The Galaxy S21’s advantage over the iPhone might have been confirmed

[Chris Smith]

• A Galaxy S21 rumor said in mid-December that the new Samsung phones will feature a significant upgrade over the Galaxy S20, which will turn out to be a great advantage over the iPhone during the pandemic.
• The Galaxy S21 will feature a larger, faster in-display fingerprint sensor, a leaker claimed last month, sharing specific specs for the new sensor.
• Qualcomm just announced the new 3D Sonic Sensor Gen 2 in-display fingerprint sensor, which matches the sensor’s specs leaked in December.

In mid-December, a well-known insider said that the Galaxy S21 series would pack an exciting upgrade over last year’s model, which also happens to be a huge advantage over the iPhone 12 during the pandemic. The iPhone 12 features a sophisticated unlocking mechanism that also happens to encrypt the device and secure password-protected apps: Face ID. It’s the same 3D face recognition tech that Apple introduced with the iPhone X in 2017, a feature Android device makers had a hard time copying. And a feature that doesn’t work with face masks.

Samsung never tried to replicate Face ID, going instead in a different direction: an in-display fingerprint sensor. Samsung upgraded the optical sensor with an ultrasonic one in the past few years. The S21 would get its own upgrade, the leaker said last month, an even larger sensor under the display that would be even faster than the previous one. It so happens that Qualcomm just announced that particular technology at CES 2021.

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