#iphone 8 reportedly won’t come with Touch ID

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Touch ID won’t be part of the redesigned iPhone that Apple introduces next week, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Rumors that Apple will ditch the fingerprint sensor, which it first popularized on smartphones in 2013, have been popping up for months now. But so far, the most reliable evidence has come from an industry analyst. The Journal appears to be the first news outlet to report that a fingerprint scanner won’t be included.

The Journal says that Apple ran into production issues trying to embed Touch ID into the new phone’s screen. Those troubles, combined with some others related to the phone’s use of an OLED display, apparently pushed production back by a month. So…

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