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Ming-Chi Kuo Predicts iPhone 8 Will Omit Touch ID Entirely, Come in Limited Color Options
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Are we still calling this guy "reliable?"
I'd bet my life savings on Touch ID happening on the next iPhone.
I'd bet my life savings on Touch ID happening on the next iPhone.
He might be right most of the time, but nobody is right all the time.
I don't buy that Touch-ID won't be in the screen, and I especially don't believe that all three new models will start at 64GB, right after being upgraded the year before to 32GB. That's not like Apple, unfortunately.
I don't buy that Touch-ID won't be in the screen, and I especially don't believe that all three new models will start at 64GB, right after being upgraded the year before to 32GB. That's not like Apple, unfortunately.
they can't remove touchid because of apple pay, so that's debunked.
Are you suggesting your fingers are wet 70% of the time? Because it works 100% of the time when the fingers are dry. And if they are wet, it doesn't work.
You guys need to show Ming some respect. If ya gotta ask who he is, you know you guys are new to Apple rumor site.
Absent Touch ID I would seriously consider holding off a year before upgrading (with the expectation they'd bring it back under the screen). I really hope this is one of those times that Ming is wrong.
Try using a Samsung or LG with the fingerprint sensor on the back. It's annoying as heck... especially as my iphone sits on my desk all day. No touchid = no sale.
Retinal tech is more easily fooled with a recent close up pic of your face anyway...
I love to rag on Kuo for being wrong as much as any other good Macrumors reader, but to be honest he isn't wrong that often. This prediction has me scared. It needs touchID under the OLED!
Been here for years and I've no idea who he is, mainly because I've learned to ignore analysts.
That just means you weren't looking at sources for all of the CORRECT rumors.
This person is one of the most accurate sources of Apple rumors. If he was ever wrong, it'd just mean that between the rumor and the release, Apple decided to change the product.
If he says no Touch ID on the screen, then no touch ID on the screen. This just means that they'll integrate touch ID into an oversized power button.
Touch ID is needed for features such as Apple Pay and has also become essential in my day-to-day use (for unlocking, approving purchases on the App Store, etc).
If they remove it, they need to replace it with a similarly easy-to-use biometric authentication feature. Facial recognition and iris-scanning have been rumored to be part of the iPhone 8's feature list, so they might replace Touch ID on this device.
In all honesty, though, I don't see Apple removing Touch ID.
If they remove it, they need to replace it with a similarly easy-to-use biometric authentication feature. Facial recognition and iris-scanning have been rumored to be part of the iPhone 8's feature list, so they might replace Touch ID on this device.
In all honesty, though, I don't see Apple removing Touch ID.
"We predict the OLED model won't support fingerprint recognition"
Hard to interpret that any other way.
Now, on occasion he hasn't been entirely clear with his language, so it's *possible* that could be the case here, but as written he's saying no fingerprint recognition at all.
To be fair, he wrote: "We predict the OLED model won't support fingerprint recognition, reasons being: (...)"
(emphasis mine)
So the bold part does support the headline. Now, the reasons being listed all refer to why TouchID under the screen would not work, so maybe he just phrased this badly and does not rule out TouchID elsewhere. Nevertheless, that is what he wrote.
With dry I mean bone-dry. You do know that normal people sweat?
I predict $ 1200 for the base model (with a 35 % partner program share for Apple stores).
I also predict no headphone jack.
I also predict no headphone jack.
The guy has been an analyst for what, a decade? He does extremely detailed research based on things like third party suppliers, general tech development and capabilities, etc. He has a really amazing track record.