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Samsung set a pretty high bar with its s8 gorgeous infinity screen powerful octa-core processor and biometric authentication but could Apple do it better maybe here for rumored features on the iPhone 8 that could make it a worthy opponent the front of the s8 is 83 percent screen and looks incredible but there's a 17% window of opportunity for Apple to make a truly bezel s display on its next iPhone as seen on this mock-up Apple is rumored to be changing up its traditional LCD display for a curved edge to edge OLED screen on its tenth anniversary iPhone so it is a possibility but a slight one why the rumored manufacturer of these amazing screens is Samsung so it seems unlikely that the company wouldn't have implemented on its own flagship before handing it off to Apple there's something else Apple could do to the screen beyond the bezels that could still one of the s8 embed the fingerprint scanner and home button in the display back in 2015 Apple was granted a patent that allowed them to place the touch ID sensor underneath the screen panel using ultrasound imaging paired with the current 3d touch technology you would be able to control the phone without a home button samsung also got rid of the home button on the s8 but had to move the fingerprint scanner to the back of the phone next to the camera lens but then again there's other ways to unlock the s8 using the IR scanner or face recognition which again Apple may be able to do better Samsung even admitted that the facial recognition feature in the s8 isn't the safest option Apple could improve this feature by adding a depth sensing camera to the iPhone 8 aside from mapping the contours of your face this patent hints at a camera that could map the world around it giving the iPhone augmented reality features similar to Google's project tango this has been a historically bad category for Apple to beat but 2017 could be the year the iPhone drains the s8 we haven't run any battery tests on the s8 yet but we do know Samsung played it safe by using the same sized battery as on the s7 with the larger screen to power even if the iPhone isn't able to outlive the s8 it could still have a better way of charging another Apple patent hints at a new short-range wireless charging feature that uses coils embedded in tabletops computers or even other Apple devices to charge the iPhone and if all else fails they could always bring back the headphone jack and make the iPhone cheaper but who are we kidding that's not going to happen