Agreed. Add to that the fact that 9to5Mac's reading of the KGI report is that there is no TouchID at all - under glass or otherwise.
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Ming-Chi Kuo Predicts iPhone 8 Will Omit Touch ID Entirely, Come in Limited Color Options
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Apple following Samsung and moving TouchId to the back is almost as absurd as them removing it completely. Unlike Samsung, Apple has a usability reputation to protect - putting TouchId elsewhere on the device is a big step backwards from a usability perspective.
Everyone keeps saying this "Ming-Chi Kuo" has the highest accuracy - facts don't get created by mere repetition of a statement. What is the factual basis for your statement?
This presume facial recognition as we know it today. It is entirely possible that Apple has found a way for facial recognition to be done via IR and at a distance so that it would be as effortless for Apple Pay as TouchID - maybe even easier.
While the power button might be a good substitute (versus the ridiculous notion Apple would stick it on the back), I can't see Apple doing a back-and-forth by putting it on the power button for one iteration and then back to the front the following year.
You should reset your fingerprints in iOS then and try to be more thorough this time. Everyone I saw having issues with their Touch ID did set them up sloppy. Especially the second part where you have to scan the edges.
My money is on the entire phone being a TouchID sensor, so now we've covered every possible eventuality I think?
No way they are dumb enough to fully remove touch ID, and what rely on face recognition? What about those times I'm not facing my phone, like in my car when it's mounted or when I'm in bed reaching across to my dresser? I'm definitely concerned though as we keep hearing very strong rumors that 1) all the prototypes and leaked cases have no cutouts for a rear mounted fp sensor and 2) that the under screen fp sensor technology isn't ready for release. Which does place worries in my mind that maybe Apple will be dumb enough to release this with only facial recognition. Oh well, I guess I can always fall back on the PIN.
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My touch ID kind of sucks also if my finger is even just a little bit moist, and forget it if I've been working around the house and due to construction maybe my fp is a bit smooth. With that said Apple's implementation is still the best around, but you need almost perfect conditions for it to work. That's why I was looking forward to the underscreen implementation because from what I understand it won't matter if your finger is wet or smoothed out from hard work.
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My touch ID kind of sucks also if my finger is even just a little bit moist, and forget it if I've been working around the house and due to construction maybe my fp is a bit smooth. With that said Apple's implementation is still the best around, but you need almost perfect conditions for it to work. That's why I was looking forward to the underscreen implementation because from what I understand it won't matter if your finger is wet or smoothed out from hard work.
Considering my hands are dry probably at least 95% of the time I use Touch ID I'm not necessarily seeing the problem here.
Maybe keep it for the '8S' and move it back with a slight redesign for the 9. Whilst I'm sure they don't think hopping about all over the place is optimal, I can't see them artificially keeping TouchID in the power button for a few years when your Samsungs, your Pixels etc will be embedding them under the screen.
3D facial recognition (*actual* depth sensing) as well as Unlock w/ Appple Watch like MacOS. 
I don’t have to use TouchID with Apple Pay when I use my Apple Watch - and it only has a 4-digit pin on it. I could see this feature being ported to the phone. I love it on the Mac.
I don’t have to use TouchID with Apple Pay when I use my Apple Watch - and it only has a 4-digit pin on it. I could see this feature being ported to the phone. I love it on the Mac.
And some people don't want to have to take of their gloves or dry their fingers so that their phone can recognise them.
But I guess since you much more frequently wear sunglasses than gloves (or have wet fingers), that should decide what biometrics are essential and which are unacceptable.
If true, I'll just get a 7S+ this year and hold out for the next one. I'm not giving up the convenience of Touch ID and Apple Pay. I've now got it on my MacBook Pro and the iPhone 7+ and I depend on it.
Also, new-tech Apple devices always seem to have some drawback.( lack of ports usually.) I can put up with it on my laptops and iPads, but not my need-it-for-business iPhone. Besides I like the physical size of the 7+ and the way it fits in my big hands. The 8 looks to be physically smaller and I don't wanna go back.
Also, new-tech Apple devices always seem to have some drawback.( lack of ports usually.) I can put up with it on my laptops and iPads, but not my need-it-for-business iPhone. Besides I like the physical size of the 7+ and the way it fits in my big hands. The 8 looks to be physically smaller and I don't wanna go back.
Because they have been bagging on Samsung phones for having it on the back. Some of these people are zealots, and everything Samsung does has to be wrong.
Not everyone has the Apple Watch and it's a pretty expensive alternative to touchid
Given the way phones are being hacked by governments, businesses and criminals I'm not sure I WANT a device that can scan and identify me without my knowledge that it is being done. At least with the fingerprint device I have to actually place a finger on the phone for the verification to take place.
Working in retail at Apple it seems that Apple’s number one focus at the moment is Apple Pay. The entirety of Apple Pay hinges on its security. If you remove Touch ID from the newest flagship phone you would also be removing Apple Pay. These claims need to taken with the largest grain of salt.
I can't say that I have had many problems with my Touch ID. Extremely occasionally I've had wet hands that didn't work but wiped them on my jeans and I then had no problem. Most of the time even wet it worked, though.
After reviewing other sites' headlines on this topic, MR does have the most click-bait of them all.