Ahead of Tuesday morning's event where Apple is expected to unveil new iPhones, the Wall Street Journal reports that one of the models will include a fingerprint scanner. The feature has been widely rumored by Reuters, the WSJ , and elsewhere, and references to the hardware have been found in the beta version of iOS 7.
Although previous efforts to integrate the technology into smartphones, such as Motorola's Atrix in 2011, have been less than successful, the WSJ suggests that Apple's move will convince other hardware manufacturers to revisit the concept. An Android phone with a similar fingerprint scanner is said to be coming this year, although it's not clear if it will make it to the US.
Source: The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/9/4713424/new-iphone-to-include-fingerprint-scanner-wsj
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