Phones With In-Display Fingerprint Readers, by Price

A fingerprint reader under the screen is ordinary now. We went through the phones on Samsung’s, Google’s, Motorola’s and Nothing’s US stores, and the only ones without it were the cheapest models and the folding ones. iPhones do not have one at all.

So the choice has moved on. It is less about which phones have the reader and more about which kind of sensor you get, optical or ultrasonic, and how little you can pay for it.

This page began in 2019 as a list of twenty phones from 2018, led by the OnePlus 6T and the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. GSMArena marks every one of them as discontinued, so the list below is new.

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In-display fingerprint mobile list

Prices are the makers’ own US store prices for the cheapest version, rounded, from lowest to highest.

Phone	Maker’s price	Sensor
Samsung Galaxy A37 5G	about $490	Optical
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro	about $500	Optical
Moto G Stylus 2026	about $500	Optical
Google Pixel 10a	about $600	Optical
Samsung Galaxy A57 5G	about $600	Optical
Motorola Edge 2026	about $600	Optical
Samsung Galaxy S26 FE	about $700	Optical
Nothing Phone (3)	about $700	Optical
Google Pixel 10	about $800	Ultrasonic
Google Pixel 11	about $900	Ultrasonic
Samsung Galaxy S26	about $1,000	Ultrasonic
Google Pixel 11 Pro	about $1,100	Ultrasonic
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra	about $1,400	Ultrasonic

A note on the sensor column. Motorola prints the type on the Moto G Stylus spec sheet. Samsung, Google and Nothing say only that the reader is in the screen, so for the other phones the optical or ultrasonic label comes from GSMArena’s spec pages.

Optical or ultrasonic

An optical reader works with light. Goodix, which makes them, describes a lens-type sensor that sits under an AMOLED screen. That is why phones with LCD screens go without. Motorola’s US range shows it neatly: the Moto G Stylus and the Edge have AMOLED screens and readers in the screen, while the LCD Moto G Power and Moto G keep the reader on the side.

An ultrasonic reader works with sound. Qualcomm sells these under the name 3D Sonic. It says the sensor bounces an ultrasonic pulse off the ridges of your finger to build a 3D image, and that it keeps working when the finger is wet. Qualcomm also says this is harder to fool than an optical reader. That is a company describing its own product, so weigh it accordingly.

The wet-finger point is the one that matters day to day. If you cook, garden, swim or work with your hands, an ultrasonic reader is worth having. For everyone else an optical reader does the same job. The gap between the cheapest optical phone in the table and the cheapest ultrasonic one is about $310, and we would not pay that for the sensor alone.

One warning covers both kinds. Samsung says on its fingerprint support page that fitting a different screen protector can affect recognition. Check that a protector is made for an in-screen reader before you buy it.

Under $500

These three are the cheapest phones with a reader in the screen on their makers’ US stores. All three are optical.

Samsung Galaxy A37 5G, about $490

This is where Samsung’s in-screen readers start. Its support page lists the A37 5G among the phones with an in-display reader, and puts the two models below it on the side button: the Galaxy A27 5G at about $380 and the A17 5G at about $270. The $490 version has 128GB of storage and 6GB of memory. Samsung Galaxy A37 5G on Amazon

Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, about $500

The base version has 8GB of memory and 128GB of storage. Nothing sells a 12GB and 256GB version for about $600. Nothing Phone (4a) Pro on Amazon

Moto G Stylus 2026, about $500

Motorola lists an optical on-screen reader and 8GB of memory. It has a stylus and takes a microSD card of up to 1TB. Moto G Stylus 2026 on Amazon

On paper the Samsung is the weakest of the three: 6GB of memory where the other two have 8GB, for about the same money. We would take the Motorola for the card slot or the Nothing for the extra memory.

$500 to $800

Google Pixel 10a, about $600

The pick of this group. The reader is optical and the memory is 8GB, the same as its rivals, but Google promises seven years of operating system and security updates. Motorola promises two Android upgrades for the Edge 2026 at the same price. Google sells the 10a on the Google Store.

Samsung Galaxy A57 5G, about $600

8GB of memory with either 128GB or 256GB of storage, and an optical reader. Samsung Galaxy A57 5G on Amazon

Motorola Edge 2026, about $600

A 6.3-inch AMOLED phone with 8GB of memory and 128GB of storage. Motorola’s spec sheet says on-screen fingerprint reader without naming the type. GSMArena lists it as optical.

Samsung Galaxy S26 FE, about $700

The cheapest of the four Galaxy S26 phones, and the only one with an optical reader. The other three are ultrasonic.

Nothing Phone (3), about $700

Nothing’s top phone, marked down from $799 on its own store, with 12GB of memory and 256GB of storage. The reader is optical. Nothing Phone (3) on Amazon

Google Pixel 10, about $800

Last year’s Pixel is still on the Google Store, and it is the cheapest phone we found with an ultrasonic reader. It has 12GB of memory. Google Pixel 10 on Amazon

$900 and up

Everything at this level is ultrasonic: the Pixel 11 at about $900, the Galaxy S26 at about $1,000, the Pixel 11 Pro at about $1,100 and the Galaxy S26 Ultra at about $1,400. The Galaxy S26+ sits in between at about $1,200.

At these prices you are paying for the rest of the phone. The fingerprint reader is the same kind as the one in the $800 Pixel 10.

Phones that do not have one

The cheapest phones. The Galaxy A27 5G and A17 5G, the Moto G Power 2026 at about $400 and the Moto G 2026 at about $300 all have the reader on the side.
Folding phones. Samsung lists the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Z Flip8 with the scanner on the side button. GSMArena shows the same for Motorola’s Razr phones and Google’s Pixel 11 Pro Fold.
iPhones. Apple’s comparison page lists Face ID for the iPhone 17 and iPhone 18 Pro lines. The folding iPhone Duo has Touch ID, with the sensor in the side button. No iPhone reads a fingerprint through the screen.

We left OnePlus out. Its US site carries a notice that the company has stopped launching products in Europe and North America, and the OnePlus 15 and 15R were both out of stock there.

Outside the US

Readers outside the US have a cheaper route through Xiaomi. Its global site lists an in-display optical fingerprint sensor on the Redmi Note 17 in both the 4G and 5G versions, on the Redmi Note 17 Pro 5G and on the POCO X8. The plain Redmi 17 has a side sensor, so the word Note is what to look for.

Xiaomi has no US store, so there is no dollar price to give. The European prices GSMArena lists for the Redmi Note 17 are well below anything in the table above. Check the price where you live.

Other phones sold outside the US that GSMArena lists with an optical reader under the screen include the Nothing Phone (4a) and Phone (4b), the Motorola Edge 70 Fusion and the Realme 16 Pro+.

Some budget phones with curved screens read fingerprints through the glass as well. Tecno lists an under-display sensor on the Pova Curve 2 5G, and GSMArena lists one on the Infinix Note Edge. Both are in our guide to phones that still have curved screens.

Which to pick

Spending as little as possible: the Moto G Stylus 2026 or the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, both about $500 with 8GB of memory.
Best value: the Pixel 10a at about $600, for the seven years of updates.
You want ultrasonic: the Pixel 10 at about $800 is the cheapest way in.

If you are torn between two phones, do not let the fingerprint sensor settle it. Memory and update support matter more over the life of a phone, and we have a separate guide to how much RAM a phone needs.

Quick answers

Which phones have the fingerprint sensor on the screen?

On the US stores we checked, every non-folding Samsung, Google, Motorola and Nothing phone from about $490 upwards. The cheapest are the Galaxy A37 5G, the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro and the Moto G Stylus 2026.

Does the iPhone have an in-display fingerprint reader?

No. Current iPhones unlock with Face ID, and the folding iPhone Duo has Touch ID in its side button.

Which Samsung phones have an in-display fingerprint reader?

Of the phones Samsung sells now: the Galaxy S26, S26+, S26 Ultra, S26 FE, A57 5G and A37 5G. The A27 5G, the A17 5G and the folding Z phones use the side button.

Is an optical or ultrasonic fingerprint sensor better?

Ultrasonic copes with wet fingers, according to Qualcomm, and it is what the expensive phones use. Optical is cheaper and unlocks the phone just the same when your hands are dry.

What is the cheapest phone with an in-display fingerprint reader?

On the makers’ US stores, the Samsung Galaxy A37 5G at about $490. Outside the US, Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 17 has one and sits lower in the market.

Prices move, so confirm on the maker’s store before you pay.