Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will reportedly have In-Display Fingerprint Scanner after...

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will reportedly have In-Display Fingerprint Scanner after... xda-developers Mar 22, 2018 9:47 PM • by Doug Lynch Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will reportedly have In-Display Fingerprint Scanner after all The idea of Samsung getting a fingerprint scanner embedded in the display of their next smartphone is becoming a running joke. For the last couple of years, there have been rumors circulating about Samsung's next flagship shipping with an in-display fingerprint scanner. Then, as we got closer to the release of the device the rumor is squashed and Samsung ends up putting it on the back of the device. It was only a month ago when we reported on a story that claimed the company had dropped plans for an in-display fingerprint scanner on the Galaxy Note 9 but a new report from the Korea Herald says otherwise. The trend of shrinking bezels was fueled when Samsung launched the Galaxy S8 with its new design. To accomplish this task the company had to ditch the hardware navigation buttons it held on to for all these years. This allowed the company to go with a software navbar but it left people wondering how Samsung would handle the fingerprint scanner placement. Putting a fingerprint scanner on the back of the device has been a favorite position for many within the community. However, it was around this time when publications started to report on the idea that the Galaxy S8 would be the first smartphone with an optical fingerprint scanner embedded within the display. In March of last year, it was revealed that this wouldn't be the case for the Galaxy S8 because Samsung had ran out of time. Since the reasoning behind this was a time limitation it led many to assume the company would have plenty of time to include it in the Galaxy Note 8. However, once again it was revealed that Samsung's next flagship smartphone would be missing out on this feature but this time the reasoning was due to technical limitations (such as security). These rumors were squashed yet again with the release of the Galaxy S9 and the possibility of it making its way into the Galaxy Note 9 still isn't clear. So, while we saw the report last month which said the Galaxy Note 9 wouldn't have the feature, a new report from the Korea Herald says the opposite. The new report cites "industry sources" and claims it is finally happening this year with Samsung Display preparing "three or four solutions" for Samsung Electronics. The source continued and said, "a final decision on adoption of the technology will be made by this month." This source could be legit but Samsung's track record for this feature shows anything could happen that tilts the decision one way or the other. Source: Korea Herald Android Advices Mar 21, 2018 7:27 PM • by Pavan Kumar B.C Sharp Aquos S3 Mini Smartphone Announced with FHD+ display & 6GB RAM Sharp has announced a new device in China called Aquos S3 Mini and we are not sure if the rumored Aquos S3 will be launched. This handset will come in Black, Blue, and Gold color variants and is priced at 1599 Yuan (Approx US$ 252) in China via Jd.com. Sharp has also included a fingerprint sensor on the rear to enhance the security levels. Apart from these, the front camera on this device comes with AI portrait selfies and also has face unlocking feature that can unlock the handset in just 0.1 seconds. Coming to the device, the Sharp Aquos S3 Mini sports a 5.5-inch (1080 x 2040 pixels) FHD+ LCD display with 2.5D  curved glass on top and with 550 nits brightness, 135% sRGB color coverage. Under the hood, there is an Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 14nm SoC coupled with 3GB of RAM and either Adreno 508 GPU / Adreno 512 GPU. The onboard storage is limited to 64GB which can be further extended up to a maximum of 128GB via microSD card slot which also be used to insert secondary SIM slot. The handset supports Hybrid Dual SIM card and also has other options like 4G VoLTE, GPS, A-GPS and few more. On the camera front, there is a 16MP rear-facing camera with LED flash, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture which will be accompanied with 20MP selfie camera with F/2.0 aperture size. It will come out of the box with Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system with Smile Ux on top and is also expected to get further updates. The Aquos S3 Mini measures 142.7 x 73 x 7.8 mm and weighs 140 grams. There is a 3020mAh battery on the back to power this handset that comes with USB Type-C port. Are you planning to get this device from Aquos? Comment in the section below if you have any queries on the same and stay tuned to Android Advices for more news and updates. This email has been sent by Froze ONE (isnanmm0@gmail.com). It is the potion result of 'Tech: Topic watch' from the dashboard 'Personal Dashboard', tab 'Tech > Android'. Unsubscribe © Netvibes 2005-2018 | Terms of service | Privacy Policy Find Netvibes also on: Facebook Twitter Google+ Flickr

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