The fingerprint sensors conquered the smartphones after Apple made those cool again with the iPhone 5s. The last four years those went from sluggish security to super-fast recognition and today those are pretty much a necessary feature for every phone. But with the bezel-less phones about to become the new trend next year and with the manufacturers fighting for precious space both in the exterior and the insides, the conventional fingerprint sensors are becoming an obstacle. This is where the new-gen optical fingerprint scanners come in handy. They can work through glass and can easily...
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