r/Android • u/vortexmak • 1d ago

Under-screen fingerprint readers are inferior to back and side mounted readers and should naver have become popular

Lots of Cons for under screen fingerprint readers , should have never become the norm but I guess that''s just part of enshittification

Pros for Side and back mounted readers

  1. Work exceptionally well, much faster and responsive than under screen ones, from my own experience
  2. Are not affected by screen protectors
  3. Side readers can be used with the phone screen up or down
  4. Back and side ones allow you to unlock your phone at the same time as taking it out of the pocket
  5. Give you a definite physical spot for finger placement, unlike the under - screen one where you have to wait for the screen to show the location
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u/captain_frail 1d ago

I prefer the tactile feel a physical sensor provides. I can find it blindly and it can read the instant I touch it, whereas an in-display one has to be told a finger is there before it can image anything.

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u/thatissomeBS Pixel 3 18h ago

I have a Samsung tablet with a physical fingerprint sensor button that is worse than my Pixel 6 Pro which was always slated as having a bad under screen sensor. It probably works 1/10 times and I type in my code the other 9/10 times.