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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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[–] disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Seperate fingerprint sensors, which were fast, reliable, and accurate, in contrast to the shitty in screen sensors, which are slow, inaccurate, and sometimes just dont work. I would like to kill all people who were part of this shit

[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Eh. First fingerprint sensors were useless, inconvenient, unreliable garbage. I hated the one on my galaxy s5 where you had to SLIDE your thumb over it just so for it to work. Then the tech was improved and we got nice sensors that work well. In-screen sensors are going through the same process. Once they've matured, they'll be better than the separate fingerprint sensors.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I sometimes think that mine is working alright, and then I try and use it in the dark and it fails 3 times in a row because it turns out it usually gives up and uses face recognition.

And this is a proper Google phone. What must the shit brands be like?

And the only advantage is that you have more screen space which is now covered with indicators for back, home, etc, because you can fuck off if you think I'm using gestures for that shit.

[–] Yarmin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

try rescanning you finger and add it twice I've always done this on any fingerprint device and it improves reliability greatly at least for me

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

mine is pretty accurate, but you need to set up carefully

also, it doesn't work well with a screen protector

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Varies wildly from phone to phone. I prefer the in screen detectors, since they work great when your phone is on your desk or in a phone dock/charger. They need to be implemented well though.

The one on my Huawei P30 was fantastic. The one on my Pixel 6 was ass, the one on my Pixel 8 is good.

The one on the 6 was ass even without a screen protector, the one on the 8 is good even with one.

[–] disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I have huawei p30pro, and the in screen sensor is shit, its slow, unreliable, inaccurate, and sometimes it isnt works at all. Its a common problem.

On my redmi 8 pro it was perfect, as it was on the backside of phone, not in screen