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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

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[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 61 points 11 months ago

Fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone

[-] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 14 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] teejay@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[-] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] teejay@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Oh cool, thanks for the tip. I'll give that a shot!

[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] pubertthefat@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

My Pixel 7 fingerprint reader was unusably bad on Android 13 but now works well on Android 14.

[-] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

It was literally a perfect design.

The phone was already on by the time it was at your face.

I am sad for its loss

[-] digger@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago

I'm holding on to my Pixel 4a until it dies because of this.

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Mine has it on the side, also good.

[-] Perfide@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago

Meh, I prefer it under the screen personally.

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