Given current and future technologies that give us access to our phones,
such as fingerprint readers, facial recognition and heartbeat recognition, that distinction may not be as simple as it seems.
The picture reveals a physical home button, which could possibly also
function as a fingerprint reader, flanked on both sides by capacitive buttons for multitasking and the back option.
The elongated, oval home button doubles
as a fingerprint reader for unlocking the device, which worked more reliably in my testing than the fingerprint reader on the Galaxy S5.
The home button also
acts as a fingerprint reader, which I'm not overly impressed with as I find it to be too small and somewhat slower than the fingerprint readers found on other flagship devices.
With biometric authenticators
such as fingerprint readers being integrated into consumer devices, HYPR provides digital currency platforms with a solution to secure access to their digital currency assets biometrically.
The elongated, oval home button
doubles as a fingerprint reader for unlocking the device, which worked more reliably in my testing than the fingerprint reader on the Galaxy S5.
For more vulnerable settings, biometric solutions such
as fingerprint readers, retinal eye scanners and hand geometry readers all offer a higher level of security.
Apart from regularly sized bezels, the Galaxy Tab Active 2 features three physical buttons, with the Home key doubling
as a fingerprint reader.
Unlike the BlackBerry KEYone, this handset does not have a physical keyboard but comes with a physical home key which doubles
as a fingerprint reader.
The V30, on the other hand, has the home button on the back (which doubles
as a fingerprint reader), that feels unnatural for some and takes time to get used to.
This tablet comes with the latest Intel Core Processors, security tools such
as a fingerprint reader (Windows Biometric Framework awesomeness!)
Like Face ID, I consider the face identification to be experimental and not a primary authentication mechanism such
as a fingerprint reader, so I've classified it as neutral as far as how meaningful it is for business use.
The familiar and oblong Samsung home button, which doubles
as a fingerprint reader, rests centered under the display, flanked by the capacitive all - apps and back keys.
A newly revealed user manual also confirms the single front - facing shooter (likely an 8MP unit) will feature its own dedicated flash, while the front - mounted physical home button is to double
as a fingerprint reader.
Unlike the BlackBerry KEYone, this handset does not have a physical keyboard but comes with a physical home key which doubles
as a fingerprint reader.
It uses a 5.2 - inch Super AMOLED panel that comes with a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels and is sandwiched between normal - sized bezels both on the top and bottom, with its physical Home button doubling
as a fingerprint reader.
From right to left in the above screengrab, you can check out 3 and 5 concepts that aren't very different from their commercial counterparts, a significantly larger phone with a home button doubling
as a fingerprint reader, and a slightly smaller one rocking a dual rear - facing camera arrangement.
The X Venture's center home button also cleverly doubles
as a fingerprint reader.
What you will find is a side - mounted volume rocker, microSD slot and power button that doubles
as a fingerprint reader.
Android adopted NFC first, as well
as fingerprint readers, and retina scanners, and mobile payments, and higher definition displays.
As far as power & performance is concerned, you got the options for 4GB / 8 GB of RAM and 256GB / 512 GB SSD options w / a Power button that doubles
as a fingerprint reader that works w / Windows Hello.
The Galaxy Alpha's front is otherwise much like the Galaxy S5 or the Note 4 on a smaller scale, with Samsung's slim home button doubling
as a fingerprint reader, a screen that fills the face, and a dot - finish bezel.
As smartphone screens have gotten more expansive — think Samsung's Galaxy S8 or LG's G6 — smartphone makers have had to remove physical home buttons from the front of their phones that could double
as fingerprint readers.
The slim bottom bezel of the handset accommodates Huawei's branding but lacks a physical Home key which could double
as a fingerprint reader.
Where Google have knuckled down and tried to improve is through a myriad of tweaks to the overall user experience and by adding some support for more modern hardware such
as fingerprint readers and USB Type - C ports as found on the likes of the OnePlus Two and other such devices.