For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up

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    Hard disagree here. Your fingers are already on the display to use your phone, fingerprint reader in the front makes far more sense.

    Often my phone is on a table, all I need to unlock it is touch the screen. No need to pick it up.

    I wouldn’t buy a phone with the fingerprint reader in the back.

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      10 months ago

      My problem with the fingerprint reader in the display is that it just doesn’t work well. I’m on a pixel 7 pro, and more often than not it will try and fail a few times, then require a pin unlock. My pixel 5 with the fingerprint reader on the back was nearly flawless.

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        10 months ago

        The one in my Galaxy S22 works great. There is a trick though to make it work even better: Register the same finger twice (and really get all angles). That usually makes the unlock much more reliable.

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        I had a honor 7 and a Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 and the sensor was a thousand times faster and better than the one on my pixel 6.

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        10 months ago

        My Pixel 7 fingerprint reader was unusably bad on Android 13 but now works well on Android 14.

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        10 months ago

        I jumped to the Pixel 6a to the Pixel 8, and the in display fingerprint scanner got much better

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      My phone is face down most of the time if it’s sitting on a table. This turns on silent.