iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S will include fingerprint sensor

News Clare Hopping 09:46, 30 Jul 2013

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S will include fingerprint sensor tech if they are launched on iOS 7

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S will borth include fingerprint sensor technology, according to one investigator.

It has been revealed that iOS 7 beta 4 includes the BiometricKitUI code bundle and includes strings on how to use a fingerprint sensor on an iPhone, says Christian Post.

The strings 'show a photo of a person holding an iPhone with their left hand while touching the home button with their thumb, a photo of a person holding an iPhone with their right hand while touching the Home button with their thumb and a fingerprint that changes color during the set up process,' said the website.

The rumour that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S will feature fingerprint recognition technology is not a new one.

A month ago, a patent filing showed fingerprint scanner on the next iPhone's bezel.

‘By encasing both the bezel and the sensor die in the encapsulation structure, the elements may be brought closer together than otherwise possible. In addition, the encapsulation structure physically protects the bezel and sensor die, and in particular maintains the spacing there between in a fashion that isn't possible by currently known device designs,’ reports Patently Apple.

Before that, Apple revealed a job posting for a software engineer in Melbourne, Florida, an area where both recent Apple acquisition AuthenTec is based and Apple has a design centre. Authentec was acquired by Apple in 2012 and is known for its fingerprint security work.

The iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone Light and newly rumoured iPhone 5C are due to be launched in the next six months, although which of these devices turn out to be real and which are purely speculation remains to be seen.