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Analyst: Apple May Be Forced to Drop Touch ID From iPhone 8

Analyst: Apple May Be Forced to Drop Touch ID From iPhone 8

Posted April 17, 2017 at 7:25pm by iClarified
Andy Hargreaves, equity research analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, claims that Apple may be forced to drop Touch ID or delay production if it can't resolve issues with integrating the sensor under the next generation iPhone's display.

Likely options for Apple include a delay of production or elimination of fingerprint sensing on the OLED iPhone. We believe Apple continues to work on solving its optical fingerprint issues. If it's able to solve the problems in the next month or so, it would likely place volume orders at that point. This would likely lead to a delay of the OLED iPhone launch, but we would not expect it to meaningfully affect volume for the cycle. If it's not able to fix the problems in that time frame, Apple may be forced to eliminate fingerprint sensing from the OLED iPhone altogether.

Hargreaves doesn't believe that Apple has submitted firm productions orders for the optical fingerprint module which suggests the functionality may not be ready. He also believes that Apple has evaluated and passed on Synaptic's solution.


This isn't the first time we've heard reports on possible delays due to the Touch ID. Analyst Timothy Arcuri of Cowen and Company reported last week that integrating the Touch ID sensor into the iPhone 8's display remains a big bottleneck for Apple.

If Touch ID is dropped it would create enormous pressure on unproven 3D sensing tech to replace the verification system on current generation devices.

Suppliers suggest that the solution is both fast and highly reliable, even in low-light scenarios or from odd angles. If this proves accurate, reliance solely on 3D sensing for biometric login and verification could be a viable and innovative replacement for the highly popular fingerprint sensor.

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[via MacRumors]


Analyst: Apple May Be Forced to Drop Touch ID From iPhone 8
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Chip
Chip - April 18, 2017 at 7:08pm
It's time for Apple to stop being so greedy in reheating a phone ready year move it to 2 years that should be more than enough time to see something worthy not these small upgrades.
odedoo1
odedoo1 - April 18, 2017 at 9:43am
I was so sure that problems will appear with the new screen and I also wonder if Apple managed to add force touch on the OLED Screen because if it was so easy then Samsung would already have copied it. About fingerprint sensor, if Apple won't be able to solve it there are other options like on the back of the phone or on the On/Off-Sleep/Awake button, one thing for sure Apple is in trouble promising before having a working model.
Chris
Chris - April 18, 2017 at 9:57am
The S8 does have force-sensing capabilities. Samsung just doesn't appear to have done much with it.
Great!
Great! - April 18, 2017 at 4:26pm
What did Apple promise?
Dump & Trumper
Dump & Trumper - April 18, 2017 at 8:32am
Fake news!
D4xM4Nx
D4xM4Nx - April 18, 2017 at 7:42am
OMG dat drama!! Let's wait till the actual iPhone comes out to know for sure. While Apple may be facing real problems or not, they'll iron out the kinks when the time is right.
Apppppplllllleeeeee
Apppppplllllleeeeee - April 18, 2017 at 4:16am
Apple, Please don't remove Touch ID.
0ab3d1a
0ab3d1a - April 17, 2017 at 11:22pm
Translation please. I do not speak Jovian.
qba
qba - April 17, 2017 at 8:10pm
This post is kind of funny and ridiculously at the same time.
Dub Dublin
Dub Dublin - April 17, 2017 at 7:54pm
Oh, come on, TouchID is NOT a show-stopper by any means, and in fact, as an owner of both a new iPhone with TouchID (my first, since I finally killed my old 4s) and a Surface Pro 4 with Windows Hello (IR camera), I can tell you that the technologies are roughly neck-and-neck right now, but Hello is far less obtrusive. That said, with a small amount of tweaking for shorter cycle times, the Win Hello system would be clearly superior - its recognition accuracy and failure rates are better than what I'm seeing with the increasingly annoying TouchID. (Really, I just wish I could get back to swipe-to-use...) I'm sure Apple can build IR face recognition using cutting edge parts and technology that's at least as good as what Microsoft fielded years ago. If TouchID dies, it sure won't bother me any, it's one of Apple's weakest features...
Great!
Great! - April 18, 2017 at 4:28pm
Just disable Touch ID and disable password. Then you can use your phone without any hassle.
waheb09
waheb09 - April 17, 2017 at 7:41pm
Why are you doing this iC ?, sometimes under the screen and sometimes on the back and then there's none
Fabian Torres
Fabian Torres - April 17, 2017 at 7:40pm
I don't see why they can't implment touch ID on the sleep/wake button like some android smartphones, or on the back, so long as its not protruding and its concave so it doesn't get scratched. If this iPhone doesn't launch with Touch ID, simply-put, its probably not gonna leave a good taste on people, unless they implement face recognition or something that allows the user to get into their phone securely, fast, and hassle-free.
Jon Ivy
Jon Ivy - April 17, 2017 at 7:36pm
If they can't have Touch ID the whole launch is fd and people will wait for the next one that has it....that would only have one good result: Hopefully the end of Tim Cook, and replacement with a visionary leader going for the real BHAG innovation ... someone like Elon Musk ...
Ken
Ken - April 18, 2017 at 12:24am
Haha... oh wait you're serious, what a shame.
Great!
Great! - April 18, 2017 at 4:31pm
New design...no sides. Just two pieces of glass sandwiching the innards. iPhone Sandwich.
Chip
Chip - April 18, 2017 at 7:10pm
Haha good one
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