iPhone 8 this week had a lot of news revealed by the Apple company through the operating system created for the HomePod smart speaker. Among them was the confirmation of the facial recognition system, Face ID, which the iPhone 8 will have available, it will also recognize facial expressions, mouth movements and other actions that other smartphones cannot perceive.
The iPhone 8 has also confirmed the removal of the Home button, so implicitly the Touch ID fingerprint reader there, but it will not be integrated into the screen either. After the appearance of this information, some began to speculate that the iPhone 8 will be released without Touch ID by Apple because no information was found in the HomePod's operating system to confirm the fact that this system will disappear.
iPhone 8 with Face ID is seen by some as being intended by Apple for use without Touch ID, but it is hard to believe that this fingerprint reader system will disappear. Touch ID is the basis of some extremely important security functions of the iPhone 8, including the Apple Pay system, the Apple company basing its entire iPhone and iPad sales strategy on security, and removing the fingerprint reader could put everything at risk.
Will the iPhone 8 be released WITHOUT a fingerprint reader?
The iPhone 8 could have the Touch ID fingerprint reader integrated into the device's Power button, but so far no information has appeared to confirm or deny this. The removal of Touch ID and the fingerprint reader from the iPhone 8 seems as credible as its sale at a price lower than 1000 dollars, or euros, so everyone can believe what they want on this point, because there are no alternatives.
iPhone 8 will still have integrated Touch ID, if you were to ask me, and that's because Apple can't afford to give up this system. Those from Apple need Touch ID to be able to maintain the security of the iPhone 8 at a high level, because at the moment it is not known how much security Face ID could provide for the data from the terminals, or the authorization of mobile payments.
iPhone 8 appears in September in a conference that Apple will organize in California, but the launch will take place a little later. Apple has confirmed the release of the iPhone 8 today by estimating the financial results for Q3 2017, so all that remains is to see the device presented by those from Cupertino to officially convince you of the novelties that have been developed for it.
