Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Fingerprint Scanner Setup Looks Awfully Familiar [VIDEO]

Samsung introduced a new touch-based fingerprint scanner in their new Galaxy S6 and S6 edge smartphones, ditching the inconsistent swipe scanner found in the Galaxy S5.

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Check out the Galaxy S6’s setup below (in particular the fingerprint part), as shown in a hands-on video by Phandroidit might look kind of familiar…(with some added clunky steps thrown into the mix):

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Apple’s Touch ID setup process below:

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Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. What happens if you forget your Galaxy S6 backup password?

[via Android in Canada.ca]

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