<P> The first mobile phone with a fingerprint scanner was the Toshiba G500 and G900 in 2007 . In 2012 , Apple acquired AuthenTec , a company focused on fingerprint reading and identification management software , for $356 million . The acquisition led commentators to expect a fingerprint reading feature . Following leaks and speculation in early September , 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 . 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 . </P>
<P> The first mobile phone with a fingerprint scanner was the Toshiba G500 and G900 in 2007 . In 2012 , Apple acquired AuthenTec , a company focused on fingerprint reading and identification management software , for $356 million . The acquisition led commentators to expect a fingerprint reading feature . Following leaks and speculation in early September , 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 . 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 . </P>
who came out with the fingerprint scanner first
who came out with the fingerprint scanner first
Toshiba
Toshiba