Yep.
So, this fall 2017, iPhone 7s, in 3 sizes: 7se small, 7s medium, 7s+ large.
Next fall 2018: iPhone 8, a body redesign with new full-front OLED or Micro-LED display & hidden TouchID sensor & Kinect face recognition.
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LG Named as Supplier of iPhone 8's 3D Facial Recognition System for Front-Facing Camera
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Yep.
So, this fall 2017, iPhone 7s, in 3 sizes: 7se small, 7s medium, 7s+ large.
Next fall 2018: iPhone 8, a body redesign with new full-front OLED or Micro-LED display & hidden TouchID sensor & Kinect face recognition.
This is very interesting tech! 3D front facing cameras with IR? Selfies are going to get pretty mad. Be great if it had a stereoscopic 3D display too - like the 3DS, which also features an IR camera to track where your eyes are to adjust the 3D effect.
Could be cool!
Could be cool!
The article mentions IR cameras. Just like Kinect, Primesense's last big product, it can "see" in the dark.
Apple could include a siri command for waking it up, and then could do the facial scanning). So you wouldn' t have to use your finger/arm anymore. Or , since it is oled, could have the on-screen homebutton being displayed always, even when the screen is turned off.(like the always on black/white clock on oled samsungs). So you would be able to press the onscreen button, while the iphone is on the table, kicking in facial recognition while you press it, and unlocking your iphone. And if they have hood headtracking cams, you wouldn' t have to sit in front of it.
When the facial recog is reliable, and fast iphone 8/x users won't be using touchid anymore(espcially when it is on the back) for unlocking, only for apple pay .
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These articles are funny. On one hand we have leaks of prototype parts (Because the phone would be understandably in pre-production fazes of development) and then another article that speaks of a supplier that will have parts in the coming phone, but they don't actually have a factory yet to build those parts. That's an 18 month to 2 year lead, easily, to actually have production representative parts coming off an assembly line. At least MR could stick to rumors that have a sliver of plausibility.
PSA - whatever you think of any rumor regarding facial rec, iris rec, touch id on the back, etc... please for the love of Jeebus don't type a dissertation about how Apple is screwing up because of X. Regardless of the new feature, they will most likely be optional. Just like the features we're all used to right now. Touch ID is optional.
Sammy just intro'd the S8 with FP sensor, facial rec, iris rec, and the ever present pass code. Choose the one(s) you prefer. All are optional. Nothing will be forced on you. Apple is (if rumors are true) just offering you more choice.
Sammy just intro'd the S8 with FP sensor, facial rec, iris rec, and the ever present pass code. Choose the one(s) you prefer. All are optional. Nothing will be forced on you. Apple is (if rumors are true) just offering you more choice.
they're going to allow you to insert emoji using your facial expressions.
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Please do that. It would be hilarious
For those that think TouchID is moving to the back, I would say that the change to "Press to Unlock" in iOS 10 pretty much eliminates that possibility.
If all of this is actually for a phone that's coming out in a year I hope their sales take a big hit.
This factory that will supply iPhone 8 facial recognition parts in mere months from now -- is it being built by unicorns? Because, if so, that is true innovation.
So.... what would happen if you want to check notifications on the lock screen?
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Buzz words and fads. That's what it's all about these days.
I hope there is LOUD BOOING at the keynote if they announce TouchID on the back.
Sounds like this will be the hot, new tech for the 8S next year. The "S" stands for "Security".
If LG has to build a new factory to keep up with demand I don't see how they could produce enough modules with their existing production lines to meet the needs of what will undoubtedly be the largest iPhone launch ever.
If LG has to build a new factory to keep up with demand I don't see how they could produce enough modules with their existing production lines to meet the needs of what will undoubtedly be the largest iPhone launch ever.
There will be no problem keeping up with demand if TouchID is on the back because it will undoubtedly be the smallest iPhone launch ever.
I'm slightly confused by this. LG best get going then, as we're only several months away from the big reveal.
(okay, maybe 6 months until 'in stock')
Glad someone thought the same thing. Maybe they mean the 'iPhone 8S'?
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How would Apple Pay work then? Would you have to place the phone on the scanner then lean close above it so it can scan it? Will they give away with that and only have Apple Pay on the Apple Watch which if you want that feature, your forced to purchase one?
What does? The camera is used for facial recognition for auto focus, not as a replacement for Touch ID.
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No, this is for better auto focus.
I think that the iphone 8/x/edition of this year will have a front camera with facial recog/3d/ar tech, and that this news is about LG investing in a factory to supply modules for the back camera, that have these possibilities/features for the back camera' s for next years iphones.
It would be funny, but I hope not... I'd feel so bad for whoever was on stage announcing it.