Xiaomi already has it, when will Samsung use the fingerprint sensor under the screen?

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After the presentation of the Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition, the Chinese company follows in the footsteps of Vivo and presents a terminal with a fingerprint sensor under the screen. When will Samsung's turn come? The Korean company seems to have already made a decision.

Xiaomi and Vivo have already overtaken Samsung

El fingerprint sensor under the screen It is a technology that serves to solve one of the great problems of reducing the frames in mobile phones. By pretending to have an all-screen front, the fingerprint sensor has two options: go to the rear area or disappear. Many manufacturers were used to offering their sensor on the front and intend to continue to do so. That is why the fingerprint sensor under the screen is so interesting, especially if we consider that the facial recognition systems in Android are still not up to the task.

En este sentido, Living was the first of all to offer an under-screen sensor, and the system will advance even further with the future Vivo Apex, which will feature the entire lower half of the screen as a fingerprint sensor instead of confining it to a single area. Xiaomi It has followed suit with the Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition, which also has a fingerprint sensor under the screen. The doubts are then when it will Samsung the same: in the Galaxy Note 9 or in the Galaxy S10?

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Celebrating the 10th anniversary: ​​the Samsung Galaxy SXNUMX will have a fingerprint sensor under the screen

Samsung It had several options in front of it in the last year, but finally it is going to opt to present its fingerprint sensor under the screen with the future Samsung Galaxy S10. The device will mark the XNUMXth anniversary of the Korean firm's main line of devices, which has allowed it to become one of the leading manufacturers of Android. Therefore, and also to ensure that it is implemented properly, it will be this mobile that presents the Samsung sensor.

Among the data that are being shuffled, Qualcomm it is the best positioned to manufacture it. In addition, it is known that the Samsung sensor will differ from that of Vivo or Xiaomi in its operation. Chinese companies are betting on an optical sensor, in which light bounces off the OLED screen to return the signal. Samsung will bet on an ultrasonic sensor that allows greater precision.


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