Taking a page from the Apple playbook (again... oy!), it seems that Samsung's Galaxy S5 will have the ability to scan retinas in what the company is calling "innovative eye-scan technology."

According to CNN, the news came from Samsung's executive vice president of mobile business, Lee Young Hee, who spoke about it exclusively at the Consumer Electronics Show... though she did indicate that it wasn't a 100 percent sure thing on what is soon to be the flagship phone of Apple's top mobile rival.

"We've been announcing our first flagship model in the first half of each year, around March and April, and we are still targeting for release around that time," Lee said. "When we release our S5 device, you can also expect a Gear successor with more advanced functions, and the bulky design will also be improved.

"Many people are fanatical about iris recognition technology. We are studying the possibility but can't really say whether we will have it or not on the S5.

"When we moved to S4 from S3, it's partly true that consumers couldn't really feel much difference between the two products from the physical perspective, so the market reaction wasn't as big. For the S5, we will go back to the basics. Mostly, it's about the display and the feel of the cover," she said.

But according to Bloomberg News, Samsung has seen a bump in their sales. "The company also sees more growth potential in tablets as it takes on Apple's iPad line and Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle devices. The tablet computer market will grow more than 15 percent annually, with more than 240 million units shipped last year, Shin Jong Kyun, head of Samsung's mobile business, said Nov. 6.

"Samsung's share of global tablet shipments doubled to about 20 percent last year, Lee Young Hee said. The company, which shipped more than 40 million units in 2013, aims to drive sales growth of its mobile business, which accounts for more than 60 percent of the company's operating profit, to fend off margin pressure from the slowing high-end smartphone segment," reports the site.