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If I were to take a massive guess on this (and this is a massive guess). I would say that for the lifetime of the phone being unlocked with your fingerprint you could do things like pay for items etc.

They may be lining up for banks or other authorities to start allowing finger print recognition in their systems and apps to make bank transfers or pay for items in general and that your finger print would be the authorisation.

It may be one level more secure when they implement NFC.

I don't know though, I doubt they have done it simply because people want to unlock their phones 1 second faster.




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