New Samsung Galaxy S6 Details Will Anger Apple
Secondly Touch ID presents physical problems. I have already bemoaned the fact that the Galaxy S6 is expected to enlarge its screen to 5.5-inches, blurring the line with the 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 4. Big screens can be accommodated with tiny bezels as LG managed with the G3, but not if Samsung is going to have to increase the size of its home button for the new touch sensor.
Consequently while it makes a lot of sense for Samsung to integrate a superior fingerprint sensor it also represents a big risk if the software infrastructure around it is half baked and the phone looks oversized. In a way Samsung is damned if it does, damned if it doesn’t.
For me the long term future for fingerprint sensors it to put them on the back near where an index finger would naturally lie. Then use onscreen home, back and multitasking buttons like Google Nexus devices so bezels can disappear altogether. Just a thought Samsung…
