Apple’s 2019 iPhones are coming out next week. And ahead of the release of Apple’s next iPhones, there are some new details on Apple’s plans for the iPhones coming out next year.
According to Bloomberg, Apple is working on putting an in-display fingerprint scanner on the 2020 iPhones. Earlier reports did suggest Apple will be putting in-display fingerprint scanners on iPhones in 2021, though.
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The in-display fingerprint scanner will allow users to unlock their phone with their finger by putting Touch ID into the display. In-display fingerprint scanners are obviously nothing new, with many Android manufacturers making phones with in-display fingerprint scanners nowadays.
Apple will, however, continue to keep Face ID along with Touch ID on the 2020 iPhones. That means Apple might be the first company to offer both 3D-sensing face recognition and a fingerprint scanner on a phone at the same time. And if both Face ID and Touch ID work together all the time, it could make unlocking your iPhone way easier and faster than before. You could, for example, use Touch ID when you wake up, and use Face ID for things like making payments at a store, etc.
Touch ID is also making a return with Apple’s rumored low-cost iPhone SE successor, expected to arrive in early 2020.
Apple is still testing the in-display fingerprint scanner for the 2020 iPhones, but there’s a chance it could not arrive till 2021 if the testing process doesn’t proceed as expected.
There’s already been a lot of rumors about the 2020 iPhones, by the way. Cupertino is expected to put 5G on the 2020 iPhones, as well as rear-facing 3D cameras on the back, and a faster processor. For the 2019 iPhones coming out next week, Apple is working on a new processor, upgraded cameras, and improved Face ID — more on that here.Â
dontbeevil
<p>you forgot to mention in the title that other companies already implemented it for a while and apple is copying it…strange</p>
dontbeevil
<blockquote><em><a href="#458897">In reply to wright_is:</a></em></blockquote><p>"Gmail No Longer Gives You an Excuse to Send Emails With Spelling and Grammar Mistakes"</p><p>For some reasons they forgot to say that outlook.com already provide the same feature for ages, but when it comes to MS, they really pay attention to put the emphasis on copy</p><p>"Microsoft Copied the iPhone’s Animoji and Made It More Accessible"</p><p>Oh they forgot to write copy also when it comes to</p><p>"In-Display Fingerprint Scanners Will Make a Debut on the iPhone in 2021"</p><p>And</p><p>"Apple Introduces New Migration Feature for iPhones"</p><p>And</p><p>"Apple Testing Face ID and Touch ID Sign-In for iCloud.com"</p><p>And</p><p>"Google Services Going Password less on Android"</p><p>But suddenly they remembered again that apple has something similar to point out here:</p><p>"Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo Announce New AirDrop-inspired File Transfer feature"</p><p>(and of course there was nothing similar before airdrop…ehm Bluetooth/nfc file transfer)</p><p>And they forgot to mention products with similar features again</p><p>"Apple Watch Reportedly Getting Built-In Sleep Tracking"</p><p>"Apple’s Tag Device for Tracking Personal Items Detailed in New Leak"</p><p>"Apple Working on In-Display Fingerprint Scanner for 2020 iPhones"</p>
Dryloch
<p>Sounds like buying an iPhone this year is a big mistake. I would say short the stock but people don't pay attention to this type of information so I am sure they will sell tons of them.</p>