<p>According to latest reports, it seems that difficulties with Face ID production could cause iPhone X shortages.</p>
<p>Apparently, Apple&#8217;s manufacturing partners Sharp and LG are having difficulties with laser and camera lens, two main components of the Face ID technology, while the largest manufacturing bottleneck lies in a TrueDepth camera responsible for the sophisticated Face ID recognition system. The TrueDepth camera uses a dot projector which emits more than 30, 000 infrared dots onto the consumers face in order to precisely scan the face.</p>
<div id="attachment_2271" style="width: 1153px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/iphone-X.png"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2271" class="wp-image-2271 size-full" title="face id" src="https://www.wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/iphone-X.png" alt="iphone X; face id" width="1143" height="366" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-2271" class="wp-caption-text">Image source: apple.com</p></div>
<h5>LG and Sharp had to discard more than 85% of the dot projectors they made as they can&#8217;t be used. This resulted in slowed down production of iPhone X, said the unnamed source.</h5>
<p>Apple instantly requested to reduce the accuracy of their face-recognition technology in order to speed-up the manufacturing process. By reducing the accuracy of the TrueDepth camera Sharp and LG can speed-up the manufacturing process and prevent possible delays.</p>
<p>Apple said that the quality and accuracy of the Face ID won&#8217;t be changed. It will still hold 1 in a million probability of a random user unlocking your iPhone. The company also negates <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-25/inside-apple-s-struggle-to-get-the-iphone-x-to-market-on-time">Bloomberg&#8217;s claims</a> about their request to reduce the Face ID sensor accuracy.</p>
<p>Apple should have 2-3 million handsets available at launch, while the manufacturing bottlenecks should be cleared during November. Preorders for the iPhone X will start on October 27.</p>