Apple could re-launch an iPhone with Touch ID, an identification technology that it has abandoned in the iPhone and in the Pro range of iPads in favor of Face ID, the facial recognition system that it has opted for. In this case it would use a technology that would be integrated under the screen, but it would only do it in China.
According to rumors that come from the Asian country, Apple could carry out this unexpected move to lower the manufacturing price of your phone and thus recover part of the lost market in China. But what about the rest of the world?
After months with rumors about the launch of an iPhone X with a fingerprint sensor on the back due to the company not being able to move that technology under the screen with optimal results, Apple surprised us with a facial recognition system that it completely replaced the Touch ID, and it was integrated under the famous "notch" (eyebrow) that later the rest of the manufacturers rushed to copy. Face ID facial recognition technology has proven to be the most reliable and secure of the market, without any other brand that has managed to approach its level, and perhaps that is why the rest of the manufacturers have chosen to keep the fingerprint sensor, now many of them integrated under the screen.
More affordable manufacturing costs are responsible for this technology is gradually flooding the smartphone market, although yes, with results for the moment discreet in terms of usability and reliability. This would be precisely the reason that Apple use this technology in this new iPhone, lowering manufacturing costs and therefore being able to sell it for a lower price to current models. This would recover the market in China, where they place the barrier of the "good price" at about $ 731 (5000 yuan).
This rumor raises many questions: why limit the launch to China when iPhone sales have suffered practically all over the world? ¿Has Apple achieved an under-display technology as reliable as it was in the original Touch ID? If you get this cheap and reliable technology, why not eliminate the "notch" and get an iPhone with a front completely occupied by the screen?