Analyst: iPhone 5S fingerprint sensor limited to user authentication, secure payments due in 2014

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By Christian ZibregAug 13, 2013, 10:10 am442 pts
The upcoming iPhone 5S revision, likely slated for an announcement at Apple’s upcoming September 10 media event, is widely expected to include the fingerprint scanning feature based on Apple’s 2012 acquisition of smart sensor experts AuthenTec. There has been a lot of uncertainty as to what software features…

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