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Vivo X21's future-proof fingerprinting

The Chinese maker has pulled off the world's first handset to have its fingerprint scanner embedded inside the screen

MANY gadgets pass through the review desk here at Gearhead, most of them interesting in their own way. But every now and then, a device will pop up which combines many features and attributes into a package which makes you put down your coffee cup, sit up a bit straighter, and give it more than just a once-over.

The Vivo X21 is one such device. Firstly, it's one of the new breed of so-called "bezel-less" phone, with a notch cut into the top of the screen, rather than a bezel that "frames" the screen. What does a notch have to do with a "bezel-less" screen? In doing so, you get more screen real estate, more space for your text and pictures, all wrapped up by a chassis which doesn't have to be made...

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