Samsung Galaxy S5 to feature fingerprint scanner after all?

Despite recent reports to the contrary, it has been suggested that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S5 handset will play host to an integrated fingerprint scanner.

A move that would see the eagerly awaited Samsung Galaxy S5 echo Apple’s recent smartphone addition aboard the iPhone 5S, biometric sensor specialist Fingerprint Cards has told Reuters that it “expects” Samsung to launch “at least one, probably even two” fingerprint reading phones in 2014.

While it is widely expected that the flagship Samsung Galaxy S5 will become the first of these to host the privacy improving technology, the second looks set to be the stylus hosting Samsung Galaxy Note 4.

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