According to a new report that comes from Asia supply chain sources, the most awaited iPhone 8 flagship model by Apple will start shipping in October or early November, although it will be unveiledĀ alongside the iPhone 7s and 7s Plus at a launch event that’s slated to occur on September 7, 8 or 9.
The same sources now suggest that we should forget about TouchID technology and the implementation of a fingerprint sensor on top the side positioned On/Off button. Instead they insist that all official casesĀ for the phone don’t have a hole for that button so the probability of TouchID hiding in there is low.
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The rumors also suggest that the company will probably ditch the TouchID sensor for another type of security technology we all know today: iris scanner along with face recognition.
The image above shows a purported screen protector for the device, and as you can see it has way too many sensor holes for a phone without an iris scanner. Whereas if such a setup is in, all of those cutouts suddenly make sense. The system could be called FaceID.
It also seems that the iPhone 8 will only have a black front fascia with a glass back which will probably support Qi wireless charging, at last – which is by the way a first for the Cupertino based company.
