What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?
What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?
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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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Fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone
61 0 ReplyI'm holding on to my Pixel 4a until it dies because of this.
11 0 ReplyIt was literally a perfect design.
The phone was already on by the time it was at your face.
I am sad for its loss
12 1 ReplyHard disagree here. Your fingers are already on the display to use your phone, fingerprint reader in the front makes far more sense.
Often my phone is on a table, all I need to unlock it is touch the screen. No need to pick it up.
I wouldn't buy a phone with the fingerprint reader in the back.
14 7 ReplyMy problem with the fingerprint reader in the display is that it just doesn't work well. I'm on a pixel 7 pro, and more often than not it will try and fail a few times, then require a pin unlock. My pixel 5 with the fingerprint reader on the back was nearly flawless.
18 0 ReplyThe one in my Galaxy S22 works great. There is a trick though to make it work even better: Register the same finger twice (and really get all angles). That usually makes the unlock much more reliable.
6 0 ReplyOh cool, thanks for the tip. I'll give that a shot!
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I had a honor 7 and a Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 and the sensor was a thousand times faster and better than the one on my pixel 6.
2 0 ReplyMy Pixel 7 fingerprint reader was unusably bad on Android 13 but now works well on Android 14.
1 0 ReplyI jumped to the Pixel 6a to the Pixel 8, and the in display fingerprint scanner got much better
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My phone is face down most of the time if it's sitting on a table. This turns on silent.
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Mine has it on the side, also good.
4 0 ReplyMeh, I prefer it under the screen personally.
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