Comment: Suggestions that Apple is still undecided about iPhone 8 hardware seem crazy<div class="feat-image">
</div><p><a href="
https://daringfireball.net/2017/07/iphone_silly_season" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Gruber[/url] has succinctly summarised my own doubts about claims that Apple is still <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/03/iphone-8-touch-id-3d-face-detection/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in the process[/url] of making <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/11/iphone-8-delays-panic-mode/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hardware decisions[/url] about the <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iPhone 8[/url] at this late stage. In particular, that no final decision has yet been made about whether or not to include Touch ID, or replace it altogether with face-recognition.</p>
<p>I think it’s bonkers to think that Apple is still working on hardware decisions like this in the middle of July [
…] Hardware doesn’t work like that. Many of the decisions related to the hardware on this year’s new iPhones were made two years ago …</p>
<p>Although there have been multiple rumors of a delayed launch for the iPhone 8, these have been in the <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/12/iphone-8-delay-bofa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order of weeks[/url] or – at worst – a <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2017/04/24/kgi-iphone-8-mass-production-delayed-to-octobernovember-as-major-component-upgrades-cause-supply-bottlenecks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">month or two[/url] …</p>
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Comment: Suggestions that Apple is still undecided about iPhone 8 hardware seem crazy
