 million between September 20 ) and the end of the month.
Other Uses for Motion Sensors
The new M7 motion sensor in the iPhone 5S could be used in iOS maps for locate your parked car, indoor mapping, and public transit information.
Apple notes on its website
"M7 knows when you’re walking, running, or even driving. For example, Maps switches from driving to walking turn-by-turn navigation if, say, you park and continue on foot. Since M7 can tell when you’re in a moving vehicle, iPhone 5s won’t ask you to join Wi-Fi networks you pass by. And if your phone hasn’t moved for a while, like when you’re asleep, M7 reduces network pinging to spare your battery."