iPhone 8 Biggest Feature Suddenly Makes Sense

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. The iPhone 8 is expected to follow suit and that means removing the iconic home button with much talk of new facial recognition technology replacing it. The information comes straight from itself after AppleInsider spotted the company has published a new application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for "Locking and unlocking a mobile device using facial recognition". As AppleInsider notes: "The core idea of the patent is that an iPhone uses the front-facing camera to detect and recognize the user's face, unlocking the device if the face it sees belongs to the authorized device owner… if the iPhone has been motionless for a period of time, and the camera cannot see the user, it can automatically lock.