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[* black] Time for a biometrics faceoff.
-[* black] On the left, looking pretty much exactly like [guide|87086|what we found last year|stepid=164374|new_window=true], we have the S9+ hardware: iris scanner, front-facing camera, IR emitter, and proximity sensor.
+[* black] On the left, looking pretty much exactly like [guide|87086|what we found last year|stepid=164374|new_window=true], we have the S9+ hardware: iris scanner, front-facing camera, IR emitter, and proximity sensor (likely AMS TMD4906).
[* black] On the right, the ''raison d'être'' for [guide|98975|Apple's infamous notch|stepid=182894]: Face ID hardware including a front-facing camera, IR dot projector, IR camera, plus room for the flood illuminator and rangefinder embedded in the display.
[* icon_reminder] Some assembly required.
[* black] Based on early reviews, it may have been overly ambitious of Samsung to jump on the Animoji train without a hardware update to bring it up to speed.