Technology of 2015: Fingerprint sensor

Fingerprint sensor on the phone for the first time caught the strong attention was in 2013, when Apple put it on iPhone 5s. Since then, this technology has become an essential thing, until 2015 it is considered a "feature" that cannot be unavailable on high-end smartphones. And it is not too difficult to understand if we say that fingerprint recognition on smartphones is the technology of 2015 - a really explosive year of technology full of practicality and convenience.

We never care much about fingerprint recognition technology on the phone like now. In a world where phone design is really congested, as before, to find the differences and upgrades of new and old generation smartphones, we have to look at the changes of RAM, camera or CPU. But now, fingerprint sensors outline a boundary that clearly distinguishes the new generation of machines from previous years, or even between a high-end and mid-range machine.

Say it again and again, 2015 is a really great year of fingerprint recognition technology on smartphones, and this amazingness is understood in many ways.

Massive participation of many phone companies

2015 is a really great year of fingerprint recognition technology on smartphones.

First, it has become an indispensable technology on high-end smartphones today. If in 2013/2014 phone companies are not really enthusiastic with this technology, this year in turn Samsung with Galaxy S6, HTC One A9 / M9 +, Sony with Z5 and Z5 Compact, and can not forget the company Recently racing LG configuration with V10.

The most outstanding is the participation of Google with Android 6.0 version that supports fingerprint sensor from the core, but first of all is the Nexus Imprint of Nexus 5X and 6P duo. Supporting fingerprint recognition from the core of Android 6.0, and putting it on Nexus 5X and 6P - Nexus lines are often Google-driven lines that bring many of Android's future technologies - two steps to show that Google wants to making this technology an essential part of "all" Android smartphones in the near future, whether it is high-end or cheap.

And yet, the quality of the fingerprint sensor on the phone is now much better. The Touch ID on the iPhone 5s was at an acceptable level now, ie, touching to about a few ms was unlocked. Now that the fingerprint sensor that Samsung brings to the S6 for much higher speed and stability, Apple also had the answer with iPhone 6s / 6s Plus with more advanced Touch ID. It is because of competition between firms that makes this technology better, speed faster, and customers are the most beneficiaries.

Security

The word security seems to be very terrible to many popular smartphone users, but when speaking in a more specific way, "unlocking the phone" is completely different. One day, I unlocked the device for 96 times, opened it and then locked it again, or opened it and stroked it for fun and locking. And as before, I also press 4 security numbers on iPhone tired, or have to turn on the computer, swipe through and then start. For Android users, there are more games like drawing pictures - I don't understand what to draw for a lot of tiredness - or press the letter click number. So when the fingerprint sensor allows for quick unlocking, I do the job of unlocking / locking the machine more and more frequently.

The present world is divided into two: drawing to unlock the machine, and those with simpler lives

Life is much easier when you just need to press the Home button and then everything is ready, no more claws through the screen, drawing back and forth bullshit. Not to mention that these traditional ways can easily be exposed, or likely to be overcome, while fingerprints are only one and completely stored in a separate area on each machine, no one can See and access. In addition, developers have also integrated fingerprint sensors into applications (such as 1Password, Telegram, Zalo, .) to make them more difficult to watch.

Mobile payment

Apple Pay and Samsung Pay are two pioneering names in bringing fingerprint sensors into the mobile payment process.

Apple Pay and Samsung Pay are two pioneering names in bringing fingerprint sensors into the mobile payment process. Both act as authentication methods to ensure that the payer is the owner of the credit card. By being more serious with fingerprint sensors from Android 6.0, Google integrating this technology into Android Pay will also be an overnight affair. And as you know already, the popularity of Android will be an indirect launcher to bring mobile payment form (based on fingerprint sensor) to become something normal in the near future.

Will smartphones replace dozens of credit cards in user wallets in the near future?

Currently, both Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and third parties using Android Pay are still limited. Apple Pay and Samsung Pay are only in big countries (there are more China in 2016), and there are many limitations such as user habits, speed of switching to using NFC payment machines of vendors. Oddly generally still slow. However, when everything is supported, more popular, the customer withdraws the card to wait and will become "strange" in the future, when everyone just pulls the phone to touch is accomplished.

Conclusion

Previously, fingerprint sensors were just a fun thing, adding high-end smartphones to make it different. However, things have changed drastically since this year, fingerprint identification will now be, but not, must be the technology available on smartphones. No matter what divine functions your phone has, it must at least "unlock with fingerprints", it is difficult to accept if a device of nearly $ 1,000 has to catch the bullshit or smooth the curtain. picture to unlock.