Being at the bottom is still not the most optimal position, but it is definitely a better
implementation than any rear - facing setup out there.
Not exact matches
Located on the
rear, the 5X's
implementation is much more convenient
than the front - facing readers found on flagships from Samsung and Apple.
Just a couple of weeks before the Galaxy S8 became official, however, a report out of Korea revealed that Samsung and Synaptics actually ran out of time with the
implementation and rather
than equipping the Galaxy S8 with a fingerprint scanner embedded onto the screen, it would go for a
rear - mounted fingerprint reader instead.
While a dual speaker setup would have of course been better, this
implementation is still better
than any
rear - facing or bottom - firing speakers out there.
Samsung initially wanted to equip its Galaxy S8 line with in - display fingerprint authentication and teamed up with Synaptics to make it happen, but the
implementation took longer
than expected and Samsung ultimately decided to launch the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 + with
rear - mounted fingerprint scanners rather
than delay the release.