As rumors of Apple readying fingerprint scanning technology for a future iPhone continue to swirl, a new report suggests another company is working on similar tech for future versions of its smartphones: Samsung. SamMobile reports that files uncovered in a leaked firmware build for Samsung’s Galaxy S III included a number of images of fingerprints and other related items. The presence of these graphics suggests Samsung is indeed testing some type of fingerprint scanning technology internally, but they give no indication of exactly what kind of functionality Samsung might have planned. The leaked images pulled from Samsung’s firmware file follow below.
Samsung reportedly prepping fingerprint scanning tech for Galaxy phones
![Samsung Fingerprint Scanner Samsung Fingerprint Scanner](https://bgr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-923.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=870&h=568&crop=1)
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