1. Chinese smartphone maker Vivo showcased prototype phones that can be unlocked through the screen using fingerprint scanning, a feature that may be in the upcoming iPhone 8.
2. Vivo, which outsells Apple in China, unveiled phones that scan fingerprints to unlock, and the feature works underwater via a rear-facing fingerprint scanner.
3. The phones still have home buttons, but future models will remove them for a full-screen design, according to the company.
1. Chinese smartphone maker Vivo showcased prototype phones that can be unlocked through the screen using fingerprint scanning, a feature that may be in the upcoming iPhone 8.
2. Vivo, which outsells Apple in China, unveiled phones that scan fingerprints to unlock, and the feature works underwater via a rear-facing fingerprint scanner.
3. The phones still have home buttons, but future models will remove them for a full-screen design, according to the company.
1. Chinese smartphone maker Vivo showcased prototype phones that can be unlocked through the screen using fingerprint scanning, a feature that may be in the upcoming iPhone 8.
2. Vivo, which outsells Apple in China, unveiled phones that scan fingerprints to unlock, and the feature works underwater via a rear-facing fingerprint scanner.
3. The phones still have home buttons, but future models will remove them for a full-screen design, according to the company.
1. Chinese smartphone maker Vivo showcased prototype phones that can be unlocked through the screen using fingerprint scanning, a feature that may be in the upcoming iPhone 8.
2. Vivo, which outsells Apple in China, unveiled phones that scan fingerprints to unlock, and the feature works underwater via a rear-facing fingerprint scanner.
3. The phones still have home buttons, but future models will remove them for a full-screen design, according to the company.
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo is showing off technology that
would enable users to scan their fingerprints through the screen -- a feature Apple may use in the eagerly awaited iPhone 8. Vivo, which outsells Apple in China, unveiled prototype phones this week that can be unlocked simply by touching the screens. The new touch ID also works underwater via a fingerprint scanner on the back of the phone. The phones that Vivo has on display at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai still have home buttons, but future models will do away with them, the company says. "We think this is something that changes the way people interact with our phone," said Vivo spokesman Brent Loree. "It's going to be popular not only in the domestic market but also abroad as well, which is where we've started to gain more popularity." The fingerprint scanner, which uses technology from U.S. tech firm Qualcomm (QCOM, Tech30), will work "even if your phone is wet, or your fingers are wet or a little bit dirty," Loree said. Ditching the physical home button allows the screen to cover the entire front of the phone, something smartphone makers have been pushing in their latest models. Apple's (AAPL, Tech30) next iPhone 8 is widely expected to have an extended touchscreen that dominates the entire front side of the phone. That would mean removing the physical home button for an on-screen button or buttons. The U.S. tech giant is famously secretive about its upcoming products, so it's unclear whether the iPhone 8 will feature a fingerprint-scanning screen this fall. But it's also uncertain whether Vivo will beat Apple to market with the technology. MANZANA RIVAL, MUESTRA TELFONO CON ESCNER DE HUELLAS DIGITALES EN PANTALLA
1. Fabricante de telfonos inteligentes de China Vivo est mostrando la
tecnologa que permita a los usuarios escanear sus huellas digitales a travs de la pantalla - una caracterstica que Apple podra utilizar en el esperado iPhone 8. 2. Vivo, que supera en ventas de Apple en China, dio a conocer esta semana prototipos de telfonos que se puede desbloquear con slo tocar la pantalla. La nueva identificacin tctil tambin funciona bajo el agua a travs de un escner de huellas dactilares en la parte posterior del telfono. 3. Los telfonos que vivo ha expuesto en el Mobile World Congress de Shanghai todava tienen botones de inicio, pero los modelos futuros de acabar con ellos, segn la compaa. 4. "Creemos que esto es algo que cambia la forma en que las personas interactan con nuestro telfono," dijo el portavoz Vivo Brent Loree. "Va a ser popular no slo en el mercado interno, sino tambin en el extranjero, as, que es donde hemos empezado a ganar ms popularidad." 5. El escner de huellas digitales, que utiliza la tecnologa de la firma estadounidense de tecnologa Qualcomm ( QCOM , tech30 ) , trabajar "incluso si el telfono est mojado, o con los dedos estn mojados o un poco sucio," dijo Loree. 6. Abandonando el botn de inicio fsico permite que la pantalla para cubrir toda la parte frontal del telfono, los fabricantes de telfonos inteligentes algo han estado presionando en sus ltimos modelos. 7. Apple ( AAPL , tech30 ) prximo iPhone 8 se espera ampliamente que tener una pantalla tctil extendida que domina toda la parte frontal del telfono. Eso significara eliminar el botn de inicio fsico de un botn en la pantalla o botones. 8. El gigante de la tecnologa de Estados Unidos es famoso reservado acerca de sus prximos productos, por lo que no est claro si el iPhone 8 contar con una pantalla de huellas digitales de escaneo de este otoo. 9. Pero tambin es incierto si Vivo ser vencer a Apple en el mercado con la tecnologa.