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Your own palm might unlock upcoming Samsung smartphones: Here’s how it will work

In addition to iris scanning, facial recognition, fingerprint scanning, PIN protection and pattern lock, the future of phone security may eventually be in the palm of your hand!

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In addition to iris scanning, facial recognition, fingerprint scanning, PIN protection and pattern lock, the future of phone security may eventually be in the palm of your hand.

The South Korean tech company has recently filed a patent for a technology that uses palm scanning as a means of verifying a user’s identity on future Galaxy smartphones. Samsung wants to ensure that the user requesting for the password hint is the owner of the device itself.

The patent suggests that the company will use the camera of the device to take a picture of the palm and the combination of lines on a user’s palm will be matched with the one stored on the smartphone. The technology will then display various letters from the user’s password, to help remember the password. However, it must be noted that this technology will not work with Samsung Pay.



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There is no certainty that we will see this technology in the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S9 series, which is rumoured to make an appearance during CES 2018 in January. Many tech companies, including Samsung, file for patents but don’t necessarily translate in to a product.

Recent Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9 Plus leaks suggested that both devices would ditch the headphone jack. The company is said to follow the new trend that has been adopted by Apple for the new iPhones and Google for the Pixel smartphones – no headphone jack. According to a report, Samsung is currently working on two Galaxy S9 prototypes, one with front-facing in-display fingerprint sensor and other with rear fingerprint sensor. However, a source suggests that the Galaxy S9 fingerprint sensor won’t be integrated into the display.



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In terms of rumoured specifications, the Galaxy S9 would feature a 5.8-inch Infinity display, along with 12MP and 16MP dual cameras to the front and rear. The company also plans to implement 3D sensing facial recognition feature and rear-mounted fingerprint sensor for security. The Galaxy S9 Plus would feature a 6.2-inch display and a larger battery. Both smartphones will also be IP65/68 water and dust resistant.

Samsung might also introduce a mini version of the Galaxy S9 along with the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus next year. Rumoured to be called, the Samsung Galaxy S9 Mini, the device is said to sport a 4-inch display.



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The company will release the device as part of its strategy to target the niche market as there have been no smartphones with a 4-inch screen in the global smartphone market after the iPhone SE. At the time of writing, there were over 8,000 posts regarding the Galaxy S9 Mini on Reddit. We aren’t sure whether the new device will sport an edge-to-edge screen with an aspect ratio of 18.5:9. Also, there are no details shared regarding specifications.

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