With numerous smartphones releasing every month, the competition between the top handset makers has turned huge. Each and every OEM is trying to slam its potential rivals and qualify as the supreme in the zone. Mentionable names in this context are Apple, Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi and many others. Forbes came up with a new method to test the best in their smartphones, which is absolutely fresh and revolutionary in nature.
Among all other major features of the latest smartphones, the camera setup has turned into one of the centers of attraction. With the high boom in lens-building technology and implementation of brand new patterns for increasing the Pixel rates of snappers, users are also gradually turning out to be the fans of advancements in mobile photography.
Other than these, one of the most attractive attributes which have held tremendous fan following in recent times is 'facial recognition' technology. Top smartphone makers such as Apple and Samsung, which has already made their global appearances all around, are executing this attribute to their latest handsets to a greater extent. Google has also joined the race with its newly launched Pixel handsets alongside new features.
However, Forbes came up with a new technique to literally challenge the execution process of the 'Facial Recognition' attribute of the newest smartphones in the market. The purpose was to acknowledge the safety of the personal data stored in a smartphone. According to MacRumors, the source utilized a 3d printed head modeled on the author's physical face for this process.
Forbes stated: "The head was printed at Backface in Birmingham, U.K., where I was ushered into a dome-like studio containing 50 cameras. Together, they combine to take a single shot that makes up a full 3D image. That image is then loaded up in editing software, where any errors can be ironed out. I, for instance, had a missing piece of nose."
The Android phones which were tested are LG G7 ThinQ, Samsung S9, Samsung Note 8 and OnePlus 6. The results of the process were shocking. It said: "If you're an Android customer, though, look away from your screen now. We tested four of the hottest handsets running Google's operating systems and Apple's iPhone to see how easy it'd be to break into them. We did it with a 3D-printed head. All of the Androids opened with the fake. Apple's phone, however, was impenetrable."
Apple iPhone's Facial ID proved to be strong enough to distinguish between a real face and a fake model. Whereas it may be alarming to Android users, but all the Android phones failed to recognize the model and took it as the real face of the author. Android users must take this result seriously for the safety and backup of their valuable data.
