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Информационные технологии→ Новости информационных технологий→ Another step toward the perfect smartphone ico-starWhen I say “the perfect smartphone” I of course mean the four-sided screen. That is the dream of the panel you hold in your hand without any sign of interruption – logos, buttons, or anything in-between. That dream is one step closer to reality now that phones are coming with a feature that’s goi…
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Информационные технологии→ Новости информационных технологий→ Vivo X20 Plus with in-display fingerprint sensor launch details ico-star
Vivo may not be one of the most well-known Chinese smartphone brands across the globe, but it is definitely one of the most adventurous. It was one of the first to make the world’s thinnest smartphone (back then only 0.7 mm thick) and was one of the first to jump on 6 GB of RAM and deca-core proc…
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Информационные технологии→ Новости информационных технологий→ Kensington VeriMark Fingerprint Key locks your laptop with USB ico-star
This year is the year of fingerprints for security – if it weren’t already abundantly clear, here’s another bit of proof. This is the VeriMark Fingerprint Key by Kensington. This device is just about as simple as a fingerprint scanner gets – or as simple as a fingerprint s…
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Информационные технологии→ Новости информационных технологий→ Leaked Google Pixel XL 2 2017 image release: LG G6 x HTC U11 x XL1 ico-star
The next Google Pixel XL has been spotted in a leaked image which details the device in a big way. This is just one of two Google Pixel devices, the other being the standard 2017 Google Pixel – the new version of the device with the same name from the year 2016. This new pair of smartphones has been detailed in leaks in several articles in the recent past here on SlashGear – here we’re rounding up the bunch with this rather sizable image leak.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});The PictureThe image shown below – as you might be able to tell right off the bat – comes from Android Police. This image shows a rendering of the Google Pixel XL and comes from sources very similar to those that revealed the same device last year. Back then the design for the Google Pixel seemed a bit odd – what with a big glass panel on the upper half of the back and few design cues that were particularly recognizable.
Here in 2017, this device looks like several devices out on the market today. SEE TOO: A new Google Pixel XL Review 5-months later It looks sort of like a cross between the LG G6 and the HTC U11 – crammed into the body of the Google Pixel XL from 2016. The design language of the display, alone, gives us enough reason to suspect previous rumors that LG was behind manufacturing this device. That rumor suggested there’d be a curved OLED display from LG.
Unofficial SpecsWhat we see here is ever-so-slightly curved. Not quite like a Samsung Galaxy S device – not like an Edge. But just a tease of an edge down the left and right sides. The specifications you see below are based on previous rumors, tips, and precedent. As such, they are entirely unofficial, and should be treated as such.
Google Pixel 2 (2017)
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Информационные технологии→ Новости информационных технологий→ Five cheap smartphones with a fingerprint sensor (mid-2017) ico-star
Modern smartphones look a bit different than ones from just a few years ago: there’s the double rear cameras, of course, but more pervasive is the fingerprint sensor. A fingerprint sensor built into a phone offers a highly convenient form of security, but is also becoming an important compo…
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Информационные технологии→ Новости информационных технологий→ Qualcomm’s under-display fingerprint sensors will be ready next year ico-star
Qualcomm announced today that they will have under-display fingerprint scanner technology ready for the Summer of 2018. Their scanners will be capable of working under displays, metal, and glass.
Source: http://phandroid.com/2017/06/28/qualcomm-under-display-fingerprint-sensors/
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Информационные технологии→ Новости информационных технологий→ Galaxy Note 8 skips onscreen fingerprint sensor due to this flaw ico-star
It seems that the evidence is piling about the Galaxy Note 8’s lack of an optical fingerprint sensor hiding underneath the screen. It was already accepted, though somewhat begrudgingly, that the technology didn’t make it in time for the Galaxy S8’s earlier release. Then it seems…
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Информационные технологии→ Новости информационных технологий→ The big iPhone 8 Touch ID question may just have been answered ico-star
It’s already a given that Apple wants to give the iphone 8 the biggest possible display for 2017, but the jury is still out on where that leaves its fingerprint sensor. Getting rid of the home button has obvious benefits, but a rear-mounted Touch ID scanner is ergonomically questionable, while integrating it into the Retina display is technologically tricky. Now, another way for Apple to slim the new iPhone’s bezels and maximize screen real-estate without sacrificing Touch ID has emerged, an alternative to baking the sensor into the display itself.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});That’s been the expected route for the iPhone maker to take, doing away with the dedicated home button and extending the display down to the bottom edge of the phone. The technology certainly exists to integrate a biometric sensor into a screen; indeed, Apple was granted a patent for such a system earlier this year. However, by all rights it’s also technologically tricky.
Indeed samsung is believed to have wanted to use such a system in the Galaxy S8, but have been foiled by its complexities. The rumor mill is still divided on whether the South Korean firm will have refined such a system in time for the Galaxy Note 8 later this year. Most recent reports suggest that it’s still beyond them, at least at the sort of scale that would be required for a mass-market smartphone.
Now, a new patent awarded to Apple suggests another possible location for Touch ID. Rather than in the display, or on the rear of the phone, it might see the sensor relocated to the power button. The patent – titled “Finger biometric sensor assembly including direct bonding interface and related methods” and granted on June 13, almost exactly two years after it was filed – describes a new, much smaller fingerprint sensor. That decrease in size opens up fresh possibilities for where it could be positioned.
By doing away with things like the glue layer, for instance, “the finger biometric sensor assembly may have a reduced overall thickness (e.g., in some embodiments, 150-200 microns for the cover layer and the finger biometric sensor IC die combined), relative to prior art finger biometric sensor assemblies” Apple writes. Not only could that reduce size, but also improve accuracy: uneven glue layers could leave the sensor tilted, and thus less effective.
“Because the finger biometric sensor assembly 30 is smaller than prior art finger biometric sensor assemblies,” Apple continues, “the finger biometric sensor assembly may located in where real-estate has been limited, for example, along a thin side of the housing.” The power button location, and ensuing advantages, are specifically called out, in fact. “In particular,” Apple says, “the finger biometric sensor assembly may be carried by an input device, e.g., power button, along the relative thin edge of the housing. This may allow for the display to be larger, for example.”
In short, by pressing the power button to wake your new iPhone, you’d also be unlocking it. Perhaps not as geekily-gratifying as a hidden biometric system integrated into the display, but probably a lot more practical to manufacture.
One possibility, of course, is that Apple might use both of the systems. According to expectations, the company is set to announce three new iPhones later this year, both upgrades to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus – widely predicted to be known as the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus – in addition to a third, more advanced (and expensive) device, variously referred to as the “iPhone 8“, “iPhone X”, and “iPhone Anniversary Edition” to mark the ten year anniversary of the range. Apple could well mix up both fingerprint systems.
So, the more affordable iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus could have a fingerprint power button, while the more expensive iPhone 8 flagship might opt for a display fingerprint system. Of course, we won’t know for sure until later in 2017, when the devices themselves are made official. That is, assuming nothing else leaks before then.
VIA Patently Apple
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Информационные технологии→ Новости информационных технологий→ Galaxy Note 8 might disappoint in one major way after all ico-star
Perhaps it was too soon to celebrate the Galaxy Note 8’s best features. Or maybe we will still end up being pleasantly surprised. Such are the inherent risks of relying unconfirmed sources. And yet here’s one more. According to Korean media, Samsung might disappoint fans for a second…
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Информационные технологии→ Новости информационных технологий→ Vkansee demos its under-glass fingerprint sensor on a Lenovo laptop ico-starWhy it matters to you
Keep an eye on the companies behind under-glass fingerprint sensors, as their technology may be utilized in your next smartphone.
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