Apple will launch an iPhone with both Face ID and Touch ID in full screen in 2021, according to a new note by Ming-Chi Kuo, an Apple analyst.
Rumors have increased in recent times that Apple was trying to develop the Touch ID fingerprint technology and make it work on the entire screen of the iPhone. It was said that Apple would have to face major technical challenges to do this, although other companies introduced this technology long ago. This is because Apple has to present it differently.
Kuo's prediction depends on Apple's various patents related to fingerprints, as well as the continuous development of that technology in Android phones, which together suggest to him that Apple will choose to return the fingerprint sensor to the iPhone screens again, but in a different way.
With regard to this technology, we expect that some important technical problems in the fingerprint system on the screen, symbolized by FOD, will improve within 12-18 months, including the thickness of the device, sensor areas and energy consumption. It is believed that Apple will launch a new iPhone equipped with both Face ID and FOD fingerprint to enhance security and convenience.
While Apple has completely canceled fingerprint recognition in its modern smartphones, we find that Chinese companies took the opposite direction and continued to adopt fingerprint sensor technology even in their mid-range smartphones, but they developed and integrated it into the screen, but that was to increase its overwhelming popularity.
There were widespread rumors that Apple was trying to integrate Touch ID into the screen of the 2017 iPhone X, but instead, Apple got rid of any form of fingerprint and adopted Face ID only. However, Kuo argues that Face ID and FOD technologies are "complementary, not competitive," because multiple biometrics will provide authentication processes in situations where one or the other is inconvenient to use or simply not available.
Kuo believes that GIS and Qualcomm will benefit from the iPhone's adoption of FOD technology, as the first GIS company provides "large-scale ultrasound sensing" technology. The latter supplies ultrasound FOD units and demonstrated its technology for the first time at the Shanghai World Mobile Congress 2017.
Kuo also believes that the possibility of introducing FOD technology in iPhones will increase if Apple adopts this technology in the Apple Watch in the future.
Last month, Chinese media sources claimed that Apple intends to launch a new iPhone for the Chinese market that features an under-screen fingerprint sensor. However, those reports said that fingerprints will replace Face ID technology rather than add it, due to its higher cost.
Barclays analysts also recently claimed that the 2020 iPhones will feature full-screen audio fingerprint technology, after meetings with suppliers in Apple's Asian supply chain.
This will be the first time that Apple introduces an alternative form of biometrics technology on the iPhone, although this technology is not new to competitors such as Samsung's Galaxy phones that already contain fingerprint sensor and facial recognition together, although The latter is no match for Apple's Face ID technology.
Introducing both Touch ID and Face ID might allow users to choose what they prefer. It might also open up new ways to secure your device by requiring both types of confirmation for some use cases. This is something Apple has previously discussed in a patent published late last year.
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