For the Xplay 7 next year,
Vivo might have polished the technology enough to place it in a retail device,
leaked intracompany presentation slides suggest.
Vivo uses Qualcomm's ultrasonic tech that is not as
elaborate as the one from Synaptic, but given that both Apple and Samsung
reportedly struggled to implement Synaptic's solution for the iPhone X and Note
8, Vivo might have made the wiser choice here. In any case, the Xplay 7 won't
hit before next year, so there's plenty of time to iron out the kinks, as those
who previewed the Vivo prototype at the MWC expo said it was quite slow
compared to standard finger scanners we are used to.
What this under-display reader can usher in, though,
is a record high screen-to-body ratio era, as you can see in the slides. Vivo
touts it as 100% in the slides, but there are some apparent cutouts for the
front camera and sensors, so we wouldn't go that far. Still, if this model
turns out to be credible in the end, it should be a sight to behold, with the truly
"all-screen" front, dual rear camera with Sony sensors and "4x
zoom," as well as the Snapdragon 845 chipset coupled with 8 GB RAM that
are said to be on board for the Xplay7.
We wouldn't wait with bated breath until we have
something more tangible to lean on than the supposed leaked slides here, but
still the trend for minimum bezels is clear, and is only going to become more
pronounced next year.
