Previous announcements had asserted that the fingerprint scanner in the Samsung Galaxy S5 would be located behind the screen. It was proposed that customers would be able to unlock phones by putting their registered finger (or thumb) on any location on the screen. However, the Samsung Galaxy S5’s fingerprint scanner will be located in its home button, not behind the screen.
Those familiar with the phone have said that the scanner will work by running a finger flat across the home button at a medium speed. This is a similar approach used by Apple with its fingerprint scanner on the iPhone 5S. However, Apple uses a stationary read. It is unsure why Samsung would use a moving scan as it increases the chances of it misreading a fingerprint.
The increase in smartphone makers using fingerprint scanners is thought to be because of the increase in mobile phone thieves. Fingerprint scanners will, in theory, put off potential pick-pockets and robbers (though I am sure they are unable to see through pockets and usually have a no-returns policy even if the phone is not desirable). US senators have recently put forward a bill that will make it obligatory for phone creators to incorporate a ‘kill switch’ in their phones after it came to light that in some cities, the greater number of robberies included a mobile phone, this is sometimes dubbed ‘apple picking’.
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