iPhone with on-display Touch ID to headline most ambitious iPhone yetThe new system will come in addition to an improved Face ID.
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Noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes Apple will re-introduce Touch ID as a fingerprint on display (FOD).
An iPhone equipped with Face ID and FOD could arrive in 2021.
Kuo cites Apple patents, not supply chain activity, in his prediction.
With the iPhone X, Apple ditched Touch ID and stepped into the future of facial biometrics. But come 2021, via MacRumors, the company could re-introduce Touch ID as an on-display fingerprint sensor.
The report comes from Ming-Chi Kuo, who is basing his prediction on Apple patents, not info coming down the supply chain, meaning his info his highly speculative. Still, Kuo appears confident enough that the fingerprint on display (FOD) is worth mentioning.
In terms of technology, we predict that four critical technical issues of FOD will significantly improve in 12-18 months, including module thickness, sensing area, power consumption, and lamination yield rate...
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iPhone with on-display Touch ID to headline most ambitious iPhone yet
