{"id":10046,"date":"2017-04-16T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=10046"},"modified":"2017-04-20T11:52:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T16:52:23","slug":"dont-u-s-sony-phones-fingerprint-sensors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/dont-u-s-sony-phones-fingerprint-sensors\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Don&#8217;t U.S. Sony Phones Have Fingerprint Sensors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fingerprint sensors are one of the best ways to lock down your phone to prevent thieves from accessing your information. Not every device is equipped with this kind of technology, though. If you have a Sony phone \u2014 or any other brand of phone \u2014 you don\u2019t have to wait around to make your phone more secure. You can use Anti-Theft to make your phone and private information more secure in case of loss or theft. Click now to activate Anti-Theft to secure your phone:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"psafe:\/\/launch\/antitheft\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10049\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/activate-anti-theft-300x65.jpg\" alt=\"activate-anti-theft\" width=\"300\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/activate-anti-theft-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/activate-anti-theft.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Anti-Theft activated, you can block thieves from accessing your phone by locking it remotely. You can also track your phone, sound an alarm to find it if it\u2019s nearby, and remotely delete all of your apps and data. That way, your phone is never unprotected \u2014 even when it\u2019s literally out of your hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read More: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/set-fingerprint-authorization-google-play\/\"><b>How to Set Up Fingerprint Authorization for Google Play<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, Sony phones that are launching in the United States don\u2019t have a fingerprint sensor, despite the same phone being rolled out with this kind of biometric authentication around the world. Nonetheless, Sony will be rolling out its Xperia XZ Premium and XZs models.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why These Phones Won\u2019t Include Fingerprint Sensors<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In speaking about older phones, Sony argued that Americans simply didn\u2019t want fingerprint sensors, suggesting that the decision not to include the sensors was all business-related. But now, Sony says that the company can\u2019t sell the phones in the United States if they want to continue doing business in the country. Specifically, they are prohibited from shipping fingerprint sensor-enabled phones in America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What This Means For Sony<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sony wasn\u2019t clear about exactly why they couldn\u2019t sell fingerprint sensor-enabled phones in the United States. Sony officials said there was some discord with U.S. phone carriers, such as Verizon. The fear was that these phones could become unlocked, meaning that customers from any carrier could purchase Sony products. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While all of the details are still unknown, it is likely that, at some point, Sony made a bad deal with U.S. phone companies, and that these companies didn\u2019t want them to sell the fingerprint sensor-enabled phones. And what\u2019s most bizarre is that Sony\u2019s phones that were shipped to the United States do have fingerprint sensors. However, these sensors are disabled. Sadly at this point, you\u2019ll have to wait for someone to find a way to re-enable the Sony fingerprint sensor before purchasing a device.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the U.S., Sony smartphones don\u2019t have fingerprint sensors, but elsewhere in the world they do. 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