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Kuo: iPhones With Under-Screen Touch ID Now Coming in 2023, Foldable iPhone in 2024
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Touche, let me rephrase; gosh we can't possibly make Apple re-engineer their $15 cases can we?
touchID is still worthwhile, I don't know why they don't just put it on the power button though. Would resolve all of these issues with that.
I think it's just fashionable to trash foldable phones, especially if you have zero experience with them. Just watch, when Apple releases theirs they will be the first sheep to proclaim Apple's brilliance.
Hmm good point. No I don't use cases at all, but now I see where an under screen touch ID would be useful. I'll still vote for touch ID on the power button though.
Only if you are living 3 years ago. Today's foldable phones are quite sturdy and durable.
Then don't buy a case! Lol ok I'm just joking, well kind of. My vote is still for touch ID on the power button like on the iPads.
Why does everyone forget cases can be redesigned to have the power button exposed, just like the old screen protectors had a cutout for the old Touch-ID?
Am I just "old" and remember too much? I mean seriously...
Seriously. Been rumored since 2017. Always rumored & gets “pushed back” into the following year.
iPad Air 4 and mini 6 case manufacturers and even Apple’s cases have figured it out, what’s your argument?
Hmm…I am open to the idea, I never dismissed it though some here are until it’s announced and boom the past is just an inconvenient memory 😝
If Apple released a 2022 SE that looks like the mini 13 except without FaceID and instead power button TouchID it would be interesting to see how consumers react.
different form factor for one.
2nd, everything is "swipe up", so my thumb never is close to the power button anymore.
and Apple has not (thus far) added a Touch ID into a device that has Face ID
SPOT ON!!!!!!!!
I am just like you
Have iPhone 11 Pro, do not have any passcode or FaceID, but will get iPhone 13 Pro and will use a passcode. Maybe one day, 2031 we will get touch id
What problems do foldables solve? The footprint is smaller when they are folded, obviously, but then they are twice as thick. They protect the screen when it is folded but the screens themselves seem less durable than regular screens. Are there scenarios where information presented on a folded device is better than on a standard phone?
I do like the look of the Motorola foldable, though. Interested to see what Apple does.
I do like the look of the Motorola foldable, though. Interested to see what Apple does.
If that was the direction Apple was going, they would have done it already. So for whatever Apples' rational is, they don't want to put touch id in the power button of the iphone.
Wow I still am baffled that this question is still asked, I suppose it's a physics brain buster. The problem they solve is that of having a tablet sized screen which can fit into the footprint of a smartphone. Here's an experiment for those who don't understand the physics involved, take an ipad mini 5 which has the same size screen as the Fold 2/3, take that ipad mini and put it into your front pocket, bonus points if you can sit down with it. Voila, instant scientific answer!
Apple can keep upping its iPhones with new form factors and faster CPUs, but I feel A15 and iPhone 12S (I mean 13), is incredible enough as it is, until the next big thing, whatever that is.
TouchID can into the power button like they’ve been doing so already.
TouchID can into the power button like they’ve been doing so already.
I agree — at some point, the screen will fail — there is just no way around it. Do we even know how a humid/dry or hot/cold climate affects this? It seems like a complete waste of r&d. A flexible screen material is great if it stays in one position, but bending a screen constantly is a disaster waiting to happen.
But you still have a device that is twice a thick and substantially heavier than most phones. Is there enough demand for a pocketable device like you describe? I guess we shall see.