Apple clarifies it’s never worked on in-screen or rear Touch ID for iPhone X
Apple has officially debunked this year’s popular rumor that Face ID was its plan B should its engineers fail to integrate Touch ID underneath the phone’s cover glass. In an interview with TechCrunch editor-in-chief Matthew Panzarino, Apple’s hardware engineering chief Dan RicciosaidApple “spent no time” creating a rear Touch ID sensor or one integrated into the screen itself because it decided to go all in with the Face ID system....