Industry insiders say that Samsung is likely to use Egistec sensors for the Galaxy S9.Egistec has been identified as the most-likely fingerprint sensor supplier for Samsung's flagship smartphone series slated for launch in the first quarter of 2018, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.Samsung has been Egistec's largest customer sourcing the Taiwan-based supplier's fingerprint sensors for its Galaxy A-, C- and J-series smartphones. Obtaining orders for the upcoming Galaxy S9 series model will be Egistec's first time to cut into the supply chain for Samsung's high-end Galaxy S-series smartphone series, the report quoted market watchers as saying.A report emerged from South Korea's ETNews indicated Samsung is looking to use fingerprint recognition sensors developed by a Taiwan-based company, which has already supplied chips for the smartphone vendor's entry-level and mid-range models. “This will bring significant amount of economic effects to this Taiwanese manufacturer,” the report said, without mentioning its name.Winning fingerprint sensor orders for Samsung's Galaxy S-series models will enable Egistec to generate net profits of as high as NT$2 billion (US$66.6 million) in 2018, the Commercial Times report quoted market watchers as estimating.

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