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5 Most Popular Fingerprint Scanners

5 Most Popular Fingerprint Scanners

Hello, in today’s article, I decided to talk about the most popular options for the location of the fingerprint scanner and its implementation from different manufacturers.

Lenovo/Moto

Since Lenovo ZUK, the company uses a scanner on the front side. It is slightly recessed into the case and is also a touch button. It’s nice that to turn on the smartphone, you have to just touch the scanner and that it does not have a built-in button.

By default, a bunch of scanner + onscreen buttons are used, but in Moto settings you can enable navigation on the scanner only. The on-screen buttons disappear, the swipe from left to right simulates the “Back” action, and from right to left – invokes the latest applications.

A nice addition was not only the inclusion but also the disabling of the display by holding the central button. If you disable the onscreen buttons, then holding down the button momentarily turns the display off, and a two second period calls Google Now.

Samsung

Samsung for a long time used a combination of a physical button and two touch-sensitive side buttons. Personally, I did not like it very much, in the horizontal mode, you will surely touch one of them.

Galaxy S5 16GB (Verizon)

In the latest Galaxy, this approach was abandoned in favor of a scanner on the back cover. It’s not quite clear why the layout is asymmetrical, but despite this, the new version is still more convenient than the past.

Meizu

Meizu uses the proprietary mTouch key. It is both a fingerprint scanner, a physical button, and a touch key. To turn the display on or off, hold the button for about a second. The touch of the key simulates the “Back” push, and in applications with fingerprint authorization, Flyme understands that it is necessary to scan the finger, and not to go to the previous display.

Xiaomi

In Xiaomi, in most models, the fingerprint scanner is located at the rear, and the front is equipped with a touchpad of three buttons. A nice feature is the fine-tuning of actions for short and long presses of each button.

Sony

Sony – almost the only company that installs the fingerprint scanner on the button on the side. The solution is original and elegant in its own way, but it has a small drawback: if you want to see the notifications without unlocking the display, you need to manage to turn on the device so that it does not have time to unlock the display.

Conclusion

Personally, I like most when the fingerprint scanner is located on the front panel paired with the on-screen keys. I understand that such placement can negatively affect the overall dimensions, but no matter how much the devices used with the scanner on the back, each time it was uncomfortable.

Smartphones I Would Like To Buy

Smartphones I Would Like To Buy

Below is a selection of smartphones that I would have bought myself, having various budget constraints. But before you go to the selection, let me pay attention to what is important in smartphones for me.

Firstly, it’s a display, a primary oleophobic coating, then go screen resolution and the quality of the display itself.

Secondly – the speed of work. It’s very unpleasant to use a sluggish and stupid smartphone.

The third is the time of work. In 2017, you need to stop worrying about the fact that the smartphone will not live one light day.

The fourth is design and dimensions. I do not like thick and heavy smartphones, I’m uncomfortable with them. The same applies to impractical materials of the case.

Notice, I did not write anything about the quality of the camera, it’s uncritical for me. Of course, I would like to receive decent pictures in any lighting, but I so rarely take pictures that this parameter is unimportant for me. I focus on this attention for a reason, because if you have other priorities, then my selection will most likely not suit you. And now it’s time to move on to the collection.

Under $100

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A

Dimensions: 153 x 76.2 x 7.55 mm, weight 153 grams
Screen: 5.5 inches, 1280×720 pixels, IPS
Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
Operating system: Android 7.0 + MIUI 8
Memory: 16 GB internal, 2 GB operative
Battery: non-removable, Li-Ion, 3080 mAh
Camera: 13 MP

Under $200

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X

Dimensions: 151 x 76 x 8.5 mm, weight 165 grams
Screen: 5.5 inches, 1920×1080 pixels, IPS
Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
Operating system: Android 7.0 + MIUI 8
Memory: 32/64 GB internal, 3/4 GB operational
Battery: non-removable, Li-Ion, 4100 mAh
Camera: 13 MP

Under $300

Xiaomi Mi A1

Dimensions: 155.4 x 75.8 x 7.3 mm, weight 165 grams
Screen: 5.5 inches, 1920×1080 pixels, IPS
Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
Operating system: Android 7.1.2
Memory: 64 GB internal, 4 GB operative
Battery: non-removable, Li-Ion, 3080 mAh
Camera: dual 12 MP, optical zoom

Under $500

Honor 9

Dimensions: 147.3 x 70.9 x 7.45 mm, weight 155 grams
Screen: 5.15 inches, 1920×1080 pixels, IPS
Chipset: HiSilicon Kirin 960
Operating system: Android 7.0 + EMUI 5.0
Memory: 64 GB internal, 4 GB operative
Battery: non-removable, Li-Ion, 3200 mAh
Camera: dual 20 + 12 MP, optical zoom

Samsung Galaxy A5 2017

Dimensions: 146.10 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm, weight 159 grams
Screen: 5.2 inches, 1920 x 1080 pixels, Super AMOLED
Chipset: Exynos 7880 Octa
Operating system: Android 7.0 + TouchWiz
Memory: 32 GB internal, 3 GB operative
Battery: non-removable, Li-Ion, 3000 mAh
Camera: 16 MP

Meizu PRO 6

Dimensions: 147.7 x 70.8 x 7.3 mm, weight 160 grams
Screen: 5.2 inches, 1920 x 1080 pixels, Super AMOLED
Chipset: MediaTek MT6797T
Operating system: Android 6.0 + Flyme 6.0
Memory: 32 GB internal, 4 GB operative
Battery: non-removable, Li-Ion, 2560 mAh
Camera: 21 MP

Under $1000

Apple iPhone 8

Dimensions: 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm, weight 148 grams
Screen: 4.7 inches, 1334 x 750 pixels, IPS
Chipset: Apple A11 Bionic
Operating System: iOS 11
Memory: 64/256 GB internal, 2 GB operative
Battery: non-removable, Li-Ion, 1821 mAh
Camera: 12 MP

Unlimited

Apple iPhone X

Dimensions: 143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm, weight 174 grams
Screen: 5.8 inches, 2436 x 1125 pixels, Super AMOLED
Chipset: Apple A11 Bionic
Operating System: iOS 11
Memory: 64/256 GB internal, 3 GB operative
Battery: non-removable, Li-Ion, 1821 mAh
Camera: dual 12 + 12 MP, optical stabilization

Conclusion

I am sure that you, dear commentators, are already scratching your hands about what unbalanced selection criteria I have, what cool suggestions I have not mentioned, etc. I will not restrain you in this motivation, share and tell me about your preferences.

And I’ll remind the critics, just in case, that this is my subjective selection. These are smartphones that perfectly fit the important requirements for me. Of course, you may have other priorities, and they will be completely different models.