▲ 1037 ▼ What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* by fastandcurious@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 805 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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
[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 61 points 2 years ago (5 children) Fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago It was literally a perfect design. The phone was already on by the time it was at your face. I am sad for its loss permalink fedilink source parent [–] digger@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago I'm holding on to my Pixel 4a until it dies because of this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] teejay@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (4 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teejay@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh cool, thanks for the tip. I'll give that a shot! permalink fedilink source parent [–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 2 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pubertthefat@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago My Pixel 7 fingerprint reader was unusably bad on Android 13 but now works well on Android 14. permalink fedilink source parent [–] moon@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 years ago I jumped to the Pixel 6a to the Pixel 8, and the in display fingerprint scanner got much better permalink fedilink source parent [–] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago My phone is face down most of the time if it's sitting on a table. This turns on silent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Mine has it on the side, also good. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Perfide@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago Meh, I prefer it under the screen personally. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago It was literally a perfect design. The phone was already on by the time it was at your face. I am sad for its loss permalink fedilink source parent
[–] digger@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago I'm holding on to my Pixel 4a until it dies because of this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] teejay@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (4 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teejay@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh cool, thanks for the tip. I'll give that a shot! permalink fedilink source parent [–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 2 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pubertthefat@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago My Pixel 7 fingerprint reader was unusably bad on Android 13 but now works well on Android 14. permalink fedilink source parent [–] moon@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 years ago I jumped to the Pixel 6a to the Pixel 8, and the in display fingerprint scanner got much better permalink fedilink source parent [–] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago My phone is face down most of the time if it's sitting on a table. This turns on silent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teejay@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (4 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teejay@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh cool, thanks for the tip. I'll give that a shot! permalink fedilink source parent [–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 2 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pubertthefat@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago My Pixel 7 fingerprint reader was unusably bad on Android 13 but now works well on Android 14. permalink fedilink source parent [–] moon@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 years ago I jumped to the Pixel 6a to the Pixel 8, and the in display fingerprint scanner got much better permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teejay@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh cool, thanks for the tip. I'll give that a shot! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teejay@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Oh cool, thanks for the tip. I'll give that a shot! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 2 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pubertthefat@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago My Pixel 7 fingerprint reader was unusably bad on Android 13 but now works well on Android 14. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 years ago I jumped to the Pixel 6a to the Pixel 8, and the in display fingerprint scanner got much better permalink fedilink source parent
[–] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago My phone is face down most of the time if it's sitting on a table. This turns on silent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Mine has it on the side, also good. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago Meh, I prefer it under the screen personally. permalink fedilink source parent
