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I have used phones with all types of fingerprint sensor. Below the screen (Moto Z, iPhone 6S), at the back, in the power button (Moto Z3), and built into screen
by Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
I have used phones with all types of fingerprint sensor. Below the screen (Moto Z, iPhone 6S), at the back, in the power button (Moto Z3), and built into screen (Moto Z4).
Built into the screen is by far superior of all. The worst is at the back, with power button at the side not far from it.
- barbazoo 6y agoI think having it in the back is genius as that's where I always have a finger as opposed to the front. It's so awkward to try to hold the phone in my hand securely AND holding my thumb on the scanner at the same time.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoAbout half of the times i unlock my phone is when it is resting on the table. Fingerprint scanner on the back requires picking it up first, which is extremely uncomfortable to do every time. No. Just no.
- barbazoo 6y agoI'm glad we have choice then.
- passivate 6y agoI agree, but for a different reason. Today's phones are stupidly fragile and pretty much everyone puts some sort of case on them. I don't get this obsession from phone makers to make increasingly thinner devices, when a large number of end users just put an ugly case on it. Why not make them rugged to begin with?
- ubercow13 6y agoWould you really rather that rubber/plastic of the case was fused to the phone instead of just separate and replacable?
- passivate 6y agoI'm sure Apple can design a rugged phone if they wanted to. A rugged phone designed with shock/vibration/drop protection in mind is not the same as a fragile phone with a case on top.
- kalleboo 6y agoAll kinds of ruggedization are wear items. Even a bicycle helmet needs to be replaced after it has experienced an impact. They should be easily replaceable, like phone cases are now.
- passivate 6y agoThere are many designs possible, I don't understand why you want to shoehorn an unsuitable design meant for providing protection to the human head onto electronics. In any case, this is a good discussion, we know what to avoid so yes - we don't want to have a design that necessitates replacing the phone.