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I wanted to know what company that it was,' she said.Īs they neared a stoplight, Cobb said, the truck in front of her drove over a long plank lying in the road. 'I really wanted the logo on the side of the one truck.

They wouldn't let any of the other cars pass,' Cobb told '20/20? co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas.įrustrated, Cobb pulled out her iPhone and began filming the two trucks to capture their bad behavior.

'The two trucks were staying right beside of each other.

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Watch the full story on '20/20: Highway Confidential' Friday at 10 ET It began when she found herself driving behind two trucks on the highway. Except one morning in April 2011, when Cobb captured one of the scariest split seconds of driving ever recorded. Still, Touch ID returning to the iPhone? You gotta wonder if outgoing Chief Design Officer Jony Ive is rolling his eyes like a mad man.Wendy Cobb's morning commute was usually an uneventful 12 minute ride on a two-lane highway near her home in North Carolina. And even though companies tend to lock in design and features at least a year before manufacturing begins, there's still plenty of time for things to change. Of course, despite Kuo's impressive track record, we're talking about iPhone features that are two years out. Who knows, maybe Touch ID is enough to improve stagnant iPhones sales.

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And with Apple's hard-line stance on privacy, you can bet good money it's going to flaunt a Touch ID that's complementary to Face ID as a major advantage over Android phones.Īn in-display Touch ID could also make iPhones more competitive with Android phones, which all seem to have in-display fingerprint readers nowadays. One biometric sensor is good, but two? That's like having two-factor authentication turned on. While Touch ID's return will likely make many iPhone owners happy - lots of people don't like Face ID because it's slower and not as responsive as a fingerprint scan - Apple would likely spin the feature as another layer of security for your iPhone data. If Kuo's reading of the tea leaves is correct, it'd mean Apple walking back on the brief era of iPhones - iPhone X, XS, XR, and whatever new iPhones come in 20 - that only have Face ID. They're also thinner than optical sensors and would be a better fit for the slim design tolerances Apple demands. Ultrasonic sensors come with the advantage of being more accurate, reliable, and secure. Whereas an optical sensor illuminates your fingerprint from underneath the screen and matches it with fingerprint images stored on the device, an ultrasonic sensor uses high frequency sound waves to trace your fingerprint's grooves and identify it. The analyst claims Apple's Touch ID could be based on Qualcomm's '3D Sonic Sensor' in-display fingerprint reader the chipmaker introduced with the Snapdragon 855.Īs we previously noted, an ultrasonic sensor works differently compared to the optical in-display fingerprint readers found on many Android phones such as the OnePlus 7 Pro. Kuo believes Apple will solve many of these technical challenges within the next 18 months thanks to new innovations and previously unavailable technology. 'Power consumption, size of the sensing area, thickness of the sensing module, and the production yield rate of the lamination process,' are cited by 9to5Mac as hurdles Apple hopes to clear with its new in-display Touch ID solution. There are still challenges for Apple to overcome. Considering how crappy many in-display fingerprint sensors on Android phones are, Apple probably made the right call. Prior to the release of the iPhone X, Apple was rumored to be working on an in-display fingerprint reader for iPhones, but scrapped it due to poor responsiveness and reliability. The 2021 iPhones won't drop Face ID for the new in-screen fingerprint sensor, though - they'll coexist on the same device. One of the most well-sourced Apple analysts, TF Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo, says in his latest investor's note (via 9to5Mac) that Apple will reportedly release iPhones with a new in-display version of Touch ID in 2021. The iPhone X boldly killed Touch ID and replaced it with Face ID, but fear not: Apple might bring the beloved fingerprint sensor back.

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