Samsung bets on the iris scanner ahead of facial recognition

There have been many reports from experts who assure that the competition is light years away from the facial recognition that Apple has implemented in its iPhone X, and that most have already got down to work to design their own system based on Apple's and add it to your next devices throughout 2018 as a "real" security system, not like until now that is only used to unlock the device and not to make payments.

Partly because of this and partly as a bet on its own technology, Samsung seems willing to continue with the iris scanner as a security system to make payments with mobile phones, and Patently Apple says that the Korean company is going to do without facial recognition in its new terminals, adding a more advanced iris scanner your next Galaxy S9.

Samsung was the first to popularize the iris scanner on a mobile device, with its Galaxy S8 and Note 8 (Nokia already did it before with its Lumia 950 as indicated in the comments). Despite the fact that the company maintains the fingerprint sensor and also includes facial recognition, the latter can only be described as "a hobby" that hardly allows anything other than unlocking the device, and not even Samsung trusts it. as to allow making payments with the mobile. Apparently the new iris scanner of the S9 will have a higher resolution (3Mpx), will be able to work in more extreme light conditions and will be faster than the current one, something most users complain about.

The next step of the company would include generalizing the iris scanner in its mid-range, and not reserving it solely for the «Top». One option would be for the current iris scanner to go to the mid-range and the new, faster and more reliable version to be reserved only for the new terminals presented this year as flagship of the brand: the Galaxy S9 and Note 9. If this strategy is confirmed the dispute between which system is more reliable, if the iris scanner or facial recognition, is guaranteed for a while.


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  1.   Felix said

    Better find out! The Lumia 950 in all its versions already had an iris scanner !!!

    1.    Luis Padilla said

      Very serious failure not to have in mind a phone like the Lumia 950 of which 100 devices will have been sold around the world (not counting those that Microsoft gave away when buying another Lumia XL). Even so, the appreciation is appreciated and I rectify the article.

      1.    jsjsj said

        He says that making a mistake giving the news does not matter haha. Luckily we won't see you on Antena 3, because there your news would end

        1.    Luis Padilla said

          I have not said that it is the same, in fact I have rectified and I have appreciated the comment. By the way, since you come to give lessons, correct your spelling, because THERE is the key.

          1.    jsjsj said

            To correct there you are, you will have experience