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iPhone 8's 3D Face Scanner Will Work In 'Millionths of a Second' (phonearena.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the don't-blink dept.

According to a report by the Korea Herald, Apple's upcoming iPhone 8 will ditch the fingerprint identification in favor of 3D face recognition, which will work "in the millionths of a second." PhoneArena reports: The Samsung Galaxy series were among the first mainstream devices to feature iris recognition, but the speed and accuracy of the current technology leave a lot to be desired, and maybe that is why current phones ship with an eye scanner AND a fingerprint reader. The iPhone 8, on the other hand, is expected to make a full dive into 3D scanning. Both Samsung and Apple are rumored to have tried to implement a fingerprint scanner under the display glass, but failed as the technology was not sufficiently advanced. The new iPhone will also introduce 3D sensors on both its front and back for Apple's new augmented reality (AR) platform. This latest report also reveals that Apple will not use curved edges for its iPhone 8 screen, but will instead use a flat AMOLED panel. The big benefit of using AMOLED for Apple thus is not the curve, but its thinner profile compared to an LCD screen.

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  1. Glasses by vlad30 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Lets see I have reading glasses, long distance , Various sunglasses and protective glasses. I wonder how it will go with all those possibilities ?

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  2. They keep saying that by Kohath · · Score: 4, Interesting

    But it's hard to believe. Apple sold ApplePay to banks and card companies based on the security of their fingerprint scanner. Fingerprints have a hundred year history of being a means of unique biological identification. Facial recognition has a few years of history marked by some successes and some embarrassing failures.

    Are banks and card companies just going to automatically OK a change like that? It's hard to believe.

    Easier to believe they got the in-screen fingerprint scanner to work. Synaptics keeps claiming they have that technology and it works.

  3. Re:no thanks by thegarbz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    now police wont even have to physical force you to unlock the phone they can just point it at you gg apple

    Wait for the next iOS release feature: Sticking your tongue out while trying to unlock the phone wipes all facial recognition data.