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the fingerprint scanner is a novelty for Xperia z5 Class smartphones it is embedded in the side mounted power key on the Xperia z5 compact z5 and z5 premium but how does it really perform in real life let's check it out in this quick video I'm Anton Dean odd let's dive into it having a side mounted fingerprint scanner can be awkward or it can be the perfect placement we've heard both sides of the story but in the end its placement isn't as relevant and important as its performance we've been extensively testing the Xperia z5 premium for more than a week now and we can say that the fingerprint scanner is a hit or miss its rate of success in our experience is about 2 out of 10 whether it's a software hardware or implementation issue we simply couldn't find it consistent and reliable enough to keep it activated so we decided to ditch it not before showing you the problems you'll face when using it after successfully registering fingers a number of five are available the phone simply stops recognizing them randomly aside from reliability issues this also kills one-handed operation in certain scenarios whether you're driving or carrying something after five failed attempts the system locks and requires you to input your PIN initially we were inclined to believe that this was an isolated issue maybe a problem with our unit and maybe it is or maybe it's just a small batch problem but both Twitter users and Sony blog posters on the company support page confirmed and complained that they have the same problems first of all the scanner needs to be clean take this in a very strict way we're not talking about thick grease or dirt we are talking about previous fingerprints from a single touch that can render the scanner unusable so if you really need or want to use the scanner make sure you add an extra step to your unlocking procedure wipe it off every time and since this is a waterproof phone forget about unlocking while your fingers the phone or both are wet or even moist but you know we could live with that if dry operation and performance was better we also tried registering the same finger several times just to improve its success rate needless to say that this did not help either we really hope Sony manages to fix this issue if it is fixable via software and we also hope that this is if indeed a widespread problem confined and limited to a small batch you know for Sony's sake do you have an experience a 5 class smartphone do you experience the same problems drop us a comment below add an ant and deny and as usual thank you for watching and see you next time oh and don't forget to subscribe and follow PocketNow everywhere on the Internet