All iPhones released after 2018 abandon Touch ID and move to Face ID

byCLAUDIA DEA

It was announced in September 2017Premium iPhone "iPhone X"In the authentication method of unlocking, a new face authentication technology was used "Face IDAlthough it was adopted, from the iPhone released in 2018, there is a view that everything will shift to this Face ID.

Apple predicted to ditch Touch ID for Face ID with 2018 iPhone lineup
http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/10/12/apple-predicted-to-ditch-fingerprint-recognition-in-2018-iphone-lineup


KGI: All 2018 iPhones to adopt Face ID as Apple abandons Touch ID | 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/12/kgi-all-2018-iphones-to-adopt-face-id-as-apple-abandons-touch-id/

Kuo: All iPhone Models in 2018 Likely to Abandon Fingerprint Recognition - Mac Rumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/12/2018-iphone-lineup-no-touch-id/

This information is revealed by Mr. Minchi Kuo, an analyst with KGI Securities, who is known for making accurate information projections on Apple-related.

Mr. Kuo originally thought that Apple would abandon Touch ID in 2018. The response to iPhone X which adopted Face ID is to reinforce this idea, iPhone which appears after 2018 is supposed to adopt Face ID all.

In fact, there is a rumor that Face ID will be adopted in the next iPad Pro.

Next iPad Pro uses face ID authentication face ID same as iPhone X Information on GIGAZINE


By the way, it is expected that manufacturers using Android will take several years to develop technology equivalent to Face ID and TrueDepth camera in terms of hardware.

"Thanks to the TrueDepth camera, iPhone X will go two and a half years away from Android," Mr. Minchi Kuo of KGI Securities talks about - GIGAZINE


However, since Android itself already has "face recognition" function as one of "Smart Lock" which automatically unlocks the terminal after Lolipop released in 2014, Google has more software technology It has become a form that is ahead three years.

Configure automatic unlock for your device - Nexus Help