For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up
For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up
Hard disagree here. Your fingers are already on the display to use your phone, fingerprint reader in the front makes far more sense.
Often my phone is on a table, all I need to unlock it is touch the screen. No need to pick it up.
I wouldn’t buy a phone with the fingerprint reader in the back.
My problem with the fingerprint reader in the display is that it just doesn’t work well. I’m on a pixel 7 pro, and more often than not it will try and fail a few times, then require a pin unlock. My pixel 5 with the fingerprint reader on the back was nearly flawless.
The one in my Galaxy S22 works great. There is a trick though to make it work even better: Register the same finger twice (and really get all angles). That usually makes the unlock much more reliable.
Oh cool, thanks for the tip. I’ll give that a shot!
I had a honor 7 and a Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 and the sensor was a thousand times faster and better than the one on my pixel 6.
My Pixel 7 fingerprint reader was unusably bad on Android 13 but now works well on Android 14.
I jumped to the Pixel 6a to the Pixel 8, and the in display fingerprint scanner got much better
My phone is face down most of the time if it’s sitting on a table. This turns on silent.
I’d honestly be too afraid of scratches to turn it face down, the new Gorilla Glass sucks (too soft, just to make it slightly less likely to shatter). Of course if you have a case with a lip it’s alright.
Besides that, my phone is always on silent (vibrate), no clue how someone can run around with loud ringtone and notification sounds and annoy everyone in the vicinity.
Often I just need to glance at my phone for the time or check a quick message, no need to pick it up at all for that.