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Fairphone 6 is switching to a new design that's even more sustainable

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401 points Bluestein | 3 comments | 23 Jun 25 15:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.566s | source
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godelski ◴[23 Jun 25 16:51 UTC] No.44357661[source]▶
They mention the Pixel and I just got to say, I wish someone would bring back the fingerprint reader on the back of the phone. That was seriously the best solution. Fastest way to unlock your phone, because no matter how slow the fingerprint reader is you activate it while pulling it out of your pocket. I honestly don't get why people like Face ID more (what I currently use). Someone, please bring this back
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1. biggestfan ◴[23 Jun 25 23:52 UTC] No.44361426[source]▶
The Pixels had the worst option for a while: the under-screen optical sensor. Slow and prone to failure. They've since switched it out for an ultrasonic sensor, but it was shockingly bad for a few years.
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2. wolpoli ◴[24 Jun 25 02:53 UTC] No.44362482[source]▶
I had an Pixel 9 Pro with the ultrasonic sensor and I found that it wouldn't work at all with a tempered glass screen protector. The optical sensor they had for previous generation sort of works fine with a screen protector
3. tedk-42 ◴[24 Jun 25 06:11 UTC] No.44363294[source]▶
Nothing better than trying to unlock your phone at night and the screen blasts the white light to illuminate your fingerprint to be read.

Ultrasonic ftw.