Galaxy S10 May Feature Qualcomm’s Latest, Fastest In-Display Fingerprint Scanner

Many smartphone vendorshave started incorporating under-display fingerprint scanners in their devices over the past year, and the technology is apparently becoming affordable enough for some companies,such as Vivo, to start introducing itin its mid-range devices. However, devices from two of the leading smartphone makers, Apple and Samsung, have so far stayed away from the new technology.

While Apple’s upcoming iPhones are still likely toeschew fingerprint scannersof any description, multiple reports over the past few weeks have suggested that Samsung’s next-genGalaxy S10devices willvery likely offerthe emerging new technology. According to those reports, the company will use anultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensorfrom Qualcomm instead of the optical sensor used by Vivo, Xiaomi and Huawei on their respective flagships.

Now, anew reportfrom South Korean publication, ET News, claims that Samsung’s Galaxy S10 devices will use Qualcomm’s third-gen ultrasonic fingerprint sensor that promises to be not just faster than the earlier modules, but also more accurate.

It is worth noting here that the report only relates to the Galaxy S10 lineup, although, the company is believed to also expected to bring the technology to its mid-rangers at some stage as part of itsrenewed effortsto fight for supremacy in the mid-range segment in mission-critical markets like India and China.

Samsung’s mobile chief, DJ Koh,recently saidthat the company will now debut new features on affordable mid-range devices instead of high-priced flagships to attract millennial buyers who are after value-for-money handsets, but it will be interesting to see if the company will actually introduce the new tech on mid-rangers before using it in its next-gen flagship.

Kishalaya Kundu

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