The rear placement of the fingerprint sensor means the smartphone will be sporting a FullScreen display with an 18:9 aspect ratio.
Not exact matches
A case in point being the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy 8 models which did receive criticism for the
placement of the
fingerprint sensor in a position which is less natural, compared to the front (or the more typically
rear - positioning) panel.
The company also listened to the criticism it received because
of the
fingerprint sensor placement on the Galaxy S8 and made amends by positioning it below the
rear camera for easy access.
Should these renders be
of the final product (and there's no reason they shouldn't be at this point), the
fingerprint sensor will be placed below the single
rear camera, making the Galaxy A5 (2018) and its siblings the first to fix Samsung's awkward
fingerprint sensor placement instead
of the Galaxy S9.
With
rear - facing
fingerprint sensors, due to the size difference
of each device, users have to get used to the
placement to some extent.
And though the form factor does seem a bit wide when placed next to the Samsung Galaxy S8 +, the perfect
placement of the
rear fingerprint sensor and high - quality aluminum chassis more than makes up for it in my opinion.
As you may recall, one
of the loudest complaints about the Galaxy S8 and Samsung moving the
fingerprint sensor to the
rear of the phone is the
placement.
This
placement has been a source
of criticism for the Galaxy S8 as other devices with
rear fingerprint scanners typically have the
sensor in a centered location for easy access.
The
fingerprint reader
placement has been one
of the rare complaints consumers and reviewers had about the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, with the Galaxy Note 8 introducing more space between the
rear - mounted
sensor and its dual - camera setup but still not debuting any radical redesigns.
On the back, we have a strange
fingerprint sensor placement, which sits on the right side
of a
rear - facing camera that is now destined to be constantly smudged with
fingerprints.
The
fingerprint sensor would likely be moved to the
rear of phone, though «exact
placement [is] not clear.»
The Galaxy S9 series takes what made the Galaxy S8 so good and fixes many
of the minor irritations, including the
placement of the
rear fingerprint sensor.
The
rear panel
of the upcoming devices is said to be the area that will feature the most changes compared to the Galaxy S8; apart from the aforementioned
fingerprint sensor placement, the handsets are also thought to be featuring vertical dual - camera setups instead
of horizontally arranged lenses like the ones found on the Galaxy Note 8.
«This leads us to believe that Samsung had plans to use a dual
rear - facing camera for the S8 +, but had to ditch it to fit the
fingerprint sensor without affecting the
placement of the battery and wireless charging coils.»
However, unlike the
placement in the Galaxy S8 that put the
sensor next to the
rear camera, the Galaxy S9's
fingerprint sensor will likely sit below the camera towards the middle
of the
rear panel.