• @colonial
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    201 year ago

    Power button fingerprint sensors. I had one on my S10e, and I loved it - with the way I held the phone, my thumb naturally rested on the power button, so it was pretty much auto-unlocked.

    Now they seem to have fallen by the wayside in favor of in-screen sensors - which are cool, but ever-so-slightly more cumbersome. Ah well, still better than facial recognition.

    • AbsurdityAccelerator
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      181 year ago

      This is why I loved the fingerprint sensor on the back of my pixel. I would be able to unlock it while taking it out of my pocket.

      • @taj
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        21 year ago

        The bacj fingerprint scanner is what I absolutely miss most from my pixel 3a xl. The front scanner just sucks sooo bad in comparison.

    • @canthidium
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      31 year ago

      Samsung is using them still on the Folds. I’ve got one on my Fold 4. Love it.

    • @rDrDr
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      11 year ago

      This is one of the big reasons I got a Galaxy Fold instead of one of the flagship slab phones, which all have under display readers at this point. It’s so much smoother.

    • @TrickyCamel
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      1 year ago

      I had a Flip 4 and an S10e before and I have a S23 now and I wish still had the side key fingerprint, the inscreen scanner often misreads my thumb for some reason.