Capacitive fingerprint sensors in consumer devices peaked in unit shipments in 2018, while the price heavily declined by over 40% vs 2017. The overall price for a packaged fingerprint sensor in 2018 was $1.2 ($1.1 for capacitive fingerprint sensors, and $5.8 for in-display). For mass market mobile phone applications, prices were under $1 by the end of the year.
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