Apple's next iPhone might let users unlock it by placing their finger anywhere on the screen

Apple has some new ideas about how to unlock your phone. The iPhone maker has been granted a patent for a new Touch ID method that would allow users to place their finger anywhere on the device's screen to unlock it. It's possible that this feature could arrive in Apple's next iPhone, which is slated to launch in September. Apple has some new ideas about how to unlock your phone. The firm patented a new Touch ID method that would let users place their finger anywhere on the device's screen to unlock it The patent, which was first discovered by Patently Apple, is titled'Methods of Biometric Imaging of Input Surfaces' and was filed in September 2016, but was only made public on Tuesday.