The much rumoured Xiaomi Mi 5S will come with Qualcomm’s Sense ID ultrasonic fingerprint technology, according to reports. Furthermore, reports claimed that the upcoming Xiaomi device will not have physical home button.
This was revealed by Kevin Wang, director of electronics research in China for IHS Technology, on Weibo (a social network website like Facebook). The Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor technology can be used to works through materials like glass, plastic, steel, and aluminium as they use ultrasonic sound to recognize fingerprints. The fingerprints will reportedly work even when your hands are wet.
Xiaomi Mi 5S was recently spotted on Antutu Benchmarking website as well as on the website of CCC (China Compulsory Certificate).
As per earlier reports, the Xiaomi Mi 5S has a 5.15-inch full HD (1920×1080 pixels) display, 6GB RAM and 256GB internal storage, 16 megapixel rear camera, and a 3,490 mAh battery. The device is said to have connectivity options like Bluetooth 4.2, USB Type-C, NFC and WiFi 802.11ac. Reportedly, it measures 144.5×69.2×7.2 mm and weighs 147 grams. The handset is expected to have Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 821 SoC, Adreno 530 GPU, and Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow operating system.
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