Kubukeka sengathi Apple kulo nyaka waqala enye inguquko. Isikhungo sezindaba seReuters sithi abakwaSamsung nabanye abakhiqizi abambalwa kulindeleke ukuthi bethule ama-smartphones abo ngo-2014 afaka inzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe, efana ne Apple iPhone 5s kanye ne-ID yayo yokuthinta. Kodwa-ke, ngokungafani ne-Apple, laba bakhiqizi kufanele beze nendlela yabo yokufaka izinzwa ezidingekayo emafonini abo, njengoba ubuchwepheshe be-Touch ID bugunyazwe ngokugcwele.
Inkampani yaseSweden Fingerprint ikhombise intshisekelo ekuhlinzekweni kwezinzwa zezinye izinkampani, ezingathanda ukwenza isivumelwano ne-Samsung, LG Electronics, Huawei nabanye abakhiqizi. Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Fingerprint uJohan CarNgesikhathi esifanayo, i-lstrom ilindele ukwethula ucingo lwayo ngenzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe ngonyaka ozayo njengoba abaningi be-7-8 abakhiqizi abakhiqiza amadivayisi anezinhlelo. Android a Windows. Ulindele futhi ukuthi i-Samsung ikhombise inzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe okungenani i-smartphone eyodwa noma amabili. Ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula, sekuvele kunezinsolo zokuthi abakwaSamsung bazosebenzisa lobu buchwepheshe eqhulwini langonyaka ozayo Galaxy s5 noma Galaxy F, kodwa uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi umbiko uvele manje, mancane amathuba okuthi lokhu kuzokwenzeka ngocingo, okufanele alethule kakade ekuqaleni kuka-2014.
Ngokuvumelana ne Carlstroma kwaba yindaba yesikhathi ngaphambi kokuba izinzwa zezigxivizo zeminwe zibe yinto evamile kumakhalekhukhwini. Kakade ngo-2010 wabonisa Apple unentshisekelo yokuthengwa kwenkampani iFingerprint, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo ubeyibhekile nenkampani i-AuthenTec, agcine eyithenge ngezigidi ezingu-356 zamadola aseMelika ngonyaka odlule wasebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bayo ukuzalwa kweTouch ID. Njengoba abakhiqizi bakha izinhlobo ezimbili ezahlukene zezinzwa zeminwe namuhla, kuyangabazeka ukuthi iyiphi i-Samsung ezoyikhetha. Esimweni sokuqala, izoba nenzwa yokuthinta etholakalayo, futhi esimweni sesibili, kuzoba inzwa edinga ukuhanjwa ukuze ithwebule zonke izigxivizo zeminwe. Ngo-Okthoba, kuphinde kwaba nombiko ongamanga wokuthi abakwaSamsung bathenga i-Fingerprint ngo-$650 million, nokungelona iqiniso.
iPhone I-5s iletha inzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe ze-Touch ID
*Umthombo: Reuters
