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Rumors of the iPhone 8 happen day after day, adding new functions or features that only increase the hype that every great launch is behind. And more, considering that it is an iPhone, a device desired by many. Today, specifically, we woke up with a new rumor that was echoed by The Verge website. According to the firmware of Apple's Homepod, the iPhone 8 would come to stores, this time yes, without front bezels. So, goodbye to the home button.
Goodbye to the physical button and hello to the infrared camera
This would be a leak by Apple's own error, of which the hacker and app developer Steve TS would be aware. In his Twitter account we could read:
This code refers to an infrared camera, which the iPhone 8 would use for facial unlocking even in areas without light. Guilherme Rambo is another iOS developer who also echoed two cool features. One of them, a silhouette in which the absence of bezels would be confirmed.
Here's a higher resolution version: pic.twitter.com/p60xeEn7Ie
- Guilherme Rambo (@_inside) July 31, 2017
How to unlock without home button?
One last feature that would have been leaked thanks to Apple's error: the widely used Android 'touch to wake up'. Popularized by the LG brand, it is a very practical and already widespread system to wake up the mobile. It is about giving a double tap on the screen. When it is locked, so that the mobile turns on. Thus, wear of the power button is avoided.
The render of the iPhone without bezels and now the 'touch to wake up' mean, if the rumor is confirmed, the death of one of the hallmarks of iPhone, the home button. These features may not reach all variants of the iPhone range of 8, being relegated, perhaps, top models of the same.
Anyway, we will have to wait until October to see, live and direct, this expected iPhone 8 that is expected to exceed a thousand euros in price.
