Apple's next
iPhone could include some "form of facial/gesture recognition,"
according to a research note distributed to clients by Cowen and Company on
Wednesday.
The note
includes several new details about Apple's upcoming iPhone, which is expected
to launch in September.
"Other
features appear to include some form of facial/gesture recognition supported by
a new laser sensor and an infrared sensor mounted near the front-facing camera
and, as expected, should also finally include wireless charging," Cowen
and Company analyst Timothy Arcuri wrote.
A new kind
of depth sensor has not yet been seriously rumored for the upcoming iPhone, but
it makes sense. Apple bought Primesense, an infrared sensor company in 2012,
and a new kind of sensor would be critical for Apple to add augmented reality
features to upcoming versions of the iPhone.
Apple CEO
Tim Cook has talked about his company's interest in augmented reality
technology in public several times in the past year. Apple is integrating its
augmented reality technology into the iPhone's camera, and faces will be one of
the first things its technology should be able to recognize, we previously
reported.
Arcuri and
his team cite "field work" from Apple's supply chain for its
findings. Most of what they've uncovered line up with the current rumors about the
upcoming iPhone.
He also
expects:
"A feature-rich launch w/three
models" — a new 5.8-inch iPhone in addition to existing 4.7- and 5.5-inch
models
The 5.8-inch iPhone will have an OLED
screen, a new kind of screen technology that uses less power and produces
deeper blacks
The 5.8-inch model will have a
"wraparound" design and will integrate the Touch ID fingerprint
sensor "integrated under the glass and in the active display area."
Ultimately,
Arcuri believes that the newly redesigned iPhone, which he is calling the
"iPhone 10" or "iPhone X" will be "yuge" and
believes it could trigger a "super cycle" of upgraders.
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