Is the iPhone 8 Ditching Touch ID for Wireless Charging?
With iPhone 8 expected to drop the Home button, attention turned to what Apple might do with Touch ID and whether wireless charging would be part of the tradeoff.
We can almost confirm that Apple's upcoming flagship model this year will not have a Home button, as various leaks indicate that the iPhone 8 will adopt a design with a large front screen to body ratio. So the natural question is what to do with Touch ID.
Touch ID fingerprint recognition, as a security mechanism that has been in use since the iPhone 5s and has extended to many devices including MacBook Pro, has always been recognized by users for its convenience and security. So the original Touch ID was; Home” No, where does it go next? This is what people are very concerned about.
Based on the various information we have collected so far, the most promising and widely accepted solution is Apple's patent application, which replaces the capacitive fingerprint recognition sensor with an optical one and embeds it under the screen. Although moving the recognition module to the back of the phone like many Android phones is also a feasible solution for safety reasons, the iPhone 8, as a fully evolved flagship phone, cannot be accepted by both Apple and users for compromising on a worse experience.
As for completely abandoning fingerprint recognition and switching to facial recognition, it is a very risky solution. According to a survey conducted by an external website, more than half of the users chose“ I completely refuse to accept fingerprint recognition for facial recognition; Next, a large portion of people believe that only when the facial recognition experience is really good enough, will they accept the new mechanism.
However, the opinions of experts are one thing, whether it is actually the case is another matter. A large number of spy photos have been exposed recently, including design drawings and body shells. Many of them show a small circular hole under the Apple logo on the back, which is very similar to the Touch ID on the back of the phone in the concept picture. In line with the rumors that the iPhone 8 was severely lacking in production capacity due to a large number of new technology applications, is it true that Apple ultimately had no choice but to compromise?
There can actually be another answer.
Not long ago, the well-known whistleblower OnLeaks released an internal design diagram showing the back panel of a mobile device. Whether it's the shape of the body or the special vertical dual cameras, it's very similar to the rumored iPhone 8. But the most concerning thing is that there is no structure similar to a fingerprint recognition module under the Apple logo, only a strange, slightly circular object.
What is this circular object? It definitely won't be a fingerprint recognition module, because it's too big compared to the body. But if you imagine it as a wireless charging coil, then the size is just right. If this leak is reliable, it will indicate that the back of the iPhone 8 will not be Touch ID, but a wireless charging module.
