Sapphire Home Buttons Coming to New iPads?

You think?

Touch ID will hit every product eventually.

now add that fingerprint sensor to the rmbp aswell and release it already! :)

Multi user support

This might finally bring multi-user support. Touch Id + no multi user = Fail ! for families that share an iPad.

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Dude the future is here man! If people can't see the huge potential for this in the next 1-2 years you are so blind. :confused:

“The future is already here - it’s just not evenly distributed.”

- William Gibson

Seems like a no brainer for Apple to have a top of the line iPhone (5s) and iPad(9.7") both with the fingerprint sensor right now for corporate clients(as well as obviously for the consumer market). Let the iPad Mini and iPhone 5c be the less expensive/not as secure/not as profitable/not as powerful devices.

Can't wait for a new Mini! My iPad 2 days are done!(nothing wrong with it, just feels like holding a brick now after using the g/f's Mini constantly).

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A little change just for the sake of it.

A little? What the f...
Dude the future is here man! If people can't see the huge potential for this in the next 1-2 years you are so blind. :confused:

I could see this being huge for parents who want to control the amount of time their kids use on the iPad. I know of a coworker who's kid is addicted to Minecraft and he's only like 7 or 8. Not literally addicted but plays it probably too much.

Businesses that use an iPad instead of a big clunky cash register can now not be worried about having a $500+ device sitting on the counter. Want it? Go for it and steal it, you won't be able to use it.

Minor convenience of not having to click home screen and then swipe. Now just put finger on home button. I bet after using the fingerprint sensor to unlock going back to the old way will feel so wrong and slow(yes, probably only a 1/4-1/2 second slower but still add that up over couple years).

As long as it comes along with a retina display on the mini I'll be happy. :rolleyes:

The iPad may have a sapphire home button, but will it have a sensor underneath it?

what would be the point of changing the home button to sapphire and not utilizing touch id?

Hope this is true... Patiently waiting iPad5

DigiTimes = the opposite of information. It's like a random 8-ball that takes pride in the few times it's right. And they like to claim info on things that are the same educated guesswork any of us could make from our armchair.

Make the screen out of whatever you think is best... home button too... but I sure hope the iPad (at least the full iPad 5) gets the fingerprint sensor now!

In the end, all iOS devices will have it, of course. And the mini will have retina eventually. (I'd be amazed if it's this year: the GPU and battery challenges are not small.)

I bet this will look very nice. yea Apple.