If there's no TouchID, there will be some other biometric identification that surpasses it. I'm sure Apple won't go back to passcodes. Whether it's retina scan or facial recognition or something else, who knows, but there will be something. TouchID is nice because you don't need any special phone orientation to do it. But it does have bad times with wet hands on on dry winter days, etc. Whatever replaces it needs to be faster and just as accurate and unable to be fooled.
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Ming-Chi Kuo Predicts iPhone 8 Will Omit Touch ID Entirely, Come in Limited Color Options
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Kuo's new predictions also continue to corroborate the iPhone 8's lack of a physical Home button, but he goes on to state that Touch ID will not be incorporated into the OLED smartphone's display. The analyst didn't provide any mention of Touch ID moving elsewhere on the iPhone 8, like the back of the device or lock button as has been previously rumored and largely debunked.
Yet your headline definitively screams:
Ming-Chi Kuo Predicts iPhone 8 Will Omit Touch ID Entirely
Body of the article [bold added for emphasis]:
Kuo's new predictions also continue to corroborate the iPhone 8's lack of a physical Home button, but he goes on to state that Touch ID will not be incorporated into the OLED smartphone's display. The analyst didn't provide any mention of Touch ID moving elsewhere on the iPhone 8, like the back of the device or lock button as has been previously rumored and largely debunked.
Yet your headline definitively screams:
Ming-Chi Kuo Predicts iPhone 8 Will Omit Touch ID Entirely
Unless Apple can perform some sort of voodoo magic that Microsoft can't, it won't work reliably for a large portion of the population. I have crazy hair and glasses, and about 8 times out of 10 the Surface Book wouldn't be able to identify me when I'm sitting at my desk, instead requiring me to enter a PIN or password (depending on how many times it had failed already). Even if Apple is able to double, triple, or even quadruple Microsoft's best, facial recognition still won't be "good enough".
While I have no more access to Apple's road map than your pet cat, I bet your cat's 9th life there will be some sort of secure enclave in which your data is safely stored. Now, if the access method moves away from something other than touch, I'm pretty confident that the new method will be either A) better or B) more secure if not C) both better and more secure.
It's at this point of the thread I feel the need to remind everyone to breathe. There's no way Touch ID is going away. Evolving? Sure. But going away? Not a chance.
It's at this point of the thread I feel the need to remind everyone to breathe. There's no way Touch ID is going away. Evolving? Sure. But going away? Not a chance.
Touch ID will be in the power button. That was Apple's Plan B that will become Plan A. There is no other reason to elongate the power button: secure and accurate fingerprint recognition needs the button's increased surface area.
When I first heard the rumor about Apple removing the headphone jack I thought the same thing: "No way they would do that". Guess what? They doo'd it anyway.
Pure blowing off steam, with no regard (and awareness) as to what this make him or her look like.
I disagree entirely with that statement. The 7s/7s+ will be based on four year old production methods at this point using many of the the same parts, maybe even chassis, of the 6-7 series iPhones. Economies of scale and familiarity of producing these iPhones will bring production costs down over time. These savings will not be passed on to the consumer thus resulting in higher profit margins for the "cheaper" iPhones.
By contrast everything about producing an iPhone 8 will be new (internal, parts, chassis, screen, 3D sensors etc). Apple will have to tool-up factories to accommodate these first run iPhone 8's as part of an expensive investment in future iPhones. Of course Apple aren't going to loose money, hence the rumours about a $1000+ iPhone, but on these initial batch of iPhones the profit margin may be lower than you think despite the price tag.
Erm.. I could tell, if I had ALSO upgraded my 5S to iOS 10.
Only my SE is running iOS 10. But the interesting part comes now:IMHO, a new model with 2GB of RAM could mean 6S / SE HW will be able to run iOS 11 fine.
That would be a big step behind. Imagine not being able to use ApplePay with the Anniversary Edition iPhone 8 !!!
Good. Throw in a few ridiculous rumors to liven things up.
Too many accurate, reputable rumors these days. I miss the old stuff, and preposterous garbage like this.
Kudos.
Too many accurate, reputable rumors these days. I miss the old stuff, and preposterous garbage like this.
Kudos.
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Maybe it means no Touch ID anywhere on the "SCREEN" but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be on the back or power button.
This is what I think it could be on the iPhone 8 until they get it to work on the OLED. iPhone 9 anyone?
You've never paid for something with Apple Pay have you. Your phone will most likely not be held at an angle where it will get clear view of your eye.