• Blackmist
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    6 months ago

    The Pixel fingerprint scanner is so bad, you could end up locking it entirely by accident.

    Behind-the-screen fingerprint scanners are an abomination.

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      6 months ago

      Behind-the-screen fingerprint scanners are an abomination.

      Always reminds me of 1984’s telescreens. We’re almost there.

    • Richard@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Not my experience. They are usually instant, but you need a flagship device, of course. Otherwise it’s comparing apples and oranges.

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        6 months ago

        The $1000 price tag on the Pixel tells me it’s a flagship device and yet the scanner is still trash.

        But optical scanners just suck in general. I wish they’d bring back the rear sensor, it was so convenient both for unlocking and for having a shortcut to pulling down the notification shade.

    • herrvogel@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      First gen in-screen scanners were absolute trash. Borderline unusable. But the tech has improved quite a lot since the first ones. The one in my galaxy tab s9’s screen is fast and accurate.