Parts shortages mean that it will take Android brands two years to catch up with Face ID, according to suppliers of key components used for 3D camera modules.
This is in part due to Apple’s R&D lead, they say, but also due to its tight control of the supply-chain. Reuters reports the view from three major parts producers.
"According to parts manufacturers Viavi Solutions Inc, Finisar Corp and Ams AG, bottlenecks on key parts will mean mass adoption of 3D sensing will not happen until next year, disappointing earlier expectations.
That means that Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi and others could be a total of almost two years behind Apple, which launched Face ID with its iPhone X anniversary phone last September"
Apple, Huawei and Xiaomi all declined to comment, as did Samsung, whose current phones use a standard camera for facial recognition.
On the supply-chain side, the piece points to the $390M deal Apple struck with Finisar for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), a key component of the 3D camera module in the iPhone X.
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