The First Phone With Fingerprint Scanner 20 Years Ago

Every smartphone on the market today has a fingerprint scanner. At the back. A side mounted. Under display. And others that we don’t know about will come. This feature is really cool, and it has been modified over the years. We really love it. Quick to unlock your phone with high safety measures that it will only be touched by only you. Although most of you think that this feature was introduced on the IPhone 5s. You can check what Wikipedia says. “Touch ID was introduced in IPhones with the iPhone 5s in 2013”. Wrong. This one on Quora said, “I remember google ling about this a few months ago. I first thought iPhone 5s was first phone with fingerprint scanner but learned that Motorola Atrix was the one with first fingerprint sensor. Wrong. Others say HTC and other say it was Toshiba, but you’re all wrong. IPhone 5s was released in 2013. Motorola Atrix was released in 2011, which means it had it before IPhone but this wasn’t the first one with this feature. This feature was introduced 20 years ago. 2 Decades! Pantech Gi100 was the first phone with a finger print scanner and it was released in 2004. The finger print scanner was mounted in the middle of the D-Pad. I know, the brand Pantech may sound new to you, but it’s a big company in South Korea, Established in 1991. It was the second best-selling Korean handset maker in 2012. While its smartphone business has been suspended, Pantech is currently involved with developing new cutting-edge technology in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.