[ksec]

Considered that I follow hardware development fairly closely, I didn't even know this was not a thing on iPhone. And now Apple is making a big deal about it.

Could anyone shares any thoughts as to why Apple only include it now? And not earlier?

[TedShiller]

it's on iPhone now. before, if you wanted this, you'd have to make do with an android

[stjohnswarts]

"make do" ? Unless you were a cartologist, surveyor, or geo-cacher would you even care?

[chrismeller]

Including it on a spec sheet qualifies as making a big deal about it?

[ksec]

They actually mentioned it during the presentation.