Apple may make the surprising move of relocating the Touch ID button to the back of the iPhone this year, but based on renderings of a leaked schematic, it wouldn’t look that bad.
Several renders, based on the supposed iPhone 8 schematic that hit the internet this week, show what the device’s rear shell might look like during production. It’s not a photo of the real iPhone shell, but for now this is as close to the real deal as we’re going to get.
Here’s another angle:
Photo: Weibo
iPhone 8 changes
Apple fans have been split about moving Touch ID to the back ever since the alleged iPhone 8 schematic surfaced. Personally, I don’t think it’d be that bad because I hold my iPhone with my index finger resting on the back. I just wish Jony Ive would make the Apple logo on the back bigger and integrate Touch ID into it instead of creating a second hole.
In the iPhone 8 rear shell renders published on Chinese site Weibo, the creator appears to have left the volume rockers in place. The leaked schematic indicated Apple may remove the buttons, though.
The iPhone 8 is expected to feature some of the biggest design changes Apple has made in years. Along with possibly moving Touch ID, the device may feature an all-glass design with a stainless steel band in the middle.
Early rumors also suggest Apple will change the dual-lens camera so that the lenses are lined up vertically. Wireless charging may also be included, as well as augmented reality features, facial scanning and faster internals.
Via: MacRumors
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
11 responses to “Touch ID moves to the back in new iPhone 8 renderings”
Really is the weirdest thing that they aren’t incorporating it into the apple.
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No it’s not. Maybe they need a special shape, or make it like a button. And knowing Apple, they care a lot about their logo and don’t want finger prints all over it.
I’ve been waiting for the iPhone 8 rather than buying a 7. If this is true that the fingerprint scanner is going to be on the back instead of in display, No, thank you, I’ll pass. Don’t want anything to do with it.
Is there any reason why it would be in both places? I have a gelskin photo of a fleet start on the back of my phone. I guest I will need to cut a hole in the middle of the picture or lose a nice feature. That sucks.
I expect front and back scanners to become a standard at some point, but I doubt it will this early. Front scanners are more convenient in certain circumstances and rear scanners more convenient in other circumstances. I know I hate having to pick up my phone to fumble with the back scanner when I’m in a meeting or lecture and have my phone on the table in front of me. I have pertinent reading material on it and being able to tap the front scanner to reawaken my phone to read the material frequently rather than picking it up and fumbling with a back scanner is so much more convenient and less intrusive.
Oh Apple. What have you done? i hope this just stays as rumor.
Robin.
I so hope this is not true. I’m used to having my phone screen up on my desk while working and if needed I can easily unlock it without having to take it in my hand.
Mystery solved. The hole in middle of the back, if this render is real, is for wireless charging.
Or magnetic charger like the Watch?
Same thing. The Apple Watch uses a wireless charging system.