who came out with the fingerprint scanner first
Touch ID The first mobile phone with a fingerprint scanner was the Toshiba G500 and G900 in 2007.[1] In 2012, Apple acquired AuthenTec, a company focused on fingerprint reading and identification management software, for $356 million.[2] The acquisition led commentators to expect a fingerprint reading feature.[2][3] Following leaks and speculation in early September,[4][5] the iPhone 5S was unveiled on September 10, 2013, was the first phone on a major US carrier since the Atrix to feature the technology.[6] Apple's Vice President of Marketing, Phil Schiller, announced the feature at Apple's iPhone media event and spent several minutes (the major portion of the conference) discussing the feature.