In-display Touch ID isn’t coming to the iPhone anytime soon: Analyst

Rumours that Apple might embed Touch ID in the iPhone’s display still pop up occasionally, though they have mostly died down following the introduction of Face ID’s biometric authentication with the release of the iPhone X last year.

Killing dreams of the functionality coming to the iPhone in the near future, KGI Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, an often reliable source of Apple rumours, says the functionality won’t arrive any time soon.

In a recent investor’s note originally reported by 9to5Mac, Kuo says that ‘fingerprint on display’ technology will grow as much as 500 percent in 2019, with a number of Android manufacturers adopting the technology.

While it makes sense that the iPhone XS, which is set to be revealed on September 6th, won’t feature the technology, Kuo says that even next year’s iPhones won’t include in-display Touch ID functionality.

Kuo goes on to state that limited support for high-end OLED screens capable of supporting in-display fingerprint scanning, has been an ongoing issue with the technology’s adoption, according to 9to5Mac. The analyst also says that in-display fingerprint scanning being able to be used across a phone’s entire display and not just a specific area will encourage manufacturers to adopt the functionality.

While Face ID is generally useful and reliable, there are specific situations where Touch ID can potentially be both an easier and quicker way of logging into a smartphone. For example, Face ID rarely works with my iPhone X when I’m laying in bed, forcing me to log into the smartphone with a passcode.

Android phones like the Vivo NEX S already feature in-display fingerprint authentication, though they require the user to touch a specific area of the display.

Source: 9to5Mac 

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