iPhone 8 release date is almost here, but Apple has STILL not made decision on new feature
ONE OF THE headline features in the iPhone 8 is “still being worked out,” according to the latest reports about the upcoming flagship smartphone. As the release date approaches, Apple is due to make a final decision by the end of June.
iPhone 8 will purportedly ditch the iconic Home Button – replacing it with an OLED display that bleeds to the very edge of the chassis.
But this radical redesign has left Apple with a slight dilemma.
The Cupertino company is purportedly looking to embed the Touch ID fingerprint sensor, which was previously baked into the Home Button, beneath the OLED display.
But relocating Touch ID is believed to have caused a series of delays and bottlenecks in the production of the iPhone 8.
As a result, the flagship feature is “still being worked out” inside Apple, Cowen and Company analyst Timothy Arcuri revealed in a memo.
According to Cowen and Company, Apple is actively considering three possible options to solve the issue – thinning the glass over the sensor area, creating a pinhole through the glass for an optical sensor.
The final option reportedly involves integrating a "film" sensor that uses either capacitive or infrared technology directly into the display.
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