Fingerprint-detection is a popular method of secure-authentication in cellphones, led by Apple, Samsung and others.

Strategy Analytics Wireless Device Strategies (WDS) service has just published a report forecasting forecast handsets with fingerprint sensors to grow a healthy +45% in 2016.

Our innovative report forecasts worldwide sales of fingerprint phones by sensor-placement location, such as behind-glass, from 2004 through 2022.

The report can be used by operators, handset vendors, component suppliers and others to determine or prioritize the size and growth rate of the global fingerprint phone market.