Yes, Apple beat Samsung to the punch when it comes to releasing a smartphone with a fingerprint scanner. However, a new piece in Technology Review explains why Samsung’s fingerprint scanner has the potential to be more useful than the iPhone 5s’s fingerprint scanner right out of the box. As the publication notes, the Galaxy S5′s fingerprint scanner will be the first on a smartphone that will be compatible with PayPal’s mobile payments app, which means you’ll be able to use your fingerprint to authorize payments in any website or store that accepts PayPal as a form of payment. Apple’s fingerprint scanner, in contrast, for now only works to buy music and apps from the Apple App Store. What’s more, Technology Review
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