FPC Secures a New DW for 1020 Touch Sensor for Flagship Smartphone from Chinese Top 3 Smartphone OEM

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, May 15, 2014 /PRNewswire / –Fingerprint Cards’ (FPC’s) mobile touch sensor, the FPC1020, has received a new design win (DW*). A Chinese Top 3 smartphone OEM has selected FPC1020 for a flagship model with a targeted launch date during the fourth quarter of 2014.

FPC is proud to announce this DW with a Chinese Top 3 smartphone OEM, which prefers to remain anonymous until further notice.

Johan Carlstrom, President and Chief Executive Officer of FPC, comments:
“FPC is the globally leading supplier for capacitive touch fingerprint sensors and the globally leading supplier for fingerprint sensors in mobile phones and tablets. By combining these strengths, FPC has developed the most attractive mobile touch fingerprint sensor on the planet. It is with great pride that we announce another DW for the FPC1020 and with a Chinese Top 3 smartphone OEM in a flagship model. As a result of superior fingerprint technology and image quality combined with low power consumption, FPC has outdistanced the competition for sockets in mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.”

*FPC definition of Design Win (DW): The decision by a device vendor (OEM or ODM) to start development of one or several commercial product(s) incorporating FPC’s technology into such new product(s).