74 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 46
PREVIEW
Fingerprint scanner
One change we would like to see in the design,
and something we hope Samsung will take into
account following significant consumer criticism, is
the awkward placing of the rear fingerprint scanner.
It’s not so much being on the back of the handset
that offends us, but how it is wedged in beside the
camera as if it were an afterthought. It’s looking
likely that this will be moved to a new position
below the primary camera.
However, the Galaxy S9 could be the phone in
which we finally see the fingerprint scanner built into
the screen glass itself. Qualcomm has announcedSamsung Galaxy S8