It was especially fun to use the latter to reject calls when the phone was face down; holding one's
finger over the sensor for two seconds automatically declines the call and sends a follow up text saying that you're busy, and the feature works without a hitch.
Of course, it acts as another form of unlocking the phone, but we're impressed that its recognition and accuracy are super speedy — so fast that even gently placing
your finger over the sensor causes it to unlock.
Not exact matches
When users are ready to make a purchase, they simply hover their iPhones
over a payment terminal while placing a
finger on the Touch ID fingerprint
sensor built into the iPhone.
Now armed with the card, a shopper slips the card into a payment terminal while placing a
finger over the fingerprint
sensor.
And — a detail that got glossed
over during their announcement — they've got
sensors under each of those triggers to tell whether your
fingers are actually touching them.
Due to its location on the back left, you'll have to stretch your
finger over the main camera lens in order to reach out to the
sensor.
MasterCard today unveiled a biometric chip - and - pin credit card featuring a built - in fingerprint
sensor that takes cues from mobile payment systems such as Apple Pay.The card can be used to make purchases like any other, except rather than keying in a PIN number, card holders can choose to place their
finger over the square
sensor to approve the transaction.Alternatively, users can take a two - tier authentication approach and use both their PIN and fingerprint to approve the purchase.
Carried
over from the Galaxy S5 are the heart - rate monitor and
finger print
sensor.
Once they implement that front glass
finger print
sensor, I will personally be all
over these... Starting with the Note 9
It didn't like it when, while blindly hunting for the
sensor, I slid my
finger over to the middle after discovering its edge.
The close proximity to the camera module also meant that users often got
finger grease all
over the camera
sensor when they were looking to unlock the phone.
Unlike the horrible
sensor in the latest Galaxy products that requires you to swipe your
finger over the home button, you simply need to touch your pad on the Mate 7's indented
sensor to get it to register.
Both these smartphones come with
finger print
sensor (on the front), supports 4G LTE and are running FlyMe UI
over YunOS.
Similar to what is provided in the Galaxy S5, the Galaxy Alpha will have a heart rate
sensor,
finger scanner and the S Health app would come pre-installed in the TouchWiz UI layered
over Android 4.4.4 KitKat OS.
The
sensor also has a self - learning algorithm that gets better
over time, allowing you to use the
sensor even when your
fingers are wet or oily.