Now that Apple has implemented a fingerprint scanner on the iPhone 5S, and presumably in the next editions of the iPad, one would assume Samsung is going to offer something similar. They probably will, but it might not come as fast as some would want. According to the Korean Herald, Samsung thinks the technology is still in its infancy and won’t adopt it until the second half of the year. One Samsung official who went unnamed said, “We never officially admitted that Samsung was weighing the fingerprint system and Knox for Galaxy Note 3 for security functions. We are not yet developing the technology.”
Right now the only company in Korea developing fingerprint technology is Crucialtec, which is being used on the Pantech Vega LTE-A. Seoul-based Woori Investment & Securities analyst Kim Hye-yong added, “Samsung has to rely on the company for fingerprint functions, but its technology level is still behind Authentec in terms of patents and solutions. It will take a year more for the company to supply stable technology.” Apple bought Authentec back in 2012, which gave them the technology that is being used on the iPhone 5S.
“Samsung will certainly adopt the fingerprint technologies down the road. Fingerprint scanners are a trend rather than a necessity. There seems to be few things that can be added to handsets. Smartphone makers now face an innovation hurdle,” Hyundai Securities’ researcher Yoon Jung-sun said.
source: Korea Herald
via: SamMobile
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