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Lapho i-Apple ngo-2012 wathenga kwacaca ukuthi i-AuthenTec, umkhiqizi ohamba phambili wobuchwepheshe bokuqaphela izigxivizo zeminwe, inezinhlelo ezinkulu zabafundi be-biometric. Lokhu ukuveze ngemuva konyaka emcimbini I-iPhone 5S, okunye okuqanjwe kwayo okuyinhloko kwakuyi-Touch ID, isifundi sezigxivizo zeminwe esakhelwe kunkinobho yasekhaya.

Ekuqaleni bekuyindlela elula yokuvula ifoni yakho futhi uqinisekise izinkokhelo ku-App Store, kodwa unyaka odlule ubonise ukuthi ubuchwepheshe be-AuthenTec buyingxenye yokuthile okukhulu kakhulu.

I-Touch ID iyingxenye yokuvikela eyisisekelo yesevisi yokukhokha ngaphandle kokuthinta Apple Pay. Ngenxa yokuhlanganiswa okuseduze, i-Apple inesimiso esenziwe ngomumo okungekho muntu okwamanje ongaqhudelana naso, ngoba izingxenye zalo ziwumphumela wezingxoxo zesikhathi eside namabhange, izinkampani zamakhadi kanye nabathengisi ngokwabo, kanye nobuchwepheshe obutholakala ku-Apple kuphela.

Ngokuthenga i-AuthenTec, inkampani yazuza ukufinyelela okukhethekile kubafundi abahamba phambili beminwe emakethe. Eqinisweni, i-AuthenTec yayingaphambi kwezimbangi zayo ngaleso sikhathi ngaphambi kokutholwa, lapho ngisho nokukhetha kwesibili okuhle kakhulu kungenele ukusetshenziswa okungokoqobo kumadivayisi eselula.

Baphinde bazibonela lokhu kwaMotorola. Owayengumqondisi omkhulu uDennis Woodside engxoxweni yakamuva kuveziwe, ukuthi inkampani ihlele ukufaka isifundi sezigxivizo zeminwe ku-Nexus 6 ebiyenzela i-Google. Kwakuyi-Motorola eyayingeyokuqala eza nale nzwa yeselula, okuyimodeli ye-Atrix 4G. Ngaleso sikhathi, basebenzisa inzwa evela ku-AuthenTec.

Lapho le nketho ingasatholakali, njengoba inkampani yathengwa yi-Apple, i-Motorola esikhundleni salokho yanquma ukulahla umfundi weminwe. “Umphakeli wesibili ohamba phambili nguyena kuphela owayetholakala kubo bonke abakhiqizi futhi wayengemuva kakhulu,” kukhumbula uWoodside. Kunokuba bazitholele inzwa enganembile yezinga lesibili, bancamele ukuvala wonke umqondo, bashiye i-Nexus 6 inokubobotheka okuncane ngemuva kwefoni lapho umfundi bekufanele abe ngowakho.

Naphezu kwalokhu, abanye abakhiqizi, okuyi-Samsung ne-HTC, banqume ukufaka umfundi kwamanye amadivayisi abo. AbakwaSamsung bayethule ku-flagship yayo ye-Galaxy S5, kuyilapho i-HTC isebenzisa isifundi kufoni ye-One Max. Okuhlangenwe nakho komsebenzisi nombuyekezi kubonise ukuthi inzwa evela kumthengisi wesibili ohamba phambili, Ama-Synaptics, kubonakala sengathi ekusebenzeni - ukufundwa kwezigxivizo zeminwe okungalungile nokuskena okungalungile kuvele njengemiphumela evamile kakhulu yenzwa yezinga lesibili.

Ukutshalwa kwezimali okungamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-356 okubize ukuthola i-AuthenTec kubonakala kukhokhele i-Apple enkulu, noma kancane kuyinikeza isiqalo esikhulu ekuqinisekiseni ubuqiniso bebhayomethrikhi okungenzeka izimbangi zayo zingafinyeleli kuyo eminyakeni embalwa.

Umthombo: I-Verge, Telegraph
Photo: I-Kārlis Dambrāns
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