It has been made known to its fanbase that Apple's next banner handset - the iPhone 8 will have a face recognition feature to back up its equally rumored on-screen fingerprint scanner. It looks like Apple is inching towards such reality as the Cupertino tech firm reportedly bought such technology.
Speculations of such technology to be lodged on the next iPhone now has some weight on it as Apple acquired Israel-based company - Realface (Rilfiis), according to Cacalist as cited by Engadget. The company is said to have developed a "deep-learning-based" technology as it was bought by Apple for an undisclosed amount.
In a statement obtained by MacRumors, JPMorgan's Rod Hall mentioned early on that such scanner will take the place of the Touch ID sensor as the next Apple handset will go bezel-less. The component, provided that it comes to fruition, will hike up the device's price tag and is believed to go as much as $1,000 for its base render.
The analyst also pointed out that the face recognition technology could make amends with the current fingerprint scanner as it is known to go haywire during wet conditions. Phone security could be tweaked for the better with the said technology and potentially boost the usage of the company's Apple Pay.
KGI Securities' spot on Apple seer Ming-Chi Kuo highlighted that it is still premature to scrutinize on Apple Pay's framework. However, Kuo seems to agree with such rumors as he made a fearless forecast that the mobile device will sport a 5.8-inch display and depicted the facial scanner as "other biometric technologies" that will bump off the current Touch ID sensor.
Augmented Reality is also being put into consideration as one of the facial scanner's possible uses. Nonetheless, it is said that such is rather unlikely until 2018. Meanwhile, the iPhone 8's release date is still way off though it is believed to be announced this 2017.
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