“The earliest rumors of the Nexus 6, reported way back in July by Android Police, were pretty spot on,” Ron Amadeo reports for Ars Technica. “Google and Motorola (check) were building a 5.9-inch phablet (check), codenamed Shamu (check), to be released in November (check). It would target US carriers (yep), run Android L (uh huh), and have a fingerprint sensor (wait what?).”
“That last one didn’t work out—the Nexus 6 never shipped with a fingerprint sensor. That doesn’t really make the report wrong, though. Back when it was written, the Nexus 6 and Lollipop used to have a whole setup for reading fingerprints,” Amadeo reports. “Methods like ‘FINGERPRINT_ACQUIRED_TOO_FAST’ and ‘FINGERPRINT_ACQUIRED_TOO_SLOW’ in the fingerprint API suggest it supported a “swipe” style fingerprint reader, which, unlike Apple’s stationary fingerprint reader, requires the finger to be moved across a sensor at the right speed.”
Amadeo reports, “A fingerprint service would require new hardware and probably a new version of Android, so check back in 6-12 months.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Touch ID and the world first 64-bit smartphone, the iPhone 5s, debuted on September 20, 2013. Apple’s 64-bit, Touch ID-enabled lineup currently includes: iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air 2, and iPad mini 3. The inferior wannabe platform Android still has no answers.
Fragmandroid. 32-bit antiques perpetually lagging behind the paradigm-creating Apple iPhone – a looong way behind.
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