I have a love and hate relationship With The Nexus 6 and there is no Doubt That the massive successor to the game-changing Nexus 5 polarises opinion. But whatever your feelings, it has-been revealed That the Nexus 6 Had to cut one corner major Which Could have serious Repercussions for Android – and That it is Apple Apple ‘s fault.
Speaking to The Telegraph, former Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside has revealed, as Suspected, That the Nexus 6 was originally meant to have any available fingerprint sensor Until Apple stepped in:
“The secret Behind That Is That it was supposed to be fingerprint recognition, and Apple bought the best supplier, “Explains Woodside. “So the second best supplier was the only one available to everyone else in the industry and They Were not there yet.”
Nexus 6 dimple below the camera was meant to house a fingerprint sensor – image credit Gordon Kelly
Woodside is Referring to Authentec, the fingerprint recognition specialist Motorola Worked With biometric technology to pioneer as far back as the Atrix 4G smartphone in 2011. In 2012 Apple stepped in to buy Authentec for . $ 356m and Its technology is now used to make the Exclusively Touch ID fingerprint sensor in iPhones and iPads
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Touch ID started out as a convenient homescreen unlock, but it has now matured into the key verification method behind Pay -. Apple’s major assault on the global payments industry
By contrast Attempts by Apple rivals to use alternative fingerprint sensor technology unavailable Google so far disastrous Been feasible and without hardware Google has yet to integrate into a clear strategy biometric Android (amid other security concerns). This Could have Repercussions now reports claim Samsung has had a breakthrough in fingerprint technology, Which it will use in the radically overhauled Galaxy S6.
Digging Further into Motorola’s Original Nexus 6 plans, Woodside expanded on the vision of what Could have been …
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