Apple's top-tier iPhone 5S "a step forward" — WSJ review

POSITIVE FIRST REVIEW: Apple Inc's top-end iPhone 5S sports a reliable, easy-to-use fingerprint reader that can simplify everything from unlocking the gadget to buying music on iTunes, the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg wrote on Tuesday. — Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc's top-end iPhone 5S sports a reliable, easy-to-use fingerprint reader that can simplify everything from unlocking the gadget to buying music on iTunes, the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg wrote on Tuesday. 

The positive take from one of the most influential reviewers in tech journalism will help offset concerns about how user-friendly the scanner is. Fingerprint technology has been incorporated in laptops and phones in the past but proved notoriously unreliable.