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iPhone 5S gets the traditional teardown treatment

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Eager to tear apart the iPhone 5S, the folks over at iFixit rushed to do what now appears to be a traditional teardown of the latest and possibly the best phone to date.Using a specialized...

Apple’s Demo App to Test iPhone 5S Touch ID in Retail Stores

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Apple has just created a demonstration application that will allow customers flocking to its retail stores to see for themselves whether its Touch ID System works or not. The main source of...

Will Sapphire be Used in Apple’s Future Devices?

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A patent filing indicates that Apple is very serious about using Sapphire in their upcoming electronic products.According to Apple Balla, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a patent...

Apple’s Touch ID System won’t Store Fingerprints

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The fingerprint scanner on Apple’s Touch ID System would not store information regarding the imagery of the finger whorls. The vital information is encoded in the structure of the A7 chip inside the...

Apple Brings Two New Versions of the iPhone

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Apple has unveiled two new versions of the iPhone on Tuesday, including a cheaper model which is made of plastic rather than the glass and aluminium.Apple has a traditional strategy of releasing one...

iPhone 5s fingerprint reader authentication isn’t open to developers for time being

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So, you know fancy new fingerprint reading home button Apple showed off for the iPhone 5s at today's event? The company demonstrated functionality for unlocking and buying stuff through iTunes. Cool, but what about third-party apps? We can imagine all sorts of neat uses not limited to buying stuff. For the time being, however, the authentication functionality is off-limits. Apple exec Phil Schiller told All Things D that the hardware won't be opened to developers initially. As to whether that functionality will be arriving in the future, Apple's not ready to say just yet.

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