’s Touch ID fingerprint scanning revled

A last-minute from our friends over at Nowhereelse.fr suggested that would refer to the rumored iPhone 5S fingerprint sensor as Touch ID. The rumors were true. Afterrevling the top-end iPhone 5Swhich has amuch-improved cameraand runs two timesfaster A7 chip that’s 64-bit(the first for a phone) and a brand newmotion chip called M7, executives spent some time boasting the built-in fingerprint scanning fture which draws from ’s 2012 acquisition of the Israeli biometric sensor experts AuthenTec. Jump past the fold for the full revl..We’re updating this article live, plse refresh manually.In another potential brkthrough – and in accordance with s, patents and rumors – the fingerprint sensor is integrated right into the Home button’s silver ring.Check out these slides.This is another seismic shift in mobile.Biometric security is important and with nrly half a billion iTunes accounts with credit cards enabled for one-click purchasing, the sky is the limit. While did not talk about using fingerprint sensor to authentie rl-life purchases, we have no doubt in our minds that they will be rolling additional ftures over time.Right now, only the iPhone 5S has Touch ID, but with new iPads reportedly up for an introduction next month we think it’s only a matter of time before every iOS devices included biometric security as standard fture.So, is Touch ID a killer fture?