Samsung Galaxy Note 9 may not come with under-display fingerprint sensor: Report
Samsung is set to launch the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ on February 25, right ahead of Mobile World Congress 2018. Alongside the two flagship devices, the South Korean smartphone manufacturer is also planning to bring a new wireless charger, which will somewhat resemble the existing one, as far as the design is concerned, hint reports. Apart from these products, Samsung is also working on the successor of the Galaxy Note 8, aka Note 9, which the company may launch this fall. Earlier it was rumoured that Samsung may launch the Galaxy Note 9 with under display fingerprint sensor, but now, the new reports reveal a completely different story.
According to a report by Mobile Syrup, Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 9 may have the fingerprint sensor placed at the back panel of the device, under the rear camera and not under the display as rumoured earlier. This means that we may see the Galaxy Note 9 with a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor.
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Several suppliers have been working with Samsung for the past two years to bring the under-display sensors. Some sources in the industry claim that the accuracy and durability of such (under display) sensors are both lower compared to a traditional unit.
To recall, as of now, we have only one device that comes with Synaptics-made optical sensor under its screen, it is the Vivo X20 Plus UD.
Explaining how these under display sensors work, the report notes that the accuracy of such sensors suffer when an optical sensor is employed, this is because the fingerprint input is received through a semi-transparent display — the OLED touchscreen. On the other hand, if a capacitive model is used then there will durability concerns this is because it is mounted on top of the display. While, on the other hand, the ultrasonic sensors don’t suffer from any of these problems, however, are expensive and also takes longer to recognize the fingerprint compared to that of the conventional scanners.
Samsung LSI, Qualcomm, Synaptics, Taiwan’s IGES TEC, and Korea’s Beyond Eyes are all reportedly working with the South Korean smartphone manufacturer to develop these sensors. Chances are that all of these above-mentioned issues will be resolved by the forthcoming year and we may see the future flagship devices by Samsung, after the Galaxy Note 9 come with under-display fingerprint sensors.
