Apple to add in-display fingerprint sensor to 2022 iPhone: analyst

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Apple is planning to bring back Touch ID with an in-display fingerprint sensor in its 2021 iPhones, according to TF Securities analyst and frequent Apple tipster Ming-Chi Kuo.

The fingerprint recognition feature was introduced in 2013 with the iPhone 5S, although it was dropped from Apple's handsets with 2017's iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. Apple has since pushed its Face ID facial recognition feature in its iPhones.

Yet, Kuo reports that Apple volition offering both Face ID and Touch ID in its 2021 lineup of iPhones. Every bit Kuo notes, Apple tree is probable taking the next ii years to iron out the various limitations that currently plague in-display fingerprints technology. Some of these issues include high ability consumption, thick sensing modules, a small sensing area size and overall production difficulties.

Specifically, Kuo predicts that Apple will address at least a few of these problems with Qualcomm'due south ultrasonic fingerprint-under-display organization, which enables the user to place their finger to scan their finger within a big area of the screen.

The analyst likewise theorized that an under-brandish fingerprint scanner could be added to the Apple Watch instead of Face ID, should the smartwatch proceeds biometrics in the time to come. That said, Kuo didn't claim that such a feature is in the works for Apple tree Watch.

In the concurrently, Apple tree will unveil this twelvemonth'due south lineup of iPhones during a keynote sometime in September. Rumours indicate to at least one these phones having a triple-lens rear camera and a faster A13 processor built by TSMC.

Via: The Verge