If the sensor is on the back of the iPhone 8 and embedded in the screen on the note 8 I will be buying the note.
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Rumors Persist About Apple Placing Touch ID on Back of iPhone 8
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This is just truly disappointing! With all that time, all the acquisitions and patents Apple can't get it together. I'd rather get an iPhone 7s. Still taking this with a grain of salt.
Not to mention that cases with cutouts on the back look SUPER tacky, at least anything that exceeds the camera hole...
Look at the Apple logo cutout cases and tell me that looks good with a straight face, I dare you.
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What a stupid idea! What about those of us who use a case to prevent drop damage? When you hold a phone its fingers up. Putting it on the back is a dumb idea.
I know it's not favored with Touch ID on the back. But I see this as any other change Apple has made that others disapprove of in the past. You Will have those who do not support touch ID on the back and those who will adjust to the changes made.
Once the hype of this iPhone continues to build and more leaked parts or rumors follow, I think eventually some may change their minds and eventually succumb to purchasing this iPhone 8. Not everybody, but give it time and some people come around to accepting the change if this is accurate.
You're all being cute, acting so surprised. I also yearn to see Apple's design & engineering take its time until they get a front TouchID right rather than slap together another parity product (like last year's iPhone 6SS) just so they stick to the now-mandatory annual September announcement to pander to Wall Street.
That's what Jobs would do. Obsess, get the product right, and only then round up an event.
WTF do you expect from Cook? Like we haven't all been watching the same clockwork streak of lethargic, self-congratulatory events and slow buildup of a nonsensical product portfolio for the past 5 years. The promise of a mythical "pipeline" delivered us three iPhone 6's, three iPhone 5's (oops SE), the entire Mac line in tatters, an iPad that still won't outgrow its oversized-iPhone infancy, an "AI" that came first to market and its only evolution was the icon art. A watch and a TV that are still "getting there". All of those powered by the buggiest OSX and iOS releases in recent memory.
What do you expect? Mold-breaking designs? Surprises? One-more-things? Do you think Cook cares about any of that? His directives are clearly margin building, service growth and reputation management. I personally don't expect anything cooler, exciting or more innovative than a fourth revision of the iPhone 6. And mind you, it will still sell like crazy.
That's what Jobs would do. Obsess, get the product right, and only then round up an event.
WTF do you expect from Cook? Like we haven't all been watching the same clockwork streak of lethargic, self-congratulatory events and slow buildup of a nonsensical product portfolio for the past 5 years. The promise of a mythical "pipeline" delivered us three iPhone 6's, three iPhone 5's (oops SE), the entire Mac line in tatters, an iPad that still won't outgrow its oversized-iPhone infancy, an "AI" that came first to market and its only evolution was the icon art. A watch and a TV that are still "getting there". All of those powered by the buggiest OSX and iOS releases in recent memory.
What do you expect? Mold-breaking designs? Surprises? One-more-things? Do you think Cook cares about any of that? His directives are clearly margin building, service growth and reputation management. I personally don't expect anything cooler, exciting or more innovative than a fourth revision of the iPhone 6. And mind you, it will still sell like crazy.
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I hate to admit it, but I cannot find an error in your analysis.
Worst part being having to see even more of these redic cases with those cut out circles on the back lol
damn, you uttered the truth right there. Although I can disagree a bit on the Apple Watch part...it's been a success overall and it is leading the smartwatch industry, though the whole tech industry (including Apple) do not know what to do next with the smartwatch.
Other than that, you're completely right. What's worse, just imagine if the iPhone 8 comes out with a read Touch ID, and Samsung releases a Note 8 with fingerprint scanner in the display; that will truly damage Apple's image as an innovator.
I dunno, Iris or 3D facial recognition could make fingerprints redundant.
Now that's harder to argue with. I mean, he couldn't even figure out how to make an official Apple case that didn't cover the word "iPhone".
If this happens, massive uproar and then acceptance. May Apple take their time to do things right rather than rush something out. Just started using Touch ID on the 7+, I appreciate that while commuting.
It's going to have a liquid display and your finger will push thru the screen to the sensor on the back. Absolutely brilliant!
I hope this does come to pass. It'll be amusing to see what kind of excuses people like Jim Dalrymple, Rene Richie, John Gruber etc come up with to excuse something that for years they've laughed at Android owners for having. I'd expect them to eat crow but so long as Apple designs it it's ok.
Exactly, haha. People hate it now, they'll still buy it and they'll convince them self that they like it so they don't feel bad about spending almost €1k on a phone.
....I don't think the Touch ID being on the back won't be that bad.
You mean to say Apple still has an image as an innovator? Maybe when it was still fighting for the spotlight, it did. Apple is now a fixture amongst large establishment consumer electronics companies. With its 100K employees, hundreds of billions in the bank and a trillion dollar valuation, the current state of affairs is inexcusable.
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Nobody wants Lightning on the new iPhone.
Women will find that spot in no time. Men, not so much...
Apple's rumored "iPhone 8" with an OLED display and wireless charging will continue to have Touch ID, but there is a "high chance" it will be on the back of the smartphone, says Hong Kong-based equity research firm CLSA.
An excerpt from a research note distributed this week by CLSA analysts Sebastian Hou and Brian Chen:CLSA created a diagram showing Touch ID placed slightly below the Apple logo on the back of the iPhone.
Samsung included a fingerprint sensor on the back of the Galaxy S8, but some reviews found it to be awkwardly positioned next to the camera. Apple placing Touch ID lower down could make it easier to reach.
The diagram also shows a vertically-aligned dual-lens camera, a widely rumored iPhone 8 feature seen in previous renders. There also appear to be additional modules next to the front-facing camera, likely for rumored 3D sensing and facial recognition functionality. Other features shown are identical to the iPhone 7.
The diagram suggests the iPhone 8 will be 144mm tall and 71mm wide, making it slightly larger than an iPhone 7 but smaller than an iPhone 7 Plus as expected. With a depth of 7.69mm, the iPhone 8 would be just a hair thicker than the iPhone 5s, if the dimensions CLSA lists prove to be accurate.
Touch ID on the back of the iPhone 8 appears to be a fallback solution given Apple's struggles to integrate the fingerprint sensor underneath the smartphone's display effectively enough for mass production. Leaked renders suggest Apple has explored a rear Touch ID sensor on at least one iPhone 8 prototype.
Other manufacturing challenges may push iPhone 8 production behind schedule by at least one or two months, possibly delaying shipments until October or November. Nevertheless, most analysts still think Apple will announce the iPhone 8 in September alongside the so-called iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus.
While some Apple fans will quip that "this same rumor surfaces every year," oft-reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities implied this year's shortage could be much more "severe" than in previous years.
"iPhone 8" is a tentative name for Apple's significantly redesigned, high-end smartphone rumored to launch in 2017. It has also been referred to as the iPhone X, iPhone Pro, and iPhone Edition.
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Where does "failure" fit in? Have they said they are going keep it on the front? (I'm not aware they've said anything specific about it)
Your girlfriend must think you're a blast to be with...
I've said it before and I stand by it. If they put the Touch ID on the back, I'll keep using my 7Plus until they are able to figure out how to put it back on the front. On the back is just too awkward.
Imagine somebody walking into Steve Jobs' office and placing this design on his desk.
There is an easy fix for that, and that fix is to do the same as Samsung is doing by giving peoples CHOICES on how they want to unlock their phones
.Maybe it's time for Apple to realize that different choices are a good thing?