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Bezel-free iPhone a step closer as third Apple patent published for Touch ID sensor embedded in display

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<p>Concept designers have been creating renderings of bezel-free iPhones – where the display extends all the way to the edges of the phone – for years now. One major barrier to realizing this vision has, of course, been the Home button with its embedded Touch ID sensor.</p>
<p>Third-party companies have <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2015/06/22/iphone-virtual-home-button/" target="_blank">already developed[/url] transparent fingerprint sensors capable of being embedded into a smartphone display, and an Apple patent filed in March of last year but only published yesterday describes the exact same approach …</p>
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