Qualcomm announced
its ultrasonic fingerprint solution and showcased it in a modified Vivo Xplay 6 phone.
Last month at MWC Shanghai 2017, Qualcomm announced a new range of
ultrasonic fingerprint solutions with the introduction of «Qualcomm Fingerprint Sensors».
Not exact matches
While we previously predicted that Samsung's new flagship Galaxy Note 9, due out in 3Q18, will come equipped with an under - display
fingerprint recognition function, we now believe Samsung will cancel this feature on Note 9 because both
ultrasonic (provided by Qualcomm) and optical (provided by Samsung LSI, Goodix, Egis, and Synaptics)
solutions can not meet Samsung's technical requirements.
«While we previously predicted that Samsung's new flagship Galaxy Note 9, due out in 3Q18, will come equipped with an under - display
fingerprint recognition function, we now believe Samsung will cancel this feature on Note 9 because both
ultrasonic — provided by Qualcomm — and optical — provided by Samsung LSI, Goodix, Egis, and Synaptics —
solutions can not meet Samsung's technical requirements,» said Kuo.
We first presented a prototype of our
fingerprint scanning
solution at MWC Shanghai 2017 based on an
ultrasonic sensor, and have remained committed to realising our vision for future smartphones,» Alex Feng, Senior Vice President of Vivo, said in a press statement.
The first company to publicly release a smartphone with Qualcomm's
ultrasonic fingerprint sensing
solution is going to be Huawei.
Qualcomm is expected to do well this year because Huawei's local competitors are also adopting the
ultrasonic fingerprint sensing
solution in their own Android smartphones.
We first presented a prototype of our
fingerprint scanning
solution at MWC Shanghai 2017 based on an
ultrasonic sensor, and have remained committed to realizing our vision for future smartphones.
The Mate 11 supposed to launch in the second half of the year is rumored to pack Qualcomm's
ultrasonic fingerprint sensing
solution.
Qualcomm and Synaptics have been trying to perfect their
ultrasonic tech for awhile now, with Samsung famously failing to find a workable
solution for the all - screen Galaxy S8 (forcing it to place the
fingerprint sensor on the back).
We first presented a prototype of our
fingerprint scanning
solution at MWC Shanghai 2017 based on an
ultrasonic sensor, and have remained committed to realizing our vision for future smartphones,» Vivo senior vice president Alex Feng said.
At the event, Qualcomm unveiled its next - generation
ultrasonic fingerprint - reading solution called Fingerpri
fingerprint - reading
solution called
FingerprintFingerprint Sensors.
The Under Display
Fingerprint Scanning
Solution from Vivo works by using piezoelectric effects which will generate and receive
ultrasonic sound waves when a finger is pressed against the display.