Chinese Vendor Vivo to Debut the First Smartphone With In-Display Fingerprint Sensor

Just days after Synaptics announced that it had started mass production of its first optical In-Display Fingerprint Sensor, it has now been revealed China’s Vivo will bring the first device with the integrated sensor. A report from Forbes states that Vivo is the ‘Top5’ smartphone vendor which Synaptics is referring to.

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In a post for Forbes, Analyst Patrick Moorhead detailed his experience with a pre-production Vivo smartphone equipped with Synaptics’ in-display fingerprint sensor called Clear ID. Moorhead described the sensor as “fast and simple” explaining the technology unlocked the screen after the user touches a fingerprint image illuminated at the bottom of the display.

Moorhead’s comments come after the popular laptop touchpad maker Synaptics had said the in-fingerprint display tech was in mass production with a top 5 smartphone maker. Though it didn’t say much, speculation suggested Samsung, Huawei or Xiaomi rather than Oppo.

Moorhead further stated that in-display fingerprint sensors on smartphones weren’t available so far due to manufacturing issues. Synaptics now has confirmed that as many 70 million units of in-display sensors will be out on the market in 2018.

Previously Apple was slated to add the technology to their $999 iPhone X. However, the Cupertino giant instead opted for the Face ID since the technology was unavailable then. Moreover, Synaptics claimed their in-house tech is twice as fast as Apple’s Face ID.

With smartphones now opting for in-display sensors, it would let manufacturers bring more full-screen smartphones. It would also ease the makers for bringing inaccessible fingerprint sensors.