Iris Scanner

[EVO-DROID]

I didn't initially care about it, but I will say this thing has impressed me so far. Just messing around with my Oakley's (polarized) and I tried to unlock my phone via the iris scanner, unlocked in no time.

Initially I wasn't going to upgrade, so far I am glad I did. I come from a note 5 and the only reason I was able to upgrade is because I am moving my wife over to verizon from sprint. I didn't know what to expect from the curved edges, the original note edge I didn't really care for. This one is just subtle enough.

 

[The_Chief]

I don't have very thick glasses, but I couldn't get it to work. Glad it worked for you, though

 

[EVO-DROID]

Just regular eyeglasses or sunglasses?

It was pretty cool, it sees right through the lenses and registers my eyes

 

[The_Chief]

eyeglasses

 

[WeeWilly]

I wear bifocals and I couldn't get the iris scanner to work unless I took my glasses off. Speaking of glasses, I have a pair of prescription polarized sunglasses that have been problematic with some other phones, but I can see the Note 7's screen perfectly in both orientations while wearing the sunglasses.

 

[The_Chief]

I actually got it to work! We'll see how it performs now

 

[EVO-DROID]

Nice! Im pretty impressed with the phone so far.

 

[mikedt]

I wear bifocals and I couldn't get the iris scanner to work unless I took my glasses off. Speaking of glasses, I have a pair of prescription polarized sunglasses that have been problematic with some other phones, but I can see the Note 7's screen perfectly in both orientations while wearing the sunglasses.

The Note 7 screen is AMOLED, I suspect the other phones were LCD, which uses a polarizer. AMOLED does not. With LCD and polarized sunglasses, depending on the orientation, it can black the screen completely.

 

[WeeWilly]

The Note 7 screen is AMOLED, I suspect the other phones were LCD, which uses a polarizer. AMOLED does not. With LCD and polarized sunglasses, depending on the orientation, it can black the screen completely.

Thank you for that explanation.

 

[mikedt]

I can see the problem with bifocals, because the thing needs to get a clear view of the iris. And bifocals usually have a line somewhere in middle of the lens, between the reading and distance sections. Think strong prescription lenses could certainly cause problems as well.

 

[Teegunn]

The iris scanner works good for me, but I probably still won't use it. I never lock my phone (probably a mistake), but had it locked up until I went to bed last night. It was easier to use my fingerprint to unlock than move the phone so it could see my eyes. But when I did the iris scanner worked great most of the time. But the fingerprint scanner was basically immediate and if I lock I will use that 99% of the time. Good to have other options that work though.