Although face recognition (Face ID) works wonderfully with the iPhone, there are still quite a few advocates of a fingerprint sensor. Hopes that this could return on the iPhone 15 next year are now proving false.
With Face ID facial recognition, Apple found an adequate replacement for Touch ID. The fingerprint sensor is only available in the current iPhone SE, while all other models rely on the newer technology. As is well known, it has been working with masks of any kind for over half a year, whether surgical or FFP2 masks.
iPhone 15 still without Touch ID
Nevertheless, rumors still persist, according to which Apple is flirting with an under-display Touch ID sensor, a technology that is now widespread in the Android sector. So far, there has been speculation about a premiere in 2023, i.e. with the iPhone 15. But nothing will come of it. Well-known insider Ming-Chi Kuo already rejected this hope in April. Accordingly, there should be no such iPhone in either 2023 or 2024.
Mark Gurman now also joins in this sad chorus. While the Apple expert and Bloomberg reporter is aware of Apple’s testing of an under-screen Touch ID sensor, he doesn’t expect the technology to come back to the iPhone 15 or other flagship phones from Apple any time soon — from the Dream (Source: Power-on newsletter). On the other hand, he can imagine a new iPhone SE with a fingerprint sensor on the side, but then again he does not want to confirm the existence of such a model.
Face ID works, even in Apple’s new dynamic island:
Apple celebrates success with the new “Dynamic Island
Ergo: We’ll probably have to live with Face ID as the sole biometric feature for quite a while. This doesn’t have to be really negative. As Apple recently demonstrated with the “Dynamic Island” on the iPhone 14 Pro (Max), the manufacturer even succeeds in reinterpreting the initially ridiculed notch (display notch) in a new and meaningful way. The competition is already trying to copy this feature. Imitation is, after all, the highest form of recognition.