minimalist design aesthetic should Apple choose to go this route.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman commented on the rumors about the fingerprint scanner, called Touch ID, in an August Power On Newsletter. Gurman speculates that the under-screen Touch ID sensor “won’t make the cut” for the iPhone 13. He says that Apple will embed Face ID under the display instead of Touch ID.
Apple already killed the headphone jack in the iPhone 7 back in 2016, and rumors suggest the Lightning port might be getting the ax as well. If the iPhone 13 nixes its Lightning port and goes all-in on wireless charging, it would become Apple’s first completely portless phone. Why not add buttonless to the mix?
Of course this patent application could be associated with an entirely different product than the iPhone. After all, much of what we think we know about Apple’s anticipated handset is conjecture. Even its product name is uncertain. However, one thing is clear: All these mysteries will be dispelled at Apple’s next iPhone launch event, likely to be held in September.