Japanese Apple blogs Macotakara and Mark Gurman broke the news that Apple's upcoming iOS 12 will add support for using the FaceID feature when the device is flat. This is a subtle but very important detail, as it indicates that the new iPad and iPhone X Plus will indeed be released this year.
Apple will hold the annual developer conference WWDC one month later, when the company will upgrade all its operating systems.
FaceID was first introduced on the iPhone X as a feature that relied on a depth-aware front camera to identify the user's face, then unlocked the phone screen, activated Apple Pay payments, and other security features. FaceID replaces the previous TouchID fingerprint scanning technology, allowing Apple to completely abandon the Home button that every iPhone model must have since the first iPhone, thus expanding the phone screen.
TouchID allows the phone to operate from any angle, but FaceID is different. Currently, this feature requires the user to place the phone upright and the front camera must be placed at the top of the screen to activate the function.
According to Gullman, the addition of support for the FaceID feature in the iOS 12 to flatten the device is to welcome the new iPad Pro released later this year. It is said that Apple is preparing to release upgraded versions of the 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch iPads, which will be equipped with FaceID instead of TouchID hardware, which will increase the size of the screen. Since these devices are often used in a horizontal state, FaceID needs to be used both in a vertical state and in a horizontal state.
Improvements in this feature will also benefit the iPhone X's large-screen model, which is said to be available later this year. Macotakara pointed out that the iPhone X's large-screen model is about the same size as the iPhone 8 Plus, but the screen size will be expanded from 5.5 inches to 6.5 inches in the previous generation, and the body thickness will increase by 0.2 mm. Since this model can also be used in a horizontal position, a more flexible use of FaceID is required.
Macotakara also expects that the iPhone X follow-up models and large-screen models will be equipped with dual cameras like the iPhone X. In contrast, the cheaper mid-range model will be equipped with a TrueDepth camera with a rear camera and a 6-inch LCD screen, slightly smaller than the previous estimate of 6.1 inches. This model is likely to be named iPhone 9.
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