lundi 31 juillet 2017

Apple Appears to Accidentally Leak New iPhone 8 Features


Say goodbye to Home.

Apple itself has appeared to leak two new features for the iPhone 8 - 3D face-scanning tech, and a screen that covers almost the entire front face of the phone.

As reported by TechRadar, app developers Steve Troughton-Smith and Guilherme Rambo found icons and code within a new update for the HomePod app that point to the new features, both of which have been rumored to be changes for the iPhone 8.

The apparent iPhone 8 icon.

The apparent iPhone 8 icon.

The icon seemingly shows an iPhone without the Home button included, with a full-face touchscreen only impeded on by a notch for the speaker and front-facing camera. A full face screen would allow Apple to make an iPhone with a bigger screen than previous models, but a smaller overall size.

This lack of a Home button would seemingly also do away with iPhone's finger-scanning Touch ID unlocking. However, it may well be that 3D face-scanning is the solution to that.

Troughton-Smith found code indicating infrared-enabled face detection, which could well be a replacement. The use of infrared would allow faces to be scanned, even in darker environments.

The iPhone 8 is expected to be revealed in September.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he loves his headphones too much to buy a new iPhone. Follow him on Twitter.

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