Xiaomi Mi A3 may come with in-display fingerprint scanner

Following the successful Redmi series, Xiaomi continues to level up its game as it plans to equip its mid-rangers with under-display fingerprint scanner.

Xiaomi Mi A3

New Xiaomi phones with In-Display fingerprint?

A report from XDA-Developers showed that at least three new smartphones undergoing hardware testing were spotted to have fingerprint-on-display (FOD) technology. 

According to GSMArena, the devices might be the Xiaomi Mi A3 and Xiaomi Mi A3 Lite and one of their Chinese versions.

The three products have codenames: "pyxis", "bamboo_sprout", and "cosmos_sprout". XDA-Developers expects the  "bamboo_sprout" and the "cosmos_sprout" to be Android One smartphones given their _sprout suffix codenames. 

"pyxis", meanwhile, maybe the Chinese model of either the "bamboo_sprout" or the "cosmos_sprout". 

The smartphones are also expected to have 32MP selfie shooter as the Chinese company has begun testing image output at 32MP resolution (6560 x 4928). 

Inside the devices, XDA-developers said they would likely compete in the midrange segment, and that Xiaomi may equip them with mid-range Snapdragon chipsets. 

Since the smartphones are still on the hardware testing phase, we may have to wait a little longer before we could see more specifications about the products. 

Are you excited to see Xiaomi devices with an under-display fingerprint scanner? Let us know in the comments! 

See also: Xiaomi started teasing the Mi A3, a serious camera-focused phone?

Source: GSMArena, XDA-developers