I’m having a hard time believing this. Ever since the iPhone X Apple has claimed that they’re 100% invested in Face ID and that Touch ID was dropped like a rock never to be considered again. If they really do end up doing this, they’re gonna have a lot of explaining to do. Face ID would end up having an even shorter life than Touch ID originally had. It would be known as Apple’s awkward, temporary replacement for authentication while they struggled to make an under-screen fingerprint solution, which whenever brought up, they’ve always said they have no interest in. Hmm...
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Apple Rumored to Launch Notch-Less iPhone in 2020
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Well as long as you can settle for 2 out of 3 you should be fine... If they remove the notch and add Qualcomm modems you can bet that price will be sky high.
While that’s probably true, no way I am paying more than I already have for an iPhone. $800 being the max with AC+, I can wait. Especially dealing with the TV app as craptastic as that is.
Guess what, I won't be getting any new iPhone this year since iPhone 3G. Can't wait to use Pixel 3 XL from tomorrow.
I feel like this has been happening for the last couple of years... the current year iphone rumors are pretty much leaked and confirmed by June-July and then people move on to the next year's phone. But I do agree that this year its been a bit more ramped up.
I am indifferent between FaceID and TouchID, however Apple is under the mindset that FaceID is more secure. Chances are if TouchID v3 is going to be released it will be a prime candidate for the smaller devices to minimize the bezels. Would one consider Ultrasonic TouchID an evolution or a new feature is hard to say.
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Maybe if the other components shrink, however if this was the case I believe Apple would have done so to minimize the notch width. Maybe there needs to be some physical minimal distance between the sensors that rely on each other to make FaceID reliable, I am not sure.
everyone just relax! they will put face id on the back of the phone. so you do a quick flip to unlock your phone - no harm in that.
Just remove this sucker this year already. It's going to look archaic next to every other flagship that's releasing at the moment. Turning the reliable tick-tock design cycle into a tick-tock-tock is terribly lame.
Notch needs to be removed, or at the very least shrink substantially or eliminated by now.
Android manufactures have managed that. The notch is a compromise but having the same notch for 2 years is lazy on Apples part.
Many people believed that Touch ID would return when the technology was available to completely cover the screen. I expect that Apple will have both Touch ID and Face ID when the technology is ready to have Face ID underneath the screen as well. I don’t know if it’s redundant to have both, but I can imagine for AR purposes that they won’t want to get rid of Face ID at all.
I like both. Face ID is limited to one person, Touch ID can accommodate multiple users. Each has it's advantages and disadvantages. Why not provide both and let the customer decide?
All screen, notchless, TouchID. This is probably the best iPhone they’ll ever release. Which is going to be like Android phone now. I would never ever thought a time will come that I wish my iPhone will be like those Android phones. I always think that Android phone users will be forever jealous with us and try to copy iPhone forever. Well I’m wrong!
Are we going backwards? I really hope they don't, I prefer by far to just glance at my phone. It's just much more advance technology, more accurate and more secure. Apple's latest ad literally says 'Face ID even safer than Touch ID' so that makes me guess they wouldn't wanna go back and I hope they don't.
There's no way they get rid of Face ID, how would they sell that to people?
"Hey guys I know we said a few years ago that face ID was much safer than touch ID but now that we've put touch ID all over the screen......Oh look over there a new Memoji everybody!!!"
"Hey guys I know we said a few years ago that face ID was much safer than touch ID but now that we've put touch ID all over the screen......Oh look over there a new Memoji everybody!!!"
Why do they have a lot of explaining to do? How does it actually affect you which method of authentication they use? It all does the same thing and since apps currently support both Face and Touch you won’t even have to wait for an update. It will be a seamless switch.