The upcoming Apple 8 iPhone will have an "operating area" at the bottom of its OLED screen from edge to edge, replacing the current iPhone's home button with Touch ID, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Kuo, who has predicted quite a bit characteristics of Apple products in the past has detailed the “function area” as listed on the bottom of the phone in a slide. The 5,8-inch iPhone is said to have a 5.15-inch bezel-less OLED display.
The most obvious change to the OLED iPhone will be a full-screen design, along with the removal of the home button that features the current fingerprint recognition technology. We expect the iPhone OLED to come with a 5.8 "natural OLED panel", but the real έκταση της οθόνης θα είναι περίπου στις 5.15″. Το υπόλοιπο θα είναι ένας χώρος για functions (e.g. allocation of virtual keys).
The "function area" sounds a lot like the Touch Bar on Apple's new MacBook Pro. The Touch Bar displays your applications and presents various function keys for greater productivity. Kuo also said that this area will be for the distribution of virtual keys, but did not give further details.
Let's say JPMorgan's Rod Hall analyst (who is not as reliable as Kuo) said Apple would remove the Home TouchID button and replace it with a 3D laser scanner to identify the face.
The rumors will of course keep coming until the official unveiling of the iPhone 8, which is said to feature wireless charging, and a glass-only body. Rumors also point to a dramatic increase in battery capacity.
