While fingerprint scanners are shaping up to be a trend this season, Samsung seems to be focusing on other parts of the human body to scan with its Galaxy S5. An eye-scanning sensor is reportedly in the works within the foundries of the South Korean mobile giant. This aspect will apparently be used for securely unlocking the device, according to AndroidSaS.
In the world of one-upmanship which the volatile smartphone segment is, anything that can be branded innovative seems to be catching the fancy of manufacturers. Not too long ago, Micromax had come up with its own crazy concept dubbed ‘blow to unlock’ which allows Canvas 4 owners to blow onto the phone in order to unlock it.
Fingerprint scanners are being introduced by mobile phone manufacturers as higher security measures. But while Apple’s iPhone 5S featured a flaw which allowed users to bypass this restriction, HTC One Max too doesn’t seem to have implemented the trait in an appreciable manner, judging by some hands on videos that have hit the web.
A fingerprint scanner was reportedly also supposed to form part of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, but for some reason, it didn’t make it onto the final device. And now, with the release of the Samsung Galaxy S5 upon us, the company seems to have gotten over the concept, instead gunning for the eye sensor to go one up against its competition.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is slated to be launched in January this year, according to certain rumors. It will supposedly be equipped with a 5.5-inch full HD screen, a 64-bit processor and 3GB worth of RAM.