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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Apple patent details virtual home button with embedded fingerprint sensor, expected in the iPhone 8

Apple patent details virtual home button with embedded fingerprint sensor, expected in the iPhone 8:


Rumors say that the 2017 iPhone will feature an edge-to-edge OLED display that covers the handset's entire front, eliminating the well familiar home button in favor of a virtual touch-sensitive key enabled by the smartphone's haptic engine.



Apple reportedly wants to make an all-screen iPhoneA patent recently published by the USPTO reveals more technological details about the solution. The invention will introduce capacitive sensing technology that works through gaps in space, letting Apple embed a Touch ID fingerprint scanner behind the display. The solution also ...


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