Will Apple’s Touch ID Fingerprint Scanner Come To iPhone 6, iPad Air 2 And iPad Mini 3 This Year?

Apple is reportedly said to be releasing a plethora of new devices this year including the next-generation iPhone and iPads. One question remains though, will these devices have the Touch ID fingerprint sensor?

New research notes from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo indicate that the company will indeed include the Touch ID feature to all new iOS devices in 2014, boosting shipments and bringing the fingerprint sensor to the iPhone 6, iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3. These reports follow previous claims by Kuo that the next-generation iPads will all feature Touch ID upon their release this fall.

While Apple is expected to stick with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and its subsidiary XinTec to produce the fingerprint sensor it is said they will change the design. Kuo notes that the company will utilize tin over previously used chemicals to enhance the durability of Touch ID.

Last month it was noted that TSMC provided the first batch of fingerprint sensors for the iPhone 6, iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3. Then back in a January another report said TSMC would begin production on the Touch ID sensors sometime in the second quarter of 2014 with a new 12-inch fab processing method. However this aspect has been argued with another report in February that claimed TSMC would be sticking with the same 8-inch fingerprint sensor processing method used for the iPhone 5s.

The next-generation iPhone and iPads are rumored to be announced at WWDC 2014 this summer with launch dates set for this fall.