I was a little skeptical of the fingerprint scanner, but knowing it's encrypted and stored in the hardware, I'd feel pretty secure in using it.
Most people weren't expecting CPU/GPU performance to double again, so impressive that Apple managed to maintain their SoC pace. The 64-bit transition is going to matter in a couple years when iPads start to want more than 4GB of RAM.
The M7 co-processor is actually the most surprising new hardware feature, and it's one of those features whose implications is hard to fathom. It might go nowhere special beyond being a simple pedometer, or it could be applied in crazy situations like earthquake detection and traffic monitoring.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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