iPhone 5S could read your fingerprint through the screen

The next iPhone could read your fingerprint through the screen. A patent has come to light that shows a fingerprint sensor embedded beneath the screen of the phone, or in the bezel.

This latest patent covers a fingerprint scanner that's separate from the circuit that processes the print, so it can be placed under the screen. 

Fingerprint readers have been included in laptops for a while now, as a way to secure your computer and ensure only you can unlock it. Apple's interest is also said to be to use the fingerprint scanner to verify your identity and make secure transactions through your iPhone 5S.   

The inclusion of a fingerprint scanner has been one of the more persistent rumours surrounding the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 or whatever it's going to be called. I can't see it myself -- it just doesn't seem very Apple.

But the signs point that way: Apple last year bought fingerprint and iris-recognition company AuthenTec.

As well as the iPhone 5S, Apple is reported to be planning a cheaper plastic model, probably clad in a selection of colours and possibly called the iPhone Light.

Apple delaying iPhone 5S due to switch in screen size

Put this in the radical rumor file. Apple has decided to delay the iPhone 5S in order to switch to a larger screen size, say Asia-sourced reports.
Apple will delay the release of the iPhone 5S in order to give it time to make a switch to a larger screen size, according to a report from BrightWire News, citing sources at suppliers. Commercial Times, via Bloomberg, is also reporting the rumor.
Apple has decided to up the screen size from 4 inches to 4.3 inches, the report claimed.
"[Apple] halted processor production for [the] iPhone 5S in May," according to BrightWire news. That initial iPhone 5S design had a 4-inch screen.
The 5S was expected to hit the market in September or October but has been pushed back to the end of the year, both reports said.
Budget iPhones will be released by October, as expected. That design was not changed.
Large-screen phones with displays bigger than 4 inches are catching on fast. It's remotely possible that Apple believes it needs to respond to market demands more quickly.