Google Nexus 6 Prototype Gets Leaked with a Fingerprint Sensor

Remember Motorola's former CEO Dennis Woodside saying that the Google Nexus 6 was originally planned to don a fingerprint reader? If so, here a leaked image that shows the initial prototype of the launched Google Nexus 6 bearing a fingerprint reader on the back of the display.

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The source of the leaked image is none other than China. The company's CEO has also given details regarding the precise location of the fingerprint sensor. The images also depict the same - have a look yourself.

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Going by the image one can easily find out that the fingerprint sensor was supposed to be located on the large circular dimple donning the Motorola ‘M' logo on the back of the device. This directly corresponds to the details shared by the company CEO.

You may be wondering now that if things had gone so far, then why Motorola skipped the fingerprint sensor on the back of the display? Allegedly, the former CEO claims that the manufacturer of the fingerprint sensor had been bought by Apple just a few weeks before the device went for final scale mass manufacturing. This was a deterrent for Motorola as the fingerprint sensor manufacturer in question was the best manufacturer of these hardwares.

Despite the leaks though, tech analysts at Gizbot still have a question left unanswered. If Google and Motorola had planned to integrate the sensor in the device, they would actually developed a software to make is usable. Remember that unlike Android M, Lollipop doesn't have native fingerprint support. The developer needs to tweak the software to make the fingerprint sensor usable.

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