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Posted By richards on March 2, 2015

BARCELONA: CHIPMAKER Qualcomm debuted its ultrasonic Snapdragon Sense ID 3D Fingerprint technology at Mobile World Congress (MWC) on Monday, making the Galaxy S6look instantly dated.

Qualcomm's fingerprint scanning system is based on sound waves, unlike the scanners found on the likes of the iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6. The company claims that this makes the scanner much more accurate and secure than those already available commercially.

The scanner bounces ultrasonic waves off a finger, picking up the pattern and depth of contours, unlike current capacitive options which essentially use a mini camera to capture a print.

Qualcomm claims that the technology can extract a unique print, even down to the pores on the skin.

The sweatier the finger the more accurate the Sense ID's reading is likely to be, according to the firm, unlike the iPhone 6 TouchID sensor which will fail to recognise a print if a finger is sweaty or greasy.

We can vouch for this. After a few hours running around the seemingly never-ending, nor air-conditioned, MWC show floor, we thought it would be a good idea to put our greasy fingers to good use.

Asaf Ashkenazi, director of product management at Qualcomm, walked us through the process, which immediately struck us as a huge improvement over current fingerprint scanners.

As it is based on ultrasonic technology, the Snapdragon Sense ID 3D technology can read a fingerprint through any material, including glass, metal and sapphire.

The fingerprint scanner on the test device we handled wasn't immediately obvious as it's situated in the bezel.

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MWC: Qualcomm Snapdragon fingerprint scanner hands-on review

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