Synaptics Inc, a company that is well-known for manufacturing touchpads and fingerprint sensors has officially announced Clear ID FS9500 optical in-display fingerprint scanner for smartphones. It is a milestone achievement by the company as it will allow full screen design phones to feature the fingerprint sensor underneath the touchscreen display.

The arrival of full screen design trend in the mobile phone industry in this year have resulted in relocating the fingerprint scanner to the rear side of smartphones. Even though the fingerprint identification feature is considered very secure, Apple has axed the feature on the newly unveiled iPhone X. Instead of the Touch ID sensor, iPhone X features the all new Face ID facial recognition feature that users can use to unlock it or securely carry out transactions through Apple Pay.

Following Apple, Android smartphone OEMs have reportedly invested on facial recognition technology to bring face scanning features on forthcoming Android phones. However, Synaptics is of the view that the rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and facial scanning technology are not very convenient. For instance, if the smartphone is placed on a table, users are required to lift the phone to reach out to the rear-facing fingerprint scanner or the bring the phone near to scan the face.

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Clear ID by Synaptics

The Clear ID in-display fingerprint scanner by Synaptics offers the same kind of one-touch authentication that is available through conventional front/rear mounted fingerprint readers found on existing smartphones. Since it is placed under the display, it is a button-free solution. It can be used with wet, dry and cold fingerprints.

Since the Clear ID remains well-protected under the durable glass of the screen, it is a water-resistant and scratch-resistant technology. It is equipped with security features such as adaptive fingerprint template matching and verification as well as anti-spoofing technology. It is also integrated with ECC authentication and AES encryption.

Synaptics has also confirmed that the mass production of Clear ID has already begun in collaboration with a “top five” smartphone manufacturing firm. The press release by Synaptics has couple of references to “infinity display” which is the full screen technology used by Samsung on the Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ and Galaxy Note 8 phones. Hence, it is speculated that Synaptics could be working with the South Korean tech giant to make the feature available on a 2019 Galaxy flagship.

There is no confirmation on whether the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ will be coming with in-display fingerprint sensor. Previous reports have revealed that the Galaxy Note 9 could be Samsung’s first phone to feature under screen fingerprint scanner.

Synaptics will be demonstrating the Clear ID fingerprint scanner at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 2018. Qualcomm is also expected to unveil its under-display fingerprint scanner technology in Q1 2018.

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Ulefone is known for the production of smartphones with beautiful design and great specifications. Their battery capacity is just legendary but it seems the company has carried the affinity for large batteries to other aspects. The company has revealed that they are working on a new smartphone dubbed Ulephone F2 which will come with 8GB of RAM onboard as well as an infinity display. The design is inspired by the Samsung Galaxy S8 and if you don’t look closely, you’d confuse the device for the Galaxy S8.

The Ulefone F2 comes with a 5.7-inch display and the entire display is almost entirely bezel-less save for little bezels at the bottom and top edges. The left and right edges are also having ultra-thin bezels with a curved display. With a larger display and fewer interferences in vision, the phone is expected to make users get immersed into what is displayed. The F2’s display comes with an aspect ratio of 18.5 to 9, which besides further narrowing the width of the phone body for better grip, will match current wide-screen movies better. Apart from the Infinity display, the 8GB of RAM is another main feature of the F2 which makes it the world’s first smartphone with such combination. The Ulefone F2 also comes with a dual camera setup. However, other specs about the Ulefone F2 remains unknown yet, but we will keep you updated.

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By the way, big-battery device Ulefone Power2 and dual-camera deca-core flagship Ulefone Gemini Pro are currently available for the special prices of$165.99 USD and $249.99 USD respectively on AliExpress. For more details visit Ulefone’s Facebook page from here.

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