New iPad Pro Case Leak Suggests Rear Mounted Fingerprint Scanner

While the upcoming iPhones, expected to be announced on September 12, are definitely the most anticipated smartphones of the quarter, Apple is expected to unveil new products beyond its lineup — including, if reports are to be believed, an all new iPad Pro.

Rumors that the new iPad Pro will come up with Confront ID tech, and slim bezels all around it have been floating around the internet for quite some time now, and if that is indeed the case when (and if) Apple announces the new iPad Pro adjacent month, it'll mean the end of Touch ID on yet another Apple product.

Or Will It?

A new case leak from SlashLeaks is showing what looks like a instance for the new iPad Pro. It has the cutting-outs for the rear camera, the power and volume buttons, the mic, and plainly the smart connector.

New iPad Pro Case Leak Suggests Rear Mounted Fingerprint Scanner — Courtesy: SlashLeaks

However, there's besides a new cut out in a location where it makes little to no sense; unless of course, Apple is thinking of adding a finger print scanner on the dorsum of the iPad Pro.

Why Apple Might Add a Rear Fingerprint Scanner

The question then arises as to why would Apple add a fingerprint scanner on the dorsum of the iPad Pro when the visitor has never done so in the past. The main, and most likely reason for Apple to do something similar this (if they do it at all, that is) is the simple fact that Confront ID doesn't work in landscape mode, and while that might non be a huge problem on the iPhone Ten, considering how often do you find yourself needing to unlock the phone when it's rotated horizontally?

Still, iPads are used in landscape orientation a lot. Particularly the iPad Pro, which comes with a smart connector on the side-edge of the device to connect a keyboard. So, if you're using your iPad Pro like a figurer, and you turn the display on, Face ID won't work because it's in landscape. That'due south precisely where the fingerprint scanner might come up in handy.

Why Apple Might Not Add together a Rear Fingerprint Scanner

This is a leak, and plain that means that this could be completely, 100 percent incorrect. While there's a case for Apple tree including a rear mounted fingerprint scanner on the iPad, in that location's likewise a case for Apple tree non doing that.

Firstly, Apple tree doesn't really want to combine Confront ID and Touch ID in a device. The company has repeatedly claimed that Face up ID is as secure as Touch ID, and information technology even uses Face ID to authorize purchases on the App Store and on websites that back up Apple Pay — something no other manufacturer does with their Confront Unlock tech because it's nowhere shut to Apple's. Adding Touch ID to a device with Face ID, will then simply be counter-productive to Apple'south vision of a hereafter where your confront is the only password y'all demand.

Second, Apple is expected to debut Confront ID ii.0 with the new iPhones, and it follows that if Apple tree launches a new iPad Pro with Face ID, information technology'll be Face ID 2.0; and we tin expect Apple to have done something to make Face ID work in landscape orientation with the launch of Face ID 2.0. After all, simply increasing the speed can't be all that's on Apple's mind.

And then yes, while information technology's looking more and more likely that we're non simply going to meet new iPhones, and an Apple tree Lookout (probably) at the Apple issue next month, it's also very likely that leaks surrounding these devices are non equally close to reality as we might expect (that's a warning to heed with leaks, no affair what). So whether you lot like the thought of a rear mounted fingerprint scanner or not, I'd suggest y'all take this leak with a pinch of salt. At that place's less than a month to become before all our questions will be answered by the trillion dollar Cupertino giant.

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