The next iPhone has to be better in every way possible. That’s something everybody wishes for ahead every upcoming new Apple release, but this time it’s all the more important, both for the company’s revenues and for the users’ self-esteem. Android smartphones have long become more tech savvy than Apple’s pricey iPhones and consumers have had enough. It’s high time for innovation. An analyst believes the fingerprint sensor so intensely rumored lately could do for iPhone 5, what Siri did for iPhone 4S.
All reports indicate one thing: Apple’s next iPhone is going to be an Android killer. However, what is fiction and what is actual improvement we’ll have to wait and see. In the meanwhile, we can only make predictions and who better to listen to than analysts? Brian White is an analyst with Topeka Capital Markets and according to a report by AppleInsider, he believes iPhone 5S stands for fingerprint sensor, innovation that could definitely patch the troubled relationship Apple has had with some of its most dedicated users.
Topeka Capital Markets’ analyst believes the fingerprint sensor will be used for “essential security purposes” such as enhanced authentication and more secure credit card payments. It’s the kind of feature that will definitely make iPhone 5S stand out from the crowd at a time when most smartphones have better features than the current model. It’s safe to say the fingerprint sensor will be as good of a selling point as the introduction of the Siri voice-recognition software and personal assistant for iPhone 4S.
But Brian White isn’t the first analyst to see iPhone 5S with an in-built fingerprint sensor. Just a few weeks ago, KGI Securities’ analyst Ming-Chi Kuo told investors he believes the next iPhone will have a fingerprint sensor under the home button. Seeing as Apple has spent $356 million to buy AuthenTec (smart sensor producer), the in-built fingerprint sensor in an iPhone is just a matter of time, so why wouldn’t that be the case of iPhone 5S?
