09.01.2025
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that claims the forthcoming iPhone Fold will use under-screen Touch ID are wrong.Render of a possible iPhone Fold - image Credit: AppleInsiderThe necessary thinness of the

Render of a possible iPhone Fold - image Credit: AppleInsider
The necessary thinness of the iPhone Fold has already made it seem unlikely that it will include Face ID, though Ming-Chi Kuo does not go so far as to say it cannot happen. He now, though, doubles down on saying that the iPhone Fold will not have under-screen Touch ID.
Specifically, Kuo writes in his blog that Touch ID will be used on the iPhone through the side button. Apple introduced this side-button Touch ID in 2020 on the iPad Air 4, at the time calling it an "incredible feat of engineering."
Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible
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