Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4 are bringing back our favorite fingerprint scanner

• BusinessKorea is reporting that the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 will come with side-mounted fingerprint scanners.
• Samsung reportedly tested a dual-screen unlocking method but was not happy with the user experience.
• The report says that the Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 will likely use in-display fingerprint scanners, instead.

If the latest rumors are correct, there will be no in-display fingerprints for the Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4. The company decided the best user experience can still be had by including a fingerprint scanner in the power button, just as you will find on theGalaxy Z Flip 3 and theGalaxy Z Fold 3.

According to a report from BusinessKorea, a dual-screen in-display fingerprint option is being worked on by the engineers at the company.

A second in-display sensor would be placed on the left side of the screen near the bottom of the larger inner display for the Fold 4. The Z flip 4 has a second fingerprint sensor on the bottom of the screen, similar to the one on the S22 Ultra.

We named the two best foldable phones (opens in new tab) because of the side-mounted fingerprints on the side of the phone. One of the reasons that the concept of side-mounted fingerprints is still being used is because they are accessible in the same location no matter what the device is made of.

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The report says that the Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 will most likely feature an in-display fingerprint solution, but it is not clear if they will go by the previously described dual-screen solution or something else entirely.