El iPhone X it meant a before and after in the history of Apple. Not only for giving a change in the design of their devices, but the gap between saying goodbye to the finger sensor, Touch ID, and welcoming facial unlocking with Face ID. The trend since then has been to eliminate the Touch ID sensor from the devices, except in the MacBook, which has been the opposite and has been integrated.
However, the interest in OLED displays with an integrated finger sensor has increased in recent months and it seems that it will be the general trend of the market in the next years. The rise of this technology in large companies and its integration into mid-range devices causes prices to fall.
Apple continues against OLED screens with fingerprint sensor
There are many manufacturers that are including this technology in their OLED screens. It consists of mapping the fingerprint using ultrasonic sounds and using it to unlock the terminal. Thus, no additional screen gap needed to integrate this technology, it is integrated into the panel itself.
Doubts about whether Apple was going to integrate this technology into the iPhone X were high, but the engineers quickly assured that the mission of the big apple had been Face ID from the first moment, although they tried to integrate this sensor into their screens. Since then, all devices are integrating the face unlock sensor, leaving aside the Touch ID that is only found in old devices and some MacBooks.
The market size for OLED panels with in-display fingerprint sensors has expanded significantly as mobile device vendors such as Samsung Electronics, Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo have expanded the adoption of fingerprint detection technology. on-screen from premium smartphones to mid-range models.
But interest of a large part of world manufacturers it causes prices to decrease because competition is high. This favors large companies that get their components cheaper. As advised by a report Digitimes, interest in this technology continues to grow and will continue to do so in the coming year. Nevertheless, this doesn't seem to bother Apple which continues on its way to hegemonize Face ID.
Mo change the Face ID for the fingerprint sensor or in dreams. I have not known a more comfortable method and practically as fast as Face ID. Sometimes when my hands got dry from the cold, the fingerprint sensor failed several times. With Face ID this does not happen.
Nobody says that you have to change one for the other, the two systems can coexist perfectly, and only gives advantages to the user. The apple thing is stubbornness and absurd pride. Be careful, and I have an iPhone. But what is, is.