Apple Tests Under-Display Face ID in $1,999 iPhone Duo 2 Prototypes
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Updated · Digit · Oct 22
Apple Tests Under-Display Face ID in $1,999 iPhone Duo 2 Prototypes
3 articles · Updated · Digit · Oct 22
Summary
Apple has built second-generation iPhone Duo prototypes with Face ID hidden beneath the outer display, marking a concrete step beyond the current foldable’s side-button fingerprint sensor.
The shift targets a key hardware constraint: the first iPhone Duo’s thin body leaves little room for the depth-sensing components Face ID normally requires.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said Apple is testing the feature for a successor expected next fall, though the company has not decided whether it will ship in the final device.
Gurman had said in September that smaller parts and AI advances could bring Face ID and a telephoto camera by the third generation; he also said Apple is weighing an Action button for future Duo models.
The first-generation iPhone Duo launches tomorrow starting at $1,999, setting the baseline Apple is now trying to improve.