US EditionMing-Chi Kuo Challenges Rumors On Apple's Foldable iPhone, Says Device 'Unlikely' To Have This Feature - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)
The foldable iPhone will feature a side-button Touch ID module supplied by Luxshare ICT, with pricing around $2,000 and an estimated shipment of 20 million units by 2027.
- On Sunday, Ming‑Chi Kuo challenged recent market claims that an under‑display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor will be on Apple Inc.'s iPhone Fold, reiterating a side‑button Touch ID is more likely.
- Given the Fold's thinness and internals, the iPhone Fold is around 4.5mm thick, less than the Face ID/TrueDepth scanning module depth, and its book‑style foldable design requires two fingerprint scanners, so a single side-button Touch ID sensor is more cost-effective.
- Supply‑chain notes show that Kuo says Luxshare ICT will supply the side‑button Touch ID module, Samsung will provide crease‑free display technology, and the Fold will have 5.5‑inch external and 7.8‑inch internal displays.
- Apple plans to debut the iPhone Fold next year with the iPhone 18 series, expecting a $2,000 price point and shipments of 20 million units by 2027.
- Lessons from Samsung's Galaxy Fold failures suggest Apple's long delay follows a best‑not‑first strategy to perfect foldable hardware, aiming for a credible AI‑driven smartphone.
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Foldable iPhone Under-Screen Touch ID Rumor Dismissed by Analyst
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is standing by his prediction that Apple's first foldable iPhone will feature Touch ID integrated into the side button rather than an under-display fingerprint sensor. In a post on X (Twitter) today, Kuo referenced his March forecast for the rumored 2026 device: "Six months ago, I predicted the foldable iPhone would use side-button Touch ID." Kuo goes on: "There are now market rumors that it will adopt an under-displa…
The latest reports are quite surprising. Touch ID may be making a comeback in Apple smartphones, albeit in a slightly modified version. The upcoming foldable iPhone will likely be equipped with a fingerprint reader, which will be placed on one of the device's sides. It sounds somewhat archaic, but such a solution is dictated by technical limitations. Who knows, maybe the American giant wants to make a breakthrough in another aspect? The iPhone w…
Mario Romero.- Apple always arrives late to the market, as its strategy has always been, to see in the rest of the industry and the evolution of new products, before joining, a course that since the end of the era Jobs has been imposed by the hand of Tim Cook, who has [...] The post Analyst discards a folding iPhone with Touch ID under the screen ... it would be side button first appeared on TransMedia.
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