【Affair With A 20 Year Old Female Student】

On January 24,Affair With A 20 Year Old Female Student China's Vivo will launch a smartphone with an under-the-display fingerprint sensor.

You may have already forgotten about this technology, and I don't blame you, but just months ago before the launch of iPhone X, it was widely rumored that Apple's new flagship would have a fingerprint sensor embedded into the screen.

Alas, it was not meant to be: Apple opted for a face scanning technology instead, and Samsung, who was also rumored to be working on an under-the-display fingerprint scanner, kept announcing phones with a fingerprint scanner on the back of the phone.

Vivo first shared the details of its upcoming fingerprint scanning tech, which it built together with Qualcomm, with Mashablein June 2017, but no device was announced at the time. At this year's CES, the company brought a working prototype, this time based on Synaptics' technology. And on Wednesday, Vivo will launch the world's first mass-produced phone with this functionality.

Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

SEE ALSO: What can a 24-megapixel selfie camera do for you? We reviewed the Vivo V7+ to find out

The phone in question will be a variant of the Vivo X20 Plus, a device that actually came out in September 2017.

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

A combination of previously known specs and a recent TENAA listing indicates the new phone will be a 6.43-inch phablet with a 2,160x1,080 pixel OLED screen, a 12-megapixel and a 5-megapixel dual camera on the back, a 12-megapixel selfie shooter, a Snapdragon 660 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage.

The device will launch in China for a price of roughly $624 and there's no word on whether it'll ever reach the western markets.

Still, it's an important launch. The iPhone X's face-scanning camera, hidden in the phone's notch, works well, but it's not as reliable as a fingerprint scanner. And if you can embed a fingerprint scanner directly into the display, it will take exactly zero screen real estate off your phone, unlike iPhone X's notch (which, admittedly, also hosts a selfie camera, microphones, a speaker and sensors).

Vivo's X20 Plus probably won't make a huge dent in the market by itself. But if its fingerprint scanning tech passes the test of the market, it could mean that a Samsung or an Apple flagship with an under-the-display fingerprint scanner is back on the table.

---

Featured Video For You

---

This artist paints landscapes with her fingers and the results are epic

---

• Tech
• Social Good
• Shopping
• Deals
• Digital Culture
• Science
• Life
• Games

• 'The Last of Us' Season 2, episode 5: The spores are here!
• On Friendship: Juliana Leite and Devon Geyelin Recommend by The Paris Review
• Kim Kardashian Landline Dreamscape by Sarah Miller
• Beyond ChatGPT by Jonathan Thirkield
• Nintendo Switch 2 release date, price announced
• Opera Week by Sophie Haigney
• Our Cover Star, London: An Interview with Emilie Louise Gossiaux by Sophie Haigney
• The Final Dead Shows: Part Two by Sophie Haigney
• How to Reboot and Reset Android Devices
• Our Cover Star, London: An Interview with Emilie Louise Gossiaux by Sophie Haigney

• Best free Samsung monitor deal: How to get free curved gaming monitors
• Majority of Gen Z would marry an AI, survey says
• Best Memorial Day TV deal: Slash $500 off the LG 77
• Best TV deal: Get the 85
• The History of the Microprocessor and the Personal Computer
• How to watch 'The Last Showgirl': Now streaming
• Best robot vacuum deal: Save $700 on Roborock Qrevo Master
• Resident Evil 3 Benchmarked
• Memorial Day deal: $1500 off 98
• Anatomy of a Graphics Card

• WhatsApp launches 'Advanced Chat Privacy' to protect sensitive conversations
• Inertia by Kate Zambreno
• Dear Jean Pierre by David Wojnarowicz
• Meow! by Whitney Mallett
• Best tablet deal: Get the Google Pixel Tablet for $120 off at Amazon
• August 14–20: What the Review’s Staff Is Doing Next Week by The Paris Review
• Michael Bazzett, Dobby Gibson, and Sophie Haigney Recommend by The Paris Review
• The Action of Love: A Conversation with Charif Shanahan by Morgan Parker
• Best travel deal: Score the Frontier Go Wild! summer pass for just $399
• Alex Katz’s Collaborations with Poets by The Paris Review

• The cicadas aren't invading the U.S.
• MEN NOT ALLOWED BEYOND THIS POINT by Molly Pepper Steemson
• Does Lana Del Rey Read The Paris Review? by Sophie Haigney
• Primrose for X by Fanny Howe
• Amazon Big Spring Sale 2025: Best deals under $50
• The Final Dead Shows: Part Two by Sophie Haigney
• Something Good by Roger Reeves
• The Birder by Maisie Wiltshire
• Best robot vacuum deal: Eufy Omni C20 robot vacuum and mop at record
• “The British Male!”: On Martin Amis by The Paris Review