Apple Still Wants to Bring Back Touch ID, Only Planned for Low-End Models

We’ve known for a while that Apple was planning to bring back Touch ID to the iPhone after the company previously abandoned this feature with the introduction of the iPhone X back in 2017, but now it looks like the strategy has changed slightly as we get closer to the debut of the iPhone 13.

First and foremost, it looks like the iPhone 13 wouldn’t get Touch ID at all. Initially rumored to make its comeback in 2021, the fingerprint sensor is still scheduled to return to the iPhone, but Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says this just wouldn’t happen this year.

So while the Touch ID sensor will be back sooner or later, it now looks like it’d rather happen later, with the iPhone 14 due in 2022 now expected to be the one to feature support for fingerprint scanning.

Only available on low-end iPhones

According to the same source, Apple is currently exploring two different approaches, and oddly … (read more)

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