Phones with a fingerprint scanner underneath the screen seemed like a far-fetched idea a few years ago. Now it's becoming the norm.
Ben Sin
The OnePlus 7 Pro is getting rave reviews, and one feature that has attracted the most praise is the phone's in-display fingerprint scanner, which registers a thumbprint and unlocks in just 0.2 seconds. In fact, the consensus among reviewers is that the 7 Pro’s in-display scanner is the best in the industry right now, beating the ones in the Huawei P30 Pro, Oppo Reno, Vivo Nex Dual Display Edition, and Samsung Galaxy S10.
The funny thing is, with the exception of Samsung’s S10, all those devices mentioned use the same optical fingerprint sensor built by the same company.
Founded in 2002, Shenzhen-headquartered Goodix has been building fingerprint sensors, among other things, for the world’s biggest tech companies, including Huawei, LG, Dell, Xiaomi and Lenovo ever since. For years, this has meant hardware capacitive scanners, usually in the form of a power button or slight groove. But last year, Goodix’s fingerprint sensor burrowed underneath the screen, a technological breakthrough that allowed manufacturers to continue shred ..
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