Apple iPad Pro With 3D-Sensing Tech Confirmed? Supplier May Be Suggesting So

One of Apple's suppliers may have just confirmed the idea that the Cupertino giant could be bringing its 3D-sensing technology to other products outside of its iPhones. Win Semiconductors, Apple's sole supplier of laser components for the Face ID system on the iPhone X, has apparently announced that it is increasing its capital expenditure due to the rising demand for 3D-sensing applications for smartphones and other devices. In a recent interview with Nikkei Asian Review, Win Semiconductors chief executive Wang Yu-Chi revealed that the company is significantly increasing its capital expenditure this 2018 to meet the surging demand for 3D sensors for smartphones and other electronic devices. "We will at least more than double our capital expenditure in 2018 to meet expanding uses of 3D-sensing features in various devices," Wang said. The mention of "various devices" somehow corroborates Bloomberg's report late last year that Apple is debuting new iPads that do not sport the home button.