• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Log In
  • Member Registeration
  • Account
  • Our Services
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter
  • Top Nav Social Icons

FindBiometrics

FindBiometrics

Global Identity Management

  • Biometrics
    • What are Biometrics?
    • FAQ
    • Biometric Associations
    • Companies
    • Premier Partners
  • News
    • Featured Articles
    • Interviews
    • Thought Leadership
    • Podcasts
    • Webinars
    • Year in Review
  • Applications
    • Biometric Security
    • Border Control and Airport Biometrics
    • Consumer and Residential Biometrics
    • Financial Biometrics
    • Fingerprint & Biometric Locks
    • Healthcare Biometrics
    • Justice and Law Enforcement Biometrics
    • Logical Access Control Biometrics
    • Mobile Biometrics
    • Other Biometric Applications
    • Physical Access Control Biometrics
    • Biometric Time and Attendance
  • Solutions
    • Behavioral Biometrics
    • Biometric Sensors and Detectors
    • Facial Recognition
    • Biometric Fingerprint Readers
    • Hand Readers & Finger Scanners
    • Iris Recognition
    • Biometric Middleware and Software
    • Multimodal Biometrics
    • Physiological Biometrics
    • Smart Cards
    • Vein Recognition
    • Voice and Speech Recognition
  • Stocks
  • Events
  • Companies
  • Podcasts

Samsung Galaxy A6 Comes Stateside with Fingerprint and Face Biometrics

September 10, 2018

Samsung has brought its mid-tier Galaxy A6 smartphone to the US market.Samsung Galaxy A6 Comes Stateside with Fingerprint and Face Biometrics

The device was first announced in May. In promoting it, Samsung has emphasized the A6’s 16MP front and rear cameras, with the latter featuring an F1.7 aperture. The company has also highlighted the A6’s large screen, which extends across almost the entire front face of the device, and offers a 18.5:9 aspect ratio.

That echoes the design of Samsung’s flagship smartphones; and as with the Galaxy S8 and S9, Samsung has made room for the A6’s large screen by putting its fingerprint sensor on the rear of the device, right under the camera – an unfortunate move, given S8 users’ complaints that scanning their fingerprints often led to smudges on their camera lenses.

That issue is eased somewhat by the devices’ use of facial recognition for unlocking. Notably, the A6 doesn’t feature iris scanning, which Samsung has been championing in its most recent flagship devices; but its support for facial recognition suggests that Samsung is trying to keep up with Apple and other rivals as they lean more toward that modality for user authentication.

The Galaxy A6 arrives stateside at an MSRP of $359.99, and along with Samsung’s Galaxy Tab A 10.5″ tablet, which is priced at $329.99.

Related News

  • Samsung Galaxy S10 In-Display Fingerprint Sensor All But ConfirmedSamsung Galaxy S10 In-Display Fingerprint Sensor All But Confirmed
  • What The Death of Touch ID Means for Mobile BiometricsWhat The Death of Touch ID Means for Mobile Biometrics
  • Galaxy Note9 Features Princeton Identity’s Iris Recognition TechGalaxy Note9 Features Princeton Identity’s Iris Recognition Tech
  • Upgraded Face ID Coming to 2019 iPhones: ReportUpgraded Face ID Coming to 2019 iPhones: Report
  • Nokia 3 V Smartphone Features Face and Fingerprint AuthenticationNokia 3 V Smartphone Features Face and Fingerprint Authentication
  • Samsung Galaxy A Series Coming to Canada with In-Display BiometricsSamsung Galaxy A Series Coming to Canada with In-Display Biometrics

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Biometric, biometrics, face scanning, facial recognition, fingerprint recognition, fingerprint scanning, Galaxy A6, mobile biometrics, mobile devices, mobile identification, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy A6, smartphone biometrics, smartphones

Primary Sidebar

Watch This Finance-Focused On-Demand Webinar

Sponsored Links

facetec logo

FaceTec’s patented, industry-leading 3D Face Authentication software anchors digital identity, creating a chain of trust from user onboarding to ongoing authentication on all modern smart devices and webcams. FaceTec’s 3D FaceMaps™ make trusted, remote identity verification finally possible. As the only technology backed by a persistent spoof bounty program and NIST/iBeta Certified Liveness Detection, FaceTec is the global standard for Liveness and 3D Face Matching with millions of users on six continents in financial services, border security, transportation, blockchain, e-voting, social networks, online dating and more. www.facetec.com

TECH5 logo

TECH5 is an international technology company founded by experts from the biometrics industry, which focuses on developing disruptive biometric and digital ID solutions through the application of AI and Machine Learning technologies.

TECH5 target markets include both Government and Private sectors with products powering Civil ID, Digital ID, as well as authentication solutions that deliver identity assurance for various use cases. 

Learn more: www.tech5.ai

Mobile ID World Logo

Mobile ID World is here to bring you the latest in mobile authentication solutions and application providers. Our company is dedicated to providing users with the best content and cutting edge information on technology, news, and mobile solutions for your mobile identity management needs.

HID logo

HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things. Our trusted identity solutions give people convenient and secure access to physical and digital places and connect things that can be identified, verified and tracked digitally. Millions of people use HID products to navigate their everyday lives, and billions of things are connected through HID technology. https://www.hidglobal.com/

Prove Logo

As the world moves to a mobile-first economy, businesses need to modernize how they acquire, engage with, and enable consumers. Prove’s phone-centric identity tokenization and passive cryptographic authentication solutions reduce friction, enhance security and privacy across all digital channels, and accelerate revenues while reducing operating expenses and fraud losses. Over 1,000 enterprise customers use Prove’s platform to process 20 billion customer requests annually across industries including banking, lending, healthcare, gaming, crypto, e-commerce, marketplaces, and payments. https://www.prove.com/

Recent Posts

  • Biometric Gun Safes Are Coming to More Schools – Identity News Digest
  • Register for ‘Strong Identity Starts With You’ – Our Next Virtual Identity Summit
  • The Junta Didn’t Pay Its Bills – Identity News Digest
  • Et Voila: New Privacy Laws Take Effect – Identity News Digest
  • Veridas Joins the Security Industry Association

Biometric Associations

IBIA and fido

Footer

  • About Us
  • Company Directory
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Archives
  • CCPA: Do not sell my personal info.

Follow Us

Copyright © 2023 FindBiometrics