This provides a very different tactile feel for your finger, helping find the awkwardly
placed fingerprint scanner, which is located to the right of the dual camera module.
It's also a bit of a mystery as to where Apple
placed the fingerprint scanner on the iPhone 8 because the leaked renders do not show the position of the sensors.
That's a change from the Moto E4 Plus, which
placed its fingerprint scanner on the front and had larger bezels as a result.
Kuo believes manufacturers are leaning toward 3D sensing instead of having to go with in - display or the more common option — rear -
placed fingerprint sensors.
On top of all that, you're getting a P - OLED display here, and a conveniently -
placed fingerprint scanner.
The awkwardly -
placed fingerprint sensor has been moved below the camera module, but otherwise you'll be hard pressed to tell it apart from the S8 Plus.
That means a 5.5 - inch (2560 x 1440; QHD) screen, curved edges, front -
placed fingerprint scanner and physical home button, alongside off - screen capacitive buttons.
It has an awkwardly
placed fingerprint sensor beside the camera sensor.
That rumor turned out to be accurate as well, as the Galaxy S8 does indeed have an oddly
placed fingerprint scanner on its back, right next to the camera.
One of Samsung's few missteps with the Galaxy S8 was its oddly
placed fingerprint sensor, which sat beside the camera on the back of the phone.
The unusually
placed fingerprint sensor will irk some users, but Samsung's biometric unlocking options are satisfactory, and the phone is more than powerful enough for any task.
This isn't the first time that the company
placed the fingerprint sensor at the back either, since it first adopted such placement on the Galaxy S8.
The Galaxy S8 launched with a single rear camera and an oddly -
placed fingerprint scanner right next to the rear camera.
Once
she placed her fingerprint on the lit - up sensor, the phone unlocked and the on - screen sensor disappeared, leaving her to enjoy the full - screen view of the Vivo phone.
Sony has also
placed the fingerprint sensor on the back of the device as opposed to on the side like on previous phones, and of course it packs the latest hardware inside too, such as the Snapdragon 845 processor.
Huawei could have simply
placed the fingerprint sensor on the back, but it looks like the company decided to cram the feature on the thin bezel just below the display, as pointed out by 9To5Google.
Even though Samsung appears to have
placed the fingerprint scanner in a much more comfortable area, the company is sticking to it's pill - shaped sensor.
Despite the good things the devices can offer, Beilinson did not forget to single out the awkwardly
placed fingerprint scanner on the back of the handsets.
We know there's two devices, no home buttons, and one annoyingly
placed fingerprint sensor.
To accommodate the Galaxy S8 infinity display, Samsung
placed the fingerprint scanner on the back of the handset.
Rear -
placed fingerprint sensor can work fantastically, they just need to be a bit lower.
While some folks have found it easy to adapt to the awkwardly
placed fingerprint sensor, some of us haven't and are probably using iris or facial recognition (or the traditional pin or pattern) to keep their device secure.
Huawei
placed the fingerprint scanner on the rear, unlike other flagships which have it embedded inside the physical home button.
With Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy S8, which also sport Infinity Displays, Samsung had
placed the fingerprint scanner next to the camera, a decision that was frowned upon.
Recently seen on Galaxy S8 & S8 Plus, the awkwardly
placed fingerprint scanner.
The phone is also expected to continue offering an iris scanner, a rear -
placed fingerprint sensor, USB Type - C port, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack that we saw with the Galaxy S8.
I didn't find any obvious annoyances, like a poorly
placed fingerprint sensor, an extra button for a voice assistant you'll never use, or a notch that covers up part of the top of the screen, either.
There's no physical Home button on the front of the handset due to the limited space, so instead, Samsung is believed to have
placed the fingerprint scanner on the back of the unit.
Samsung also wound up getting rid of a physical home key for the Galaxy S8, but
it placed the fingerprint scanner on the rear of the device.
OnePlus also has an excellent, appropriately
placed fingerprint sensor.
Of course, Sammy will definitely throw in a few tweaks to make the phone unique, among them a redesigned rear panel that features a dual - lens camera and a better -
placed fingerprint scanner (no in - display fingerprint scanner just yet).
Last year's Galaxy S8
placed the fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone to the right of the camera lens, rather than at the center.
The Galaxy A8 + also has a sensibly -
placed fingerprint sensor, which is now located underneath the camera module.
The S8's most significant issue, however, is its awkwardly
placed fingerprint sensor.
On the Galaxy S8 and S8 +, Smart Lock can be particularly useful if you have secured your phone with a fingerprint, so that you have to reach for the awkwardly
placed fingerprint sensor less often.
With the S8 and S8 +, Samsung
placed the fingerprint scanner to the right of the rear camera.
Because of its placement on the front it's actually usable when sitting on a desk, although it's a little more awkward than a back -
placed fingerprint scanner because you have to reach your thumb down to use it.
Like the Note 8, you also get a 3.5 mm audio jack, wireless charging, Android Nougat out of the box and a weirdly -
placed fingerprint scanner on the back.
They have the same excellent OLED edge - to - edge «Infinity Display» that Samsung introduced with the S8 (5.8 inches on the S9 and 6.2 inches on the S9 Plus), the latest Snapdragon 845 processor, and a far more sensibly
placed fingerprint sensor.
While Samsung offers a variety of security methods for unlocking the Note 8, including iris scanning (first added to the Galaxy series with the Note 7), facial recognition and an awkwardly
placed fingerprint sensor that sits beside the Note 8's most exciting feature, the phone's dual camera.
However, Samsung fans — and everyone else, really — will be tripped up when it comes to the oddly -
placed fingerprint sensor.
The amazing display, great camera and slick software should make you forget about the awkwardly
placed fingerprint scanner and the half - bake Bixby assistant.
There are few things that might make you think twice about upgrading, such as that terribly
placed fingerprint scanner and only average battery life.
This year, though, besides repositioning the horribly
placed fingerprint sensor, the overall hardware design goes unchanged.
I wish Asus had
placed the fingerprint scanner somewhere close to the power button.
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Some companies, like Samsung and Google, have gotten around this by
placing the fingerprint sensor on the rear of the phone, which can be less convenient; Apple, meanwhile, engineered its Face ID system on the iPhone X so that it could abandon fingerprint authentication altogether.
However, Samsung has finally decided to
place the fingerprint in a more convenient position.
The only real frustrating tenet suppose Galaxy S8 design elements indeed migrate to the flagship is the fact that Samsung might still
place the fingerprint scanner on the back of the Note 8.
It will eliminate the need for the company to
place a fingerprint scanner beneath the home button.