iOS 7.1 Code Revealed a Connection Between the Touch ID Sensor and the iPad

The iOS program code is a depository of valuable information when it comes to the revelation of certain findings related to iPhone, iPad and other Apple products. While studying the iOS 7.1 code there came another interesting finding regarding the Touch ID fingerprint reader and the iPad tablet.

As is known, the Touch ID sensor, debuted in the iPhone 5s, virtually eliminates the need for password for of a number of actions. In particular, right now it is possible to unlock the phone and authorize purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store by scanning of the device owner fingerprints.

According to French developer, who shared his thoughts via the Twitter microblogging network, Touch ID framework code inside the iOS 7.1 contains strings, allowing to suggest the introduction of the Touch ID into one more product by Apple.

This discovery – is a standard practice of the programmers from Cupertino. This way Apple is preparing the base for innovation at the operating system level. If the difficulties with the production of a sufficient number of buttons with a built-in Touch ID scanner will not affect Apple this time, as with iPhone 5s, it can be assumed with high probability that the device spotted in the code of the iOS 7.1 will be a new model of the Apple iPad Tablets family.

Source: 3dnews.ru