Apple Working on New iPhone with USB Type-C, Touch ID Embedded into the Screen

[The AchieVer]

While the current iPhone generation isn’t selling exactly like hot cakes, Apple is already hard at work to get the 2019 lineup ready for launch, and according to an analyst, the company has prepared several major changes that would make its devices more appealing.

One of them is the addition of USB Type-C connector, Jean Baptiste Su, Vice-President and Principal Analyst at Atherton Research, and this would technically represent the end of the Lightning port on the iPhone.

With USB Type-C, Apple would finally make the switch to this more common port that’s already adopted en-masse by the rest of the phone manufacturers and provide the convenience of carrying just one cable for several devices and purposes.

Cupertino hasn’t dropped any hint that it’s considering such a move for the iPhone, but the company did ditch the Lightning port on the iPad Pro in 2018, so going for USB Type-C this year is indeed possible.Touch ID comes backAt the same time, the analyst says Apple is considering bringing back Touch ID and embedding it into the screen. Again, this is something that totally makes sense, especially as the other companies are doing it. Huawei offers such a mix of facial recognition and fingerprint sensors embedded into the screen, and Samsung will very likely adopt the latter on the upcoming Galaxy S10 launching next month.

The 2019 iPhone will also come with a smaller notch, as Apple wants to improve the screen estate, and 3D sensing cameras could be added on the back of the iPhone too. This is possible thanks to new sensors from Sony, though for now there’s no confirmation that the upgrade is on the table for the 2019 upgrade.

Of course, it’s recommended to take all these rumors with a healthy dose of skepticism, but I think everyone agrees that given how current iPhones are selling these days, Apple has no other option than to come with something big this year to remain relevant in the smartphone biz.

 

 

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