'Modern' iPad Pro with Face ID teased in Apple's iOS 11.3 code
Digging within the first beta of iOS 11.3 has discovered evidence that a new iPad with Face ID and thinner bezels could be in the works, supporting rumors that such as device is on tap for launch later this year.
Felipe Esposito of iHelp took to Twitter to reveal that multiple strings of code within iOS 11.3 make mention of a so-called "Modern" iPad.
Notably, iOS 11 pre-release betas referenced a "Modern" iPhone before the iPhone X was officially unveiled. Software sleuths have seen the mention of a "Modern" iPad as evidence that an iPad Pro with Face ID, just like the iPhone X, could be around the corner.
To date, multiple rumors have already claimed that a 2018 iPad Pro update will ditch Touch ID for Face ID, just like the iPhone X before it. However, it's unlikely that a new iPad Pro with Face ID would have a bezel-free design like the iPhone X, as that utilizes a costly OLED display that would be too pricey for a 10-plus-inch iPad panel.
Switching to Face ID would, however, allow for Apple to greatly reduce the "forehead" and "chin" of the iPad Pro, as there would no longer be a need for the home button with Touch ID sensor. And thinner bezels would allow for reduced size and weight, particularly on the 12.9-inch model, while also housing the Face ID sensor without the need for a "camera notch" like is found on the iPhone X.
It's expected that 2018 iPad Pro models with Face ID will be powered by an 8-core "A11X" processor, enhancing the A11 Bionic CPU found in the iPhone 8 and iPhone X.
Felipe Esposito of iHelp took to Twitter to reveal that multiple strings of code within iOS 11.3 make mention of a so-called "Modern" iPad.
Notably, iOS 11 pre-release betas referenced a "Modern" iPhone before the iPhone X was officially unveiled. Software sleuths have seen the mention of a "Modern" iPad as evidence that an iPad Pro with Face ID, just like the iPhone X, could be around the corner.
To date, multiple rumors have already claimed that a 2018 iPad Pro update will ditch Touch ID for Face ID, just like the iPhone X before it. However, it's unlikely that a new iPad Pro with Face ID would have a bezel-free design like the iPhone X, as that utilizes a costly OLED display that would be too pricey for a 10-plus-inch iPad panel.
Switching to Face ID would, however, allow for Apple to greatly reduce the "forehead" and "chin" of the iPad Pro, as there would no longer be a need for the home button with Touch ID sensor. And thinner bezels would allow for reduced size and weight, particularly on the 12.9-inch model, while also housing the Face ID sensor without the need for a "camera notch" like is found on the iPhone X.
It's expected that 2018 iPad Pro models with Face ID will be powered by an 8-core "A11X" processor, enhancing the A11 Bionic CPU found in the iPhone 8 and iPhone X.
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It is proven to not be secure.
I can unlock it with a stretched out arm while in bed. Just touch the right spot with the right finger. No need to look at it.
Sorry Apple, FaceID does not do it for me and I suspect that I'm not alone there.
I'm not sure we will ever see Apple address this on the iOS platform. However long term for robotics and advanced desktop operating systems I suspect Apple has no choice but to have a visual ID system that catalogs and identifies everybody you have a working relationship with. Apples Knowledge Navigator videos though have left me with the impression that visual recognition on an iPad of multiple people if not users will likely happen at some time.
In any event I'm shocked that people don't think Face ID is coming to the iPad. The only question in my mind is this will it be generation one or generation two of the hardware. The one thing that is obvious (my HP ENVY does facial recognition for log in) is that we are at the very beginning of this technology. Recent Windows updates have dramatically improved its performance and my understanding is that recent iOS updates have improved Face ID on iPhone X. It is hard to say how quickly the tech will improve beyond current systems. One just has to look back to cell phone cameras that where utter junk when they first came out and now they are in many ways better than silver based photography ( well at least low end consumer silver based photography).
As for being proven to not be secure, that is nonsense! Any security system can be defeated, what is of concern is the effort required to defeat it. In that regard Face ID is in fact more secure than the average log in system.
But we get it, you hate apple stuff.
As for Face ID doing it for you, not many people buy hardware for one feature. IPad is the sum of its parts and as such you buy the tablet for those parts as a whole. Even on the ENVY, which I purchased for the AMD chip inside, the laptop is the sum of its parts.
Lets look at it this way if you go shopping for a new car, do you reject the machine that has everything you want because it has an ashtray?
I have one of these:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/io.structure.assets/ks_video.mov
and it does a pretty good job -- accuracy within 1% at 4 meters.
It is worth noting that this iPad camera accessory uses tech created by PrimeSense which was acquired by Apple in Nov 2013.