The next iPhone may scan your fingerprints, and the future iPad will—almost shockingly—not be bigger and heavier. The remainders for Wednesday, January 16, 2013 are lighter than air.
iPhone 6 with fingerprint sensor to launch alongside cheaper iPhone with six colours in June – analyst (Macworld UK)
Continuing on with the theme of the next iPhone rumors, one analyst says the iPhone 5S—or, possibly, iPhone 6—will drop in June. And get this: He says it will have a fingerprint sensor (probably based on Apple’s acquisition of AuthenTec last year). On the upside, Apple will finally be able to claim that glass retaining fingerprints is a feature.
Apple’s next 9.7” iPad to be ‘significantly lighter and slimmer’ (AppleInsider)
Almost hard to believe.
Author: Dan Moren, Contributor
Dan has been writing about all things Apple since 2006, when he first started contributing to the MacUser blog. He's a prolific podcaster and the author of the Galactic Cold War series, including his latest, The Nova Incident, coming in July 2022.