Apple iPhone 9 successor to sport a side mounted fingerprint sensor

Apple is expected to launch the iPhone SE successor, the Apple iPhone 9, in March this year. Ahead of the official launch, reports have already hinted as to what we should expect from the phone. Now, a new report shares details about the smartphone that will succeed the iPhone 9 (or the iPhone SE 2).

According to Tianfeng Securities analyst Guo Mingxuan (via GizChina) the iPhone 9 successor, the iPhone 10, will come with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor when it is launched in the first half of 2021.

The iPhone 9, which is expected to launch in March, is likely to come with a 4.7-inch display that is coupled with an iPhone 8-like design. The phone is expected to ditch the Face ID in favour of the fingerprint scanner that is housed inside the phone’s home button. The new report says that while Apple will stick to a 4.7-inch display, it will move the fingerprint sensor to the side, which in turn would give more screen space to the users.