Apple iPhone X Reportedly Facing Production Delays to 3-D Sensors
- LG Innotek, Sharp make components for facial recognition
- Wall Street Journal, Digitimes report on component problems
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Apple Inc. is facing production delays to its top-of-the-line iPhone X due to problems with the 3-D sensor manufacturing process, according to a series of news reports.
Makers of the components, used in facial recognition, are struggling to reach adequate production levels, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported Tuesday, citing unidentified people with knowledge of the process. The delay relates to the assembly of equipment used to project the 30,000 infrared dots onto a user’s face to map its characteristics, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, also citing unidentified people.