Many rumors claim Apple's original plan was to include both Face ID and Touch ID on the iPhone X. However, the new design would have
meant embedding a fingerprint scanner beneath its new Super Retina HD display, and the technology wasn't ready in time.
Not exact matches
One of them — «the most accurate but least common» type — is called ultrasound imaging, and it would
mean a
fingerprint reader
embedded in a display.
Additionally, the compact size of the LEDs used
means that the technology could help manufacturers do things like
embed fingerprint scanners into their screens.
The
fingerprint sensor is
embedded in the Home button, so removing the button would
mean that Apple would either have to relocate its Touch ID button or include it in the iPhone's screen.
Just below the primary camera, there's a
fingerprint scanner, which
means the device doesn't come with the scanner
embedded under the display.
Good article but I think that Samsung and other big OEMs (
meaning Apple) won't bother with the
embedded fingerprint scanner.
We'll have to wait and see if that
means that Lenovo is replacing the
fingerprint sensor with facial recognition, like Apple, or if the
fingerprint sensor is
embedded in the display like the Vivo phone that was shown off at CES 2018.
Move to the bottom of the X5 and there's an absence of a home button,
meaning the
fingerprint reader should be on the back,
embedded into the Motorola logo.
That said, users may be happy to opt for a thicker iPhone if the added space
means the handset will have a larger battery and a
fingerprint scanner
embedded in the screen.