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Apple to ditch the notch and develop in-display Touch ID sensor

July 11, 2019

It’s not the first time we’re hearing rumors about Apple ditching Face ID in order to return to Touch ID, in one form or another. First we heard about it in May, suggesting 2020 iPhones will do that, then again at the beginning of the month, granted, only for a possible Chinese model, in order to keep the costs down and stay competitive.

Now a third rumor on the topic surfaced as Apple-insider Ming-Chi Kuo said something along the lines of the first report from May. Apparently, at least one of the 2020 iPhones will reportedly have a smaller notch at the top with a larger screen-to-body ratio, and that will be achieved by reverting back to Touch ID from Face ID, and getting rid of the latter’s hardware components.

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