“New sensor in Galaxy S6 recognizes fingerprint without swiping”

The Samsung Galaxy S6 would contain a new type of sensor in the home button, so that it is no longer necessary to ‘swipe’ a finger over the sensor. A touch would be enough. In addition, the screen of the smartphone would have a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels.

Until now, Samsung still uses the ‘swipe method’ in devices with a fingerprint sensor, in which the finger has to slide slowly over the home button. This scanning method is sometimes inaccurate and the device does not recognize the fingerprint. However, according to SamMobile, a site that often had the correct information about Samsung products well before the official announcement, the upcoming Galaxy S6 will get an improved sensor.

The new sensor could correctly recognize a fingerprint if the finger is just placed on the home button. A swipe would no longer be necessary, nor would the angle at which the finger is placed on the sensor matter. To increase accuracy, the home button would be slightly larger than the button on the Galaxy S5 and Note 4.

In the software area, Samsung would not have added any new features related to fingerprint recognition. As with previous smartphones, a fingerprint can be used, among other things, to unlock the device, register for websites and make payments with PayPal accounts.

According to the so-called user-agent profile on the Samsung website, the Galaxy S6 contains a screen with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels. It is not yet clear how large the screen will be. There are also rumors that the device will receive a Snapdragon 810-soc, although there would also be versions with the Samsung Exynos 7420, an octacore chip with also a 64-bit architecture. The camera module would be the same as that of the Note 4, but the smartphone may have an extra economical BCM4773 chip from Broadcom that supports WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth. The device is expected to be announced at the beginning of March at the MWC fair in Barcelona.