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By the time the pandemic hit last year the design of iphone 12 was long locked in. But Apple will surely address the masks issue in iphone 13 somehow. They'll either include Touch ID (in the power button) in addition the Face ID or maybe they'll figure out how to make Face ID work with masks. waiting to see the rumors which it will be.
2nd face ID with a mask?
 
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