Rumor: Samsung Galaxy S9 will not get a fingerprint scanner in the screen

Samsung has reportedly not yet managed to integrate a fingerprint scanner under the screen, so the Galaxy S9 does not get this functionality. Samsung is making a new attempt to get the technology ready in time for the Note 9.

Samsung has made the decision not to integrate the fingerprint reader with the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus into the screen, so that it will probably return to the back of the devices, just like with the S8 models, Korean The Investor claims based on reports. in the country.

The Korean manufacturer has been trying to integrate the fingerprint reader into the screen for years, but runs into technical obstacles, partly because of the use of narrower screen edges. This would leave no room for the modules and sensors needed for the fingerprint scanner.

South Korean media speculate, according to The Investor, that Samsung has finalized specifications for the Galaxy S9 models and that pilot production started in October. Mass production would then begin in December.

The manufacturer would now focus on the integrated fingerprint reader on the Note 9, which should appear at the end of 2018. The Investor previously reported that the Note 9’s code name is ‘crown’ and that pilot production should start in the first quarter of 2018. The Note 8’s code name was ‘Baikal’, a reference to the Russian lake.