All future iPhones will no longer have Touch ID

According to a new report, Apple is planning to remove Touch ID - fingerprint sensor - and replace it with Face ID, face detection technology. Ming-Chi Kuo analyst revealed that Apple is unlikely to bring the Touch ID back into future iPhone models, starting in 2018.

Previously, Kuo had made predictions about the future of Face ID, much reliant on user reactions to the iPhone X, the first device to use the technology.

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According to Kuo, Apple will use Face ID as an authentication method because this is their competitive advantage over Android phones. Kuo earlier said that it took years for Android manufacturers to create a technology worthy of TrueDepth Camera and Face ID.

He predicted that the 2018 iPhone will have a full screen design with the minimum bezel like the iPhone X. It will also be the end for Touch ID, a biometric authentication method that has been available since 2013. Unknown Mac and what will the iPad be, but Kuo expects next year's iPad Pro models to switch to Face ID as well.

When Apple gave up Touch ID, it also meant Touch ID development stop under the screen. Kuo had previously predicted the 2018 iPhone would use TrueDepth Camera and Face ID if it was received, but the following studies have shown it will be really successful.

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Kuo also said that Apple stopped using Touch ID will also cause Android manufacturers to stop identifying by fingerprint. He hopes high-end Androids will stop using optical fingerprint sensors under the screen and replace them with 3D sensors.

Although Kuo predicts that, Apple's software director Craig Federighi recently said that Apple is not ready to give up Touch ID on all of its products. He said that although Face ID is the future of biometric authentication, combining different methods is a good idea.