In a report released Wednesday by IHS Markit, a financial services company, the number of device shipments using the onscreen fingerprint solution in 2019 will exceed 100 million units, which is more than 10 times the estimated 9 million units shipped in 2018. IHS Markit wrote in the report: First-tier mobile phone makers including Apple, Samsung and Huawei are all pushing for higher-end mobile phones. Consolidating fingerprints to the bottom of the screen allows handset manufacturers to reduce the size of borders while retaining biometrics. .
If fingerprint mobile phone shipments can really reach 100 million units in 2019, it will really become a major breakthrough in the history of mobile phones. Currently, there are only two mobile phones on the market that support offline fingerprint resolution, namely vivo X20 Plus UD. And Huawei's Porsche Design Mate RS.
In the past year there have been rumors that both Apple and Samsung are promoting mass production of the technology. For this reason, IHS Markit believes that there will be a long-term follow-up in the future and will quickly become the trend of mobile phones. IHS Markit, head of touch and user interface Calvin Hsieh stated in the statement: 'Vivo and Huawei have recently introduced several models that support under-the-screen fingerprinting, and this will obviously become a trend.'