It didn't take long for HTC to introduce One Max, the world's second smartphone with a fingerprint sensor. The large phone with a 5,9-inch Full HD display boasts practically the same hardware as the classic HTC One, however, it differs significantly in the aforementioned display size and battery life. While the standard HTC One lasts about 18 hours on 3G calls, new One Max it should last up to 25 hours of use when calling via 3G networks. However, the main feature is the aforementioned fingerprint sensor.
And that is the stumbling block according to the first reviews. Because HTC One it has no physical button on the front, the sensor is located on the back, directly under the camera. There would probably be nothing wrong with that if the device was not 16,5 centimeters tall and its sensor was not used to unlock the phone or perform other actions. The advantage is that HTC will allow you to register three fingers, for which the user can assign individual functions - for example, unlocking the phone, turning on the camera or another application. However, the review from will tell you more about it The Verge:
"Using One Max recommended way - as a very generous phone - it's an exercise in frustration, and nothing says it like its main new feature, the fingerprint sensor. First, it's in exactly the wrong place. Because it's right under the camera and requires you to walk over it, it forces you to blur the lens every time you want to identify yourself. Equally problematic is the need to walk vertically along it, as your hand is tilted in its natural positiononeat an angle to the sensor, and you have to make an unnatural and uncomfortable movement to activate it. In addition, this leads to frequent failures of the authentication process.
Equally exhausting is the fact that One Max you need to wake it from sleep mode before you can unlock it. The whole principle of fingerprint sensors lies in speeding up security processes, not in selectivity, which is exactly why HTC One Max failed. There's a lot of potential here as you can register up to three different fingers and assign different apps to them, but this only works from the lock screen - why not globally? The fingerprint sensor here is clumsy, clunky, and in keeping with the long history of failed attempts to make this technology work.”
I don't think that the placement is too bad, but of course it depends on the size of the hand or palm and also the way of holding.
*Location HomeI don't think the Button&Sensor on the iPhone works either 100% OK, since you have to stretch your thumb on it, but again it depends on the way you hold it...
And what do you control? homebutton on the iPhone, if not with your thumb? Proa mediator perhaps?
when the phone is picked up immediately while lying down, it's fine, I'm not saying it's an ideal solution, but it's a tax so that no one claims, as is customary, that they are copying Apple
It's a shame that the innovator Samaung didn't come with it. I think I would have laughed :-D
Redstar: Neither Apple he can't laugh that he was the first to come up with that sensor. :D :D :D Here is the link to the first mobile ever: http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_atrix_4g-3708.php
Nothing wrong, but the copying from google translate is terrible!
@amnesy Well, fingerprint scanners were here before Android. Just remember Palm, or Windows CE
Otherwise, I praise the location. If you don't want to use the sensor, you can easily avoid it. Plus, it's a Phablet, so two-handed.