Chinese smartphone makers estimate that shipments of fingerprint-recognition enabled smartphones will reach up to 300 million this year.Industry insiders credit the growth of mobile payment features as Apple Pay enters the market, reports Taiwan's DigiTimes.n 2015, only several China-based smartphone vendors, including Huawei, LeTV, Meizu and ZTE, adopted fingerprint recognition for a few models to test the market response, with total shipments estimated at 80 million units, the sources said.While last year some 80 million devices were shipping, mostly using sensors developed by Fingerprint Cards, the sources expect a widening of supply.Last year, several China-based smartphone vendors, including Huawei, LeTV, Meizu and ZTE, adopted fingerprint recognition for a few models to test the market response.”Due to a large increase in supply, prices for fingerprint-recognizing sensors may fall 25% in the second half of 2016,” wrote the newspaper.China-based touch module makers Shenzhen O-film Tech and Truly Opto-electronics have stepped into production of fingerprint-recognizing modules, the sources noted. In particular, Truly Opto-electronics ships 1.5-2.0 million fingerprint-recognizing modules a month currently, consisting of 1.3 million glass-cover modules and 200,000-700,000 film-coated units, and expects to increase monthly shipments to 3.5 million units in the second quarter and further to 5.0-7.0 million units in the second half of 2016, the sources indicated.

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