2024-03-12 15:01:23
The day Jonathan Ive presented the primer prototipo a Steve Jobs It didn’t have to be very easy. Despite what we may think now, the form factor of the device was not at all clear – in fact, it was something that needed so much exploration that no one might imagine what that mysterious iPhone was going to be like before its launch.
“We need at least one button, Steve!”. At that time, Jobs didn’t want anything that would visually break the appearance of the devicehis dream iPhone was a perfectly proportioned rectangle without any other elements. “It’s not possible, we need that back button or people won’t understand anything”, stated one I’ve participated in minimalism. But not so much. However, it seems that technology will now be able to materialize Jobs’ vision. Although, yes, not in the short term.
An iPhone all screen, and without any buttons
The iPhone was so revolutionary and such a marked change in mentality I mightn’t add any more changes. People found it almost like magic to use their fingers to zoom in and out, and many thought that an on-screen keyboard was going to be completely useless. They mightn’t take away more things because they might cause rejection in potential buyers.
If at that moment they told us that today we would have a device that is unlocked using our face, it probably would have seemed like science fiction to us. Actually, to be fair, the all-screen iPhone was also a dream of Ive’s.
He wanted everything screen, Jobs didn’t want any buttons. With the iPhone 16 we may see that first approach to a device without traditional buttons. Although the latest rumors point to absolute continuity and that includes the new button introduced by the iPhone 15 aimed at multiple functions. And it’s great for translating on the fly.
FaceID and TouchID, present, but not visible
In order to have an all-screen iPhone you have to remove FaceID cameras. In the next iPhone 15, the notch has already disappeared completely and all models – even the “non-Pro” ones – come with the Dynamic Island. However, this one also has its days numbered.
Kuo, one of the most reliable analysts in the Apple world, revealed just a year ago that FaceID was going to disappear on the iPhone 16 Pro in 2024. However, this technology requires greater precision to not lose reliability, and Apple seems to have delayed it until it was finally ready. Perhaps that is precisely why they chose to reduce the notch and turn it into the Dynamic Island.
Apple’s new fingerprint sensor will not only unlock the screen: it might also offer us biometric or health data
Due to Pending sensor improvementsKuo also indicated that this change would be delayed to 2025 modelsthat is, the iPhone 17 Pro. If we think regarding the TouchID, it seems that this sensor might even be moved to later, always following the clues leaked by MacRumors.
The reason, although we see similar technology in other manufacturers, is that Apple is looking for a extremely precise fingerprint sensor. One that is able to trace the pattern of the veins, the oxygenation of the blood, the pulse and the presence of gloves and humidity. These are steps, in any case, that the company must take to reach a design that must arrive at some point, without needing to test all the changes at the same time; something that would also give rise to a model excessively caro.
An older version of this article was originally published on 03/10/2023.
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