LG could introduce biometric security with next-gen smartphone

sincity · February 14, 2014

Korean consumer electronics giant LG Electronics seeks to reclaim some of its former glory worldwide, which will apparently include devices with some kind of fingerprint or optic security measures on board.

ZDNet Korea was on hand Thursday in Seoul to cover the launch of the LG G Pro 2, which the manufacturer plans to introduce in the US and Europe soon after the Asian launch next month.

During the press conference, LG Mobile executives were asked about the possibility of biometric authentication technology being implemented into the company's future flagship handsets.

Although no firm plans were unveiled, LG officials claimed to be "considering all possibilities," which could include eye or fingerprint recognition such as that currently offered by Apple's iPhone 5S or competing Android devices from Samsung.

Not-so-distant third?

According to Softpedia, LG's interest in biometrics could first be introduced with the LG G3, which is expected to debut by early summer as the successor to the company's big-screen LG G2.

That could give LG the advantage of seeing what Samsung has in store for Android fans at the upcoming Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona later this month, where the Korean rival is expected to debut its Galaxy S5 smartphone.

For now, however, LG executives appear unfazed by any potential threats from Samsung or Lenovo's acquisition of Motorola, instead keeping their eye on becoming third place in the global smartphone market after Samsung and Apple.

"We have a plan to reclaim third place in the global market by the end of the year and have no intention to react on each moves our competitors make," one product manager with LG Mobile told ZDNet Korea, planning to pit "product competitiveness" against all rivals.