Apple Rumor Of The Week - iPhone 5S Fingerprint Scanner Allegedly Leaked

Posted: 8/20/2013

Come September 10, Apple's next generation of iPhone would set the market ablaze and when we say this we mean literary. As we already know that Apple next month would be launching the iPhone 5S and as the day of the launch is approaching the rumors surrounding this device are increasing.

In our last edition of Apple rumor of the week, we brought you the leaked images of the budget iPhone in the production line in China. And in our latest edition of Apple rumor of the week, what we have for is a set of images that were recently leaked and confirms one rumor that has been going around for sometime that iPhone 5S would come with a fingerprint scanner.

According to the leaked images the fingerprint scanner would be near the home button. As you can see in the image below:

This image first surfaced on a French blog called Nowhereelse.fr and shows the comparison between the internal component of iPhone 5 and the yet to-be launched iPhone 5S, showing the difference. It was the redesigned metal spacer cushion near the home button that gave birth to the speculation that the next generation of iPhone would come with a fingerprint scanner.

Last month an iOS developer, Hamza Sood also spotted a folder within the latest beta for iOS 7 that was titled "BiometricKitUI" with a UI description that read "a user being able to swipe the sensor on the iPhone’s home button."

Budget iPhone, iPhone with a fingerprint scanner or both; Apple hasn't yet made any official comment about these rumors but one thing for sure that these rumors would be laid to rest on September 10.

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