In a Bloomberg report, the 3D sensor will allow users to unlock their devices with facial recognition rather than the Touch ID fingerprint scanner. If the team works out the problems for this function, iPhone users can log in to secure apps and make payments. The 3D facial scanner supposedly recognizes more data points than the Touch ID fingerprint scanner and is more secure. Apple employees might also be working round the clock to include other features on the new iPhone. The official press release from Apple has yet to be made so the list of features might be updated in the coming months. If these issues are not resolved in time, Apple could launch the iPhone and enable the new functions through a software update.
This approach has been taken before with enabling Portrait Mode on the iPhone 7 Plus only after the release. According to a source that Fast Company spoke to, consumers looking for a phone upgrade might have some options. In the works are updates to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, which will likely be named iPhone 7S and 7S Plus. Given speculations that the new device will start at a whopping $1,000 and the excitement for the 10th-anniversary redesign, a high bar has been set for the new iPhone.
Source: Bloomberg, Fast Company