LG will reportedly outfit its entire 2014 line-up with fingerprint scanners, starting with LG G Pro 2

 

 

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LG will reportedly outfit its entire 2014 line-up with fingerprint scanners, starting with LG G Pro 2
1/22/2014 4:27:00 AM

The fingerprint scanner's spot in smartphones apparently isn't diminishing.

LG will be the next manufacturer to include the technology, coming to its whole line of 2014 handsets, according to Korea-based ETNews.

LG has chose the fingerprint scanner over Iris tracking technology, according to the publication, due to issues that could arise because of premature technology, dark rooms, and several other factors. Competitor Samsung is also said to have ditched Iris tracking technology for the same reasons, at least for the time being.

The first handset out of LG this year will reportedly be the LG G Pro 2, and you bet it will have the extra security hardware. It's said to come as early as Mobile World Congress in February, packing a 5.9-inch Quad HD display.

Following in May is the reported release of the LG G3 flagship to compete with Samsung's Galaxy S5, rumoured to carry a Quad HD display, an octa-core processor, 16-megapixel rear-camera, and you guessed it, a fingerprint scanner.

Past a few Motorola handsets that never took off, the HTC One Max was the first handset to popularize the fingerprint scanner technology with it found on the back of the handset. Apple took it a step further with the iPhone 5S, putting the scanner conveniently within the home button so users don't have to think about using it.

A fingerprint scanner within a smartphone removes the need for a user to enter in a security code manually. But for manufacturers, it means yet another marketing point to sell you a smartphone, and LG doesn't want to miss out on that this year.

Pocket-lint has contacted LG in hopes of learning more about its fingerprint scanner plans.

The question is: will LG place its fingerprint scanner on the front or back of handsets?

 

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