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It was just a season ago when we marveled at the first phone prototype with "anywhere" finger scanner situated in the display itself. That Vivo Apex concept you see us previewing above subsequently became a reality, and the floodgates opened. 

Not only are we expecting one of the defining new Galaxy S10 features to be a new generation of ultrasonic in-display finger readers, but there are 45 million orders for such scanners for this year's phones by Chinese makers alone, tips Korean media today.

Huawei is expected to order 6 million units for its fall flagships like the Mate 20 Pro, Xiaomi is modest with 3 million, but Vivo and Oppo together are taking in-display scanners to sub-$500 phones en masse, with 33 million in-screen scanner orders combined. 

Thus, not even next year, but 2018 is shaping up to be the mass market adoption of in-display fingerprint readers which would free phone makers to go wild on further bezel shrinking without having to move the scanners on the back. Sweet!

source: ETNews (translated)
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Daniel Petrov Senior Mobile Tech Journalist and Reviewer
Daniel, a devoted tech writer at PhoneArena since 2010, has been engrossed in mobile technology since the Windows Mobile era. His expertise spans mobile hardware, software, and carrier networks, and he's keenly interested in the future of digital health, car connectivity, and 5G. Beyond his professional pursuits, Daniel finds balance in travel, reading, and exploring new tech innovations, while contemplating the ethical and privacy implications of our digital future.

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