What’s the next big thing for smartphones?
An in-display fingerprint sensor, and Vivo X21 is one of the first devices to come out with it. Unlike traditional sensors mostly placed on the bottom bezel of a phone’s front or pushed to the rear, the sensor here is embedded underneath the display and there is an illuminated fingerprint icon, making it easy to identify where the scanner is. Placing the finger on that spot instantly registers the fingerprint. However, setting up the scan or unlocking the phone for the first time took a little longer than expected. Initially, the sensor would fail to register the scan, but in less than a day, one would get the hang of how much pressure to apply.
This story is from the June 2018 edition of Gadgets and Gizmos.
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