And we believe Apple when they say Face ID was always the preference and Touch
ID under the screen was never an option...
Not exact matches
We believe Apple will replace the existing Home button - based Touch
ID with the
under - display solution for higher
screen - to - body ratios, if it decides to bring back Touch
ID.
Talking about Face
ID — although a few people were disappointed that Apple couldn't get an
under -
screen fingerprint recognition tech, the 1,000,000 to 1 failure rate of the technology swiftly shunned all doubts (Touch
ID has a failure rate of 50,000 to 1).
And an analyst note from Keybanc on Tuesday suggested Apple was racing to put its Touch
ID function
under the
screen of the new iPhone.
Since fingerprint reader button can's be placed on the smartphone's front and Apple fails to adopt
under -
screen fingerprint technology, so people assume that Apple may give up Touch
ID.
Credit: Charnsitr / ShutterstockAssuming Apple goes through with the edge - to - edge
screen everyone's expecting for the iPhone 8 — something smartphone makers like LG and Samsung have already pulled off with the G6 and Galaxy S8, respectively — that means finding a new home for the Touch
ID sensor, which resides
under the home button on current iPhone models.
You have your now widely accepted «wraparound»
screen design, aka borderless look, with OLED technology, several «
under - glass» key components, like the earpiece, FaceTime camera and Touch
ID fingerprint sensor, plus «some form» of facial and gesture recognition, as well as wireless charging.
Apple has been working for a long time to figure out how it can embed its Touch
ID fingerprint scanner
under the iPhone's display so that it can give its iPhone lineup a smaller overall footprint without having to shrink
screen size.
If this happens, we will end up with an iPhone 8 that has no physical home button and thus the Touch
ID will be hidden
under the
screen.
If biometric scanning doesn't pan out, Apple is also reportedly eyeing
screens with fingerprint sensors embedded in them, although developer Steve Troughton - Smith dug through the iOS 11 beta and said there's no reference to an
under - the - display Touch
ID sensor.
An edge - to - edge
screen has also been reported, along with a new Touch
ID sensor that would be baked into the glass, eliminating the need to have a home button
under the display.
But if the technology for fingerprint sensors
under the
screen advances enough, Apple may bring Touch
ID back sometime in the future.
But another report claims that Apple is facing issues with putting the Touch
ID sensors
under the
screen.
The company has never explored fingerprints on the back or
under the
screen, as Face
ID was a better solution.
For a long time this year, it was believed that Apple's iPhone X would have a Touch
ID sensor embedded
under the
screen.
The company never considered a fingerprint sensor
under the
screen, they say, and Face
ID was the first option, with everything working exactly as expected from the very beginning.
Cupertino will then find a way of integrating the Touch
ID under the display via this on -
screen home key, just like Xiaomi already did with the Mi 5S and 5S Plus.
Perhaps Apple will perfect the technology and release an iPhone 8 with a Touch
ID sensor
under the
screen.
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