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Did the iPhone Duo get Touch ID?

Kuo: Foldable iPhone to use Touch ID in the side button

The foldable iPhone will use Touch ID in the side button rather than Face ID.

Ming-Chi Kuo reported that Apple's foldable iPhone would use Touch ID built into a side button instead of Face ID, since the thin folding body leaves no room for the Face ID module.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedThe foldable iPhone will use Touch ID in the side button rather than Face ID.
  2. Who said it, and whenMing-Chi Kuo reported it on Mar 6, 2025 in 9to5Mac.
  3. What happened, and whenApple iPhone Duo was announced on Sep 9, 2026, 552 days after this report.
  4. The verdict, and whyRightIt turned out the way this report said.Why: Apple integrated Touch ID into the side button on iPhone Duo rather than Face ID, exactly as reported. What the company published
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Moving target
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Reported by
Ming-Chi Kuo
We read it in
9to5Mac
Product
Apple iPhone Duo · reported as “foldable iPhone”

The story of this report

  1. Mar 6, 2025Ming-Chi Kuo reported it · 9to5Mac
  2. Sep 9, 2026Apple iPhone Duo was announced · official source
  3. VerdictRightWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

Ming-Chi Kuo · Analyst

85 reports in the Reporting Record. Of the 32 we have checked, 28 held up. The other 53 are not part of that number: 14 never settled, 7 not comparable, 32 no outcome yet.

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What we know now

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Questions about this report

Did the iPhone Duo get Touch ID?
Right. It turned out the way this report said. Apple integrated Touch ID into the side button on iPhone Duo rather than Face ID, exactly as reported.
Who reported it first?
Ming-Chi Kuo reported it on Mar 6, 2025 in 9to5Mac.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 552 days before Apple iPhone Duo was announced on Sep 9, 2026.