Smartphones are evolving at a very rapid pace. While bezel-less 18:9 displays seem to be the new trend in the form factor of current and upcoming devices, face unlock is a feature that is slowly gaining traction, thanks to the iPhone X. While not as secure as a fingerprint sensor, unlocking your device with your face certainly makes things easier. If you’re in the market looking for a new smartphone with face unlock, well, fret not, as we’ve got you covered. Read on, as we bring to you our list of 17 best smartphones with face unlock feature that you can buy right now:
1. Apple iPhone XS
The Mate 20 Pro is a pretty great smartphone with face unlock that you can buy. It’s one of the few Android phones out there that come with 3D face unlock feature instead of just using the front facing camera to unlock the phone. The Mate 20 Pro uses an iPhone-like facial recognition feature to recognise a user’s face in order to unlock the phone. It uses a 3D face-map to authenticate the user before unlocking the phone, making it a lot more secure than most other camera-only face unlock systems found in most smartphones.
4. Poco F1
The Poco F1 is currently the cheapest device in the market which is being powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 and Adreno 630 GPU and it brings a far better value for money than any other smartphone on this list. Unlike the likes of OnePlus 6 which only uses the front camera to unlock your smartphone, the Poco F1 also brings an IR sensor which makes its face unlock feature more accurate, reliable, and secure. The face unlocking here is also plenty fast.
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The Realme 2 Pro is yet another smartphone with face unlock that you can consider buying. The phone is one of the few smartphones that come with a face unlock feature that’s as fast as the one you’ll find on the OnePlus 6T. It’s definitely a treat to use since it unlocks almost instantly. The phone only makes use of the front facing camera to enable facial recognition, so obviously it’s not as secure as the face unlock you’ll find on the iPhone XS, the Oppo Find X, or other smartphones that use a full 3D scan of your face to unlock the phone, but it’s secure enough to be used as an everyday feature and it’s definitely fast enough to not come in the way.
Huawei’s subsidiary brand, Honor, has rolled out the all-new Honor 10, a budget version of the Huawei Mate 10. The device goes head-to-head with the OnePlus 6 and also comes with Face Unlock. While the base implementation is the same, making use of the front camera for face recognition, the device also comes with an integrated NPU that allows for machine learning. The system basically learns from multiple scans and makes the overall scanning process much more secure.
9. Oppo Find X
LG has become one of the most-underrated smartphone makers in the last couple of years as their smartphones tend to go unnoticed. This year is no different for LG, with its flagship LG G7+ ThinQ which is one of the best smartphones in the market, not receiving as much press time as its competitions. LG’s woes aside, if you are looking to buy a flagship smartphone which also brings face to unlock features, you should definitely get this one. Not only the smartphone brings the top of the line hardware but it pairs it with one of the best smartphone cameras and the best audio experience out of any device.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is big and powerful and one of the best smartphones with face unlock out there. With Note 9 Samsung has pushed its limits by packing everything you can think of in a smartphone which looks absolutely gorgeous. If you don’t want to deal with the notch syndrome which is plaguing the smartphone industry since the launch of iPhone X, you should definitely buy the Galaxy Note 9. One of the best things about Note 9 is that you are also getting fingerprint scanner and iris scanning along with face unlock.
14. Redmi Note 6 Pro
One of the best mid-range devices that I’ve personally used, the Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1 is a great device that’s bang-on for your money. The ZenFone Max Pro M1 packs in an 8MP f/2.0 front shooter with Portrait Mode, while there is an upgraded 16 MP shooter on 6GB variant. The device recently received the Face Unlock feature via an update and in my usage, it works pretty well.
