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Based on this and the Youtube reviews the ultrasonic finger print stuff now works pretty well. Is it good enough for Apple to implement? Face sensing is not going away because the other uses have been popular. Everyone else is happy to take poor face security and face mapping technology - but is Apple willing to give up the infrared array? Its got lots of potential other uses but cause the ugly gap in the phone and increases cost. Interesting tech developments.

Also I don't understand the people impressed with the looks. All the phones look the same now (even the iPhone). Its a mature technology - there will be some cosmetic differences but a sheet of glass is the look for all of them.
 
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Yes, Android is the weak link here. Samsung in particular has a spotty record of updating their phones. Sometimes they’re timely, other times it’s as if the way they want you to update your OS is to just buy a new phone.

The only real Android company that keeps their phones up to date is Google, and even then it’s only for 3 years from initial release.
 
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Based on this and the Youtube reviews the ultrasonic finger print stuff now works pretty well. Is it good enough for Apple to implement? Face sensing is not going away because the other uses have been popular. Everyone else is happy to take poor face security and face mapping technology - but is Apple willing to give up the infrared array? Its got lots of potential other uses but cause the ugly gap in the phone and increases cost. Interesting tech developments.

Also I don't understand the people impressed with the looks. All the phones look the same now (even the iPhone). Its a mature technology - there will be some cosmetic differences but a sheet of glass is the look for all of them.

iPhones look years behind other brands with their massive notches, bezels, and digital chins

If the square camera bump is real they're going to look even further behind
 
Wow! Look at the specs.. Looks like Samsung is trying to pull an April fools joke out here.
 
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