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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The same optical fingerprint reader it seems? That's literally the only improvement I wanted, so if it has an optical fingerprint reader that's a dealbreaker for me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

7 here, and yeah it sucks, even when using special fingerprint-ready screen protectors.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I forgot to mention I have the 7 and the fingerprint reader is the only part of this phone that I genuinely hate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Worse than the suboptimal battery life?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I haven't really had issues with the battery, especially since I plug it in every night. I plug it in the dark shortly before my corneas are burned out by the fingerprint reader.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With GrapheneOS I'm kinda surprised how well it performs, TBH.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On my Pixel 4a it performs worse with GrapheneOS and Sandboxed Google Play Services

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems like the face unlock is a lot better now. Since it's level 3. That means you can use Google pay and such without the fingerprint sensor.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Does it work well in the dark? If so it might not be so bad.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Probably not since it doesn't use infrared lasers or similar as far as I know

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Idk tbf. The reviews will have to tell us

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You get secure face unlock now as an alternative if the fingerprint sensor isn't cutting it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

it's even worse than the fingerprint reader.. i can get it to unlock about 1/10 times