At the Apple's new autumn conference last year, Cook brought a new full-screen design of the iPhone to the fruit powder, the iPhone X. And with the advent of this phone, there are also different parties from all sides. the sound of.
Some people think that iPhone X is completely reshaping the Apple iPhone product line, most of which are positive. Whether it is a creative full-screen design, or the excellent feel of stainless steel frames and glass panels, Or the best OLED screen in the world, which makes most of the fruit powder very satisfactory. But for a little bit, it has caused quite a lot of user dissatisfaction, that is, replacing the Touch ID with Face ID.
You should know that when fingerprint recognition was just unveiled on a smart mobile device, the focus was not on Apple's iPhone at the time, but one thing is certain, that is, the iPhone's implementation of Touch ID is better than all other mobile phones at the time. Most Android smartphone manufacturers have added similar functions to their smartphones. Today, even the main entry-level 100-yuan products are equipped with fingerprint sensors.
Apple's abandonment of Touch ID seems to be in order to adapt users' mobile phone usage habits, but it is undoubtedly lifting their own feet. They don't know, many mobile phone users' usage habits are difficult to correct, and a single way to unlock. The problem that comes with it must be much more than the multiple unlocking methods.
However, Apple seems to be planning to pick up this almost abandoned plan in the near future. According to a recent report by Patently Apple, Apple has invented a new technology that can add fingerprints to devices without the need for a Home button. Identification function.
In the past two years, many Android phone manufacturers, including many domestic manufacturers, have launched mobile phone products with optical fingerprint recognition sensors embedded in display screens. In the next year, Samsung S10 will become the first product to use ultrasonic fingerprint sensors. From the current point of view, these two schemes seem to be the ceiling of today's screen-printing technology. But Apple's new patent shows that it covers different technologies than the above two solutions, but the final result is the same: Users simply tap their finger on the phone display to unlock the iPhone, open a secure app or verify mobile payments.
There is no doubt that Apple has created many mysterious new technologies in the lab, and the technology described in this patent may have been born. But what is certain is that the company is still trying to find new solutions. Add fingerprinting to your product without the Home button, which is good news for those who want to use Touch ID on their new iPhone.
