God Tier: Front of the phone Wake the phone and have it unlock using one finger. Able to unlock it while it's laying on a desk or in a dock without picking it up.
Decent Tier: Side of the phone Wake and unlock with one finger. Still able to unlock without picking phone up, but not as easily.
Shit Tier: Back of the phone Use one finger to wake the phone and another to unlock (some have the back sensor wake the phone as well to negate this issue). Must pick up the device to unlock it. Extremely inconvenient in certain situations and just annoying in most others.
Adam Brooks
>fingerprint sensors
Isaiah Lee
>fingerprint sensors
Sebastian Lee
>Shit Tier: Back of the phone Trolling this hard
Joshua Young
God tier: below number keys
Liam Cook
Refute it.
Luke Reed
Elder God tier: on the bezel of the screen so you can use it on tablet mode
Jeremiah Cruz
I agree, front is the most practical for the majority of use cases.
I guess some manufacturers are putting it on the back because it's cheaper (more space = less precise engineering required).
Sebastian Thomas
Just put in a password, retard
Ryan Jenkins
>Back of the phone >Use one finger to wake the phone and another to unlock
this is how I know you've never used one
Joseph Collins
I said some aren't like that. Some are though.
Xavier King
>using a fingerprint as a password lol
Bentley Wilson
Are fingerprint sensors really secure? I unlocked my gfs phone using her thumb while she was sleeping lmao L33T H4X0R
Cooper Hernandez
side is best unlock the phone as you pick it up in your natural grip
Aaron Thompson
front because then you can unlock it fast if it lays on the table
Owen Sanders
God tier should be anywhere on the entire screen of the front of the phone.
Chase Harris
Protip: if you ever get /fucko/'d, they can force you to unlock your phone with your fingerprint. Use a password instead.
Easton Morales
Good thing my phone is encrypted and needs a PIN to turn it on if it's rebooted.
Nolan James
>using a fingerprint reader at all for any reason >what are you, fucking stupid or something
Dominic Martinez
There are only two tiers of fingerprint sensor placement God-tier: phone doesn't have one Shit-tier: phone has one anywhere
Michael Watson
I got my first phone with a fingerprint sensor a few days ago. Finger prints are not protected by the fifth amendment (at least the eqivalent here in Germany). Why would I allow cops to unlock my phone if they snitch it from me?
Owen Perry
Same goes for the US. The main reason I don't use one though is my coworker telling me about how she'd unlock her boyfriend's iPhone with his thumb while he was sleeping and go through his shit
Carter Johnson
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Dylan Robinson
I've never seen a phone that doesn't wake with the fingerprint sensor, back is the best
Jeremiah Ward
If I had a girlfriend [spoiler]I don't[/spoiler], I wouldn't mind telling her my pass code or saving her finger prints. It's just convenient to use your partner's phone.
Nicholas Stewart
If mine even tried I wouldn't have a girlfriend anymore.
Robert Reyes
Even if you consent? Imagine you're driving and she's like "Lemme check if there's a car park nearby. Oh damn, my battery died, can I use your phone?"
Nathan Garcia
>back is the best how? Back seems to be the worst. The only advantage it has is it's slightly more ergonomic maybe? I've owned both front and back designs and there's no ergonomic difference to me. Not being able to unlock my phone on the desk is what kills rear placed scanners for me.
Landon Reyes
Not same guy but this happens to me sometimes and she can't even use my phone if it's unlocked because she isn't used to the layout or whatever since it's not her phone. >tfw my gf is useless at backing me up for anything She wouldn't find a place to park if it was her phone anyway.
I can invoke google while my phone is locked through my watch (top sekrit tasker technique, not possible to find it in the UI) so there's a workaround if I need it. It won't unlock the phone tho, my privacy is protected:^) Tasker is preddy gud.
Logan Lewis
Of course not, I'd unlock my phone and open BlackBerry Maps for her
Julian White
> Unlock my phone on the desk Yes and for the 99% that you don't it works more ergonomical as you can grab the phone from the most convenient way out of your pocket and unlock it before even looking at the screen.
Jack Morales
>Elder god tier: embedded under the screen
Hunter Sanders
Yup little doubt who was using the phone, can't even say someone took it.
Jonathan Carter
>my phone spends more time on a table than in my pocket Are you are teenage girl?
Kayden Collins
Except I unlock the phone on my desk all the time. Also I use a phone dock on my bike sometimes which mostly blocks the back of the phone.
No I just leave my phone on my desk when I'm working. That way if I get a notification I can see and open it immediately (or ignore it) without having to take it out of my pocket or pick it up.
Blake Murphy
This will be the best once they get the tech right.
Dominic Walker
>having the phone in your pocket at all times
I have some bad news for you...
Bentley Davis
Or your notifications go directly to your desktop
>I have some bad news for you... It's okay, I didn't buy lost phone insurance because I don't forget my phone on random tables, so I'm not wasting any money. Either it's in my pocket, or it's in my hand, already unlocked due to superior sensor placement.
Jason Edwards
Shite tier: front of the phone. Means it has to have massive iPhone style bezels
Also shit tier: side of the phone. Means you can't have a proper full size sensor, just a shitty narrow one that you have to swipe and never works properly
Good tier: back of the phone. Where your finger comes to rest naturally when you lock the phone, just as shown in OP's pic related
Cooper Jackson
It's called airplane mode.
Also if you were referring to ba cancer or such thing, I doubt it would actually cause it, even over time.
Basically everyone on the street has these things in their pockets, people are not quite affected by these signals, otherwise they'd be banned.
Nathan Hernandez
Except I'm not always working at a computer and only a few of my notifications go to my work computer anyway. Also you totally ignored the other scenario I put forward. Constantly having to work around a design instead of having one that works in every scenario is a clear sign it's a shit design. It's okay if you have a phone with the sensor on the back. I know people can get defensive when they've bought a product with a design flaw, but constantly having to find work arounds does not make the design better.
Once fingerprint sensors that work from under the display become a reality rear placed sensors will be relegated to budget phones.
Christopher King
>god tier back of phone is e ink display with front and rear fingerprint
Sebastian Gomez
I lay my phone face down on my desk. I rarely have it face up.
Jace Garcia
Why the fuck?
Cooper Butler
How do you see your notification LED?
Xavier Lopez
>not using glorious face recognition.
this thread shows how mad you are OP.
Jordan Bailey
>constantly having to find work arounds does not make the design better. I don't need to find workarounds though, because I don't leave my phone lying on a desk. Your bike mount issue sounds like a problem with the mount design. If your mount covered the front home button instead, you'd be complaining about having a home button sensor.
Plus, the only reason I use a phone when biking is for navigation, and the phone is kept unlocked the entire time so that's a non-issue. I don't feel a need to constantly check messages or facebook while biking, or whatever it is you do.
Noah Edwards
>Your bike mount issue sounds like a problem with the mount design.
Having the sensor on the back is less convenient even if the mount didn't block the back of the phone because you'd have to reach around to the back of the phone if you wanted to unlock it. This applies to all mounts and docks.
Can you name one scenario where having the sensor on the back of the phone is more convenient? My phone has a sensor on the front and I can pull it out of my pocket and have it unlocked before it's even in front of my eyes no problem, ergonomics is not an issue.
You've given no scenarios where having the sensor on the back is significantly advantageous and I've given several where having it on the front is.
Bentley Anderson
GF has an iP6s and I have a N5x, back placement is significantly better.
I literally don't even have to worry about unlocking it, as my finger automatically goes there anyways.
Cooper Clark
Nice try user but it's not *my* fingerprint
Xavier Morris
Not a CIA nigger tier: Non-existent
Julian Diaz
>Reach into pocket to grab phone. >Finger already on the sensor to unlock.
Yeah it sure is shit tier lmao.
Hudson Phillips
>cop wants to go through your phone >he touches your finger to the sensor and goes through it It certainly is.
Lucas Reed
This applies to every option up there though.
Jace Fisher
The finger placement is natural. You have to bend your thumb to the bottom of the phone if you want to unlock a front one.
Xavier Russell
Not a problem. You do that constantly while using the phone anyway.
Daniel Reyes
It's a problem because you can easily drop your iPhone because of the awkward sensor placement, which is planned obsolescence.
When your oppossable thumb isn't in use to grip your phone you are essentially balancing the device instead of gripping it. A nudge to the elbow and you can kiss your glass goodbye.
Jack Green
>When your oppossable thumb isn't in use to grip your phone you are essentially balancing the device instead of gripping it.
What finger do you use to interface with your phone if you're using your thumb to grip it?
Ryan Cook
I place my phone on the table and use my middle finger or use both hands.
I have one hand on it mostly when I pull it from my pocket or am using voice commands.
Xavier Hall
How do you unlock it when it's on the table then?
Xavier Robinson
Didn't know what that was for
Dylan Wood
I can either pick it up and unlock it or just say... "Ok, Google."
Andrew Wood
>tablet mode
Easton Cooper
Sounds annoying.
Adam Watson
If I put my phone on a table to use it its already gonna be unlocked, it was a dumb question lol.
Jaxon Brown
>Can you name one scenario where having the sensor on the back of the phone is more convenient? You don't need a flat bezel == more screen space. In order for a front sensor to be easy to reach, you need both small hands and a small phone, otherwise you need to contort your thumb to reach it. Therefore using a back sensor allows you to comfortably manufacture/use larger phones with larger screens. Back sensors are ergonomically easy to reach for all hand sizes and phone sizes.
The front sensor is only convenient when you're not actually holding the phone in your hand, i.e. laying on a table or mounted somewhere.
Daniel Roberts
>BlackBerry >Girlfriend Stop lying.
Landon Morris
I don't see what my cellphone's brand has to do with my ability to have a girlfriend. It's actually been a conversation starter with qts a few times.