• SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    JUST PUT IT ON THE BACK…

    I hate that my screen blinds me and people nearby when I use biometrics. I understand the security problems with bio too, I guess I ought to just delete the option.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Ultrasonic fingerprint sensors aren’t optical like the older under-screen ones. They don’t need to go bright to get a reading.

      This will not blind you.

    • 9point6@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      The pixel 9 doesn’t do the blinding thing anymore, and it works pretty well. This is apparently an even better version of that.

      Don’t disagree that on the back should be a thing too, the sensor on the back of the pixel 5 (IIRC?) was perfectly quick and had a few useful gestures you could use it for. I doubt it would increase the BOM much to just have both considering we’re talking at phones that cost a grand

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      1 month ago

      Like others have already said the 9 doesn’t use light/optics but it still sucks compared to the one on the back. I use, but generally dislike the P9 finger print reader. I’ve gone so far as not using a screen protector to help that stupid thing. Still has way too many error reads

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      1 month ago

      *on the power button.

      My s10e had this, and it’s the best IMO.

      You can also swipe it to pull down the notification shade.