Employees of Apple says iPhone 5 will be NFC - Geek.com

iPad 2 is out, is confirmed iPhone 4 blank, so our attention to iPhone 5 and includes it the version more later this year. So far we have ear will press the screen size up to 4 inches, replace the glass with aluminum and obtain a new position of the antenna, and definitely has no capabilities in near field communications (NFC). Or that?

According to Forbes Elaine Wong, news about iPhone 5 without NFC can be completely false. She has talked to an entrepreneur working on a project of the NFC, which has a friend at Apple. Yes, this sounds like a bit of he said, he said, but according to them NFC will be a feature in iPhone 5.

Apple has a bigger screen in order to compete with the large terminals Android made sense they want to compete with the authorized link in the S. NFC The original reason, Apple had given for not including it is the lack of a clear rule, but has not stopped Google starts to test a system of payment of the NFC Android in New York and San Francisco.

Already in June, at that point Apple will not make a great uproar on NFC device or even not to mention it is expected an announcement of iPhone 5. Until then, we can all keep speculating about it.

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Matthew's opinion

Choose to include a new technology in the Apple iPhone is usually a larger that the question "do we have space in the case?". Apple wants to have a service or a need to fill rather than simply offering to another point in the list of functions.

So if you provide the iPhone 5 NFC hope that Apple link it with something. For example, some form of use your iPhone 5 to pay iTunes purchases more securely. This will also allow Apple sell a payment peripherals to connect to your Mac or iPad. NFC in iPhone would also come with a guarantee of any association that is useful to instantly by or with the mobile network.

Regardless of how widespread NFC use today, remember that iPhone 5 will be on the market as the flagship Apple smartphone for at least a year. In 2012, the NFC payments will be much more widespread today are suggesting that Apple really need support.

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