Samsung fans were hoping that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S9 will finally feature optical fingerprint recognition technology. The fingerprint sensor should have been in the screen, instead of on the back of the phone. Unfortunately, it seems that this feature will only arrive with the Note 9, next summer. Until then, Samsung will probably stick with the fingerprint sensor on the back of the handset, just like it did with the Galaxy S8. Hopefully, the position of the sensor will change, but that it the only improvement in the foreseeable future. The South Korean company is indeed working on the optical fingerprint recognition technology, however, it won’t be quite ready for the Galaxy S9 which will launch in the first quarter of 2018.
It is also possible that Samsung will follow in the footsteps of Apple and ditch the fingerprint sensor altogether. This is highly improbable though. The Samsung Galaxy S9’s facial recognition feature will reportedly be more efficient than the one we’ve seen this year, however, it’s highly unlikely that the fingerprint sensor will disappear. If it does, it will make a lot of users unhappy. After all, not everyone is a fan of Face ID. Sometimes it’s easier to place your finger on a sensor than to raise the handset in front of your face.
Of course, Samsung could always keep the fingerprint sensor but place it somewhere else. It could be integrated into a button on the sides, or on the bottom. At this point, everyone’s guess is as good as ours. Hopefully, the Galaxy Note 9 will finally have a fingerprint sensor integrated into the display. Even without this feature, the Samsung Galaxy S9 should be a nice device. it will be the first model to arrive with the brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, and it will also be the first Samsung device to run Android Oreo out of the box.
Unfortunately, the Samsung Galaxy S9 will probably be just as expensive if not even more pricey, as the current Galaxy S series models. Exactly how expensive it gets, we will find out closer to its launch. There still are months to go until the unveiling of the handset, so many things can change. Until we actually see the smartphone, we have to take every information with a grain of salt.
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