Leaker battle: iPhone Fold will not get under-screen Touch ID

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that claims the forthcoming iPhone Fold will use under-screen Touch ID are wrong. Render of a possible iPhone Fold - image Credit: AppleInsider The necessary thinness of the iPhone Fold has already made it seem unlikely that it will include Face ID , though Ming-Chi Kuo does not go so far as to say it cannot happen. He now, though, doubles down on saying that the iPhone Fold will not have under-screen Touch ID . Specifically, Kuo writes in his blog that Touch ID will be used on the iPhone through the side button. Apple introduced this side-button Touch ID in 2020 on the iPad Air 4 , at the time calling it an "incredible feat of engineering." Rumor Score: ? Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums