Leaks give an impression that Apple has tried a thousand different places to put the fingerprint reader on the iPhone 8, now that there’s no room for it on the front. The most recent leak places it in a surprising – yet familiar – location.
Metal blanks show a round hole just under the Apple logo – clearly meant for the fingerprint reader. The metal blanks we saw earlier were in a rough shape and lacked such detail.
Metal blanks (allegedly) of the iPhone 8 frame, showing a rear fingerprint reader
Two glass panels from the iPhone 8’s back showed no such hole. Actually, glass…