Face ID May Come to Apple's iPad Pro Next Year

The iPhone X launched less than a week ago, but it's never too soon to speculate what Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has in store for next year. Bloomberg reports that the Mac maker may be looking to bring two headline features of the iPhone X to its iPad lineup next year: an edge-to-edge display that removes the home button, and its Face ID facial recognition system.

While the iPhone X adopted OLED display technology for the first time, the forthcoming iPad is not expected to feature an OLED display. Not only are there technical challenges with implementing such a large OLED display, but it would also be incredibly expensive. Just look at how adopting OLED affected the estimated bill of materials (BOM) for the iPhone X, for example, and remember that costs rise exponentially with display size due to dimensional considerations.

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