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Ever since Apple introduced its Face ID technology through last year’s iPhone X, every other phone maker basically has been trying to replicate the feature (largely to mixed results). It goes without saying that as Apple’s fiercest rival, Samsung would very well like to offer a similar tech that is as equally impressive (or better if it can help it).
Well, the world’s number one seller of smartphone devices (followed by Apple, of course) has been recently granted a patent for a form of biometric camera technology. Filed around four years ago with the United States Patent Office, the patent is for a tech that takes full advantage of iris scanning software, plus 3D facial recognition. And according to a report recently published by Patently Apple, it appears that that the South Korean tech giant’s upcoming biometric camera tech can function well in very minimal light conditions, and will also be capable of eye tracking, too.
This early, nobody knows just yet (except maybe for Samsung) when this new biometric camera technology will debut in a Galaxy smartphone. It is possible though that the tech just might make it on the Galaxy Note 9, which everybody is expecting to be unveiled a little more than a month from now. The upcoming phablet is said to come with a Bluetooth stylus. Still, Samsung could decide to take its sweet time with the tech, and perhaps showcase it on next year’s flagships (either via the Galaxy S10 coming in the first half of 2019, or via the Galaxy Note 10 launching during the second half).
There may be an argument that Samsung needs to deliver something exciting soon with its smartphone offerings. The South Korean mobile manufacturer has recently released its earnings guidance for the second quarter of this year, and it appears that the company is expecting to post an operating profit of $13.2 billion, which represents a rather tame 5 percent year over year growth as compared to that of 2Q 2017. On top of that, the $13.2 billion just falls short of the nearly $13.4 billion projection made by a number of industry watchers from Wall Street. Furthermore, it is likely that Samsung’s revenues for the second quarter of 2018 reached only $51 billion, which signifies a 5 percent decline compared to last year’s second quarter revenues.
Samsung’s most recent flagships -- the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9 Plus -- are no doubt impressive smartphone devices. But various analysts have observed that demand for the latest Galaxy S models have not exactly been stellar.
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