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Not that much of a surprise. History is full of examples of Apple dissing something, that they later sell themselves.

Very true. Interesting patterns:

Apple innovates -> Company X starts working on it -> Company X implements idea -> righteous anger from Apple and fans -> lawsuits ensue

vs.

Company X innovates -> Apple disses, doesn't work on it -> Apple eventually implements it anyway about 2 years after everyone else -> Company X shrugs -> lawyers don't get paid
 
What does this have to do with apple fans? Your overjoyed reaction to this story is bizarre.

Has anyone who previously said nfc is useless now said its not? Such a strange way to react to this news.

Because people on here think they know exactly what Apple does, proudly proclaim something as crap, yet here is a rumour Apple will use that very same thing fans on here proclaimed as crap.
And I can predict if they do implement NFC many on here will all of a sudden proclaim NFC is the second coming and how wonderful it is for Apple to INVENT it and PATENT it. May sound stupid to you, but read the comments on here in a few months time IF Apple implement NFC.....
 
NFC sucks and is garbage...Apple might be adding NFC?....NFC is magical and proof once again that Apple is an innovator with their invention of NFC and the first to use NFC in a phone.
 
ok, if its so corrupted, then why did Apple go with this ?

They even used it at a baseball game, or some other sporting event, as good technology..

You don't just toss out new/recent technology that just doesn't work, you fix it..

Besides. Apple wouldn't introduce iBeacon without knowing that its super secure... Apple knows better than to offer weak security...

This would mean the iBeacons Apple has in their stores for easy payment can all be got at.

I don't believes that... Apple knows better.

I edited my post to make better sense ;) And you cannot 100% guarantee ANY system is secure. Car thiefs buy tools that pros use now to simply steal your electronic keys code and steal your car.
 
For the first time since '07, I'm bored of phones. There's just nothing to get excited about with the iPhone 6. My 5 is blazing fast at everything I use it for, a larger screen is simply not enough to tempt me. My debit card has NFC for payments under £20 already. Now that smart phones have matured enough, and like my iPod 3rd gen, I think I might end up holding on to this phone for a long time.

Oh well, more money to spend on a fancy PC later in the year!
 
About time! It moved beyond being a novelty a while ago and its now really handy for connecting to speakers and other devices.
 
Just like it was going to be included in the 5 and then in the 5S/C. :rolleyes:

Bluetooth is far superior to NFC at this point and Apple understands that which is why they're going the iBeacon route. There is nothing that NFC can do that Bluetooth can't in addition to offering many extra benefits.
 
typical politics. When apple can't figure it out, the technology is not a solution. Now that apple figures it out, it will be the lead-selling feature on the new iphone 6.

The question is: will it be released "in beta" like Siri was? Fact: Siri was the 4S' lead feature, which was in beta for literally 2 whole years.
 
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Apple would be smart not to give away any future plans, so simply saying to the news media they have no plans to use NFC could be a smart move. I suppose most high-end Android smartphones already have NFC. On one hand it doesn't necessarily make sense to install something that isn't going to be used to its fullest, but you'd think Apple has enough money to add NFC just like all the Android smartphone manufacturers do and it wouldn't make much of an impact on profits. I guess one could say Apple is behind the times because iPhones don't support NFC, but I suppose it's not that big a loss for consumers.

It's a waste of time to second-guess Apple about anything they do. They sell an awful lot of iPhones even if they don't have every feature many flagship Android smartphones have. I thought iBeacons was supposed to be an alternative to NFC but maybe Apple has more than just one plan. I like the feature of NFC pairing with Bluetooth accessories but Apple's BT pairing works pretty well without NFC. Now that iPhones are so popular in Japan and NFC is common there, it would benefit Apple and the Japanese consumer to have NFC built-in. I'd heard there are third-party NFC retrofits for iPhones that the Japanese consumer can use.
 
All the jazz about the bigger screen, when really this is the legit update/upgrade for the masses.

Watch out wallets & credit cards, I may not want you soon, and I may nit need you ever.
 
Because people on here think they know exactly what Apple does, proudly proclaim something as crap, yet here is a rumour Apple will use that very same thing fans on here proclaimed as crap.
And I can predict if they do implement NFC many on here will all of a sudden proclaim NFC is the second coming and how wonderful it is for Apple to INVENT it and PATENT it. May sound stupid to you, but read the comments on here in a few months time IF Apple implement NFC.....

You might want to wait for the "I told you so's" until they actually do it. Its been rumored on no less then 4 iPhone models and will be rumored on every model until they actually put one in, if they do.
 
NFC Is Dangerous Crap Unless It's 100% Encrypted

Ripping off anyone's NFC data from a card or device is TRIVIAL. Current magnetic stripe cards are, surprise, safer than NFC. I'll skip going over the trivial methods of obtaining this data. I'll simply say that I can easily teach any granny how to do it.

Target et al. attempted a diversionary tactic regarding their massive POS (point of sale) device malware infections by pretending NFC would have stopped the robbery of 110 million customer accounts. No they would not!

What's required, for both of the problems noted above, is end to end to end encryption. No data can ever, under any circumstances, be in-the-clear. The ripoff of NFC data and the ripoff of Target et al. customer accounts are all made possible by in-the-clear data transference. Until such time as total encryption is used in all cases, NFC is dangerous crap that no one should use.

Example: My New York State driver's license contains an NFC chip, used by the border patrol to allow me to travel back and forth to Canada. It's a passport on chip. That sounds useful. EXCEPT: Unless I want my passport and identity stolen, I MUST keep the driver's license in a Faraday cage! It's literally a metal foil deflector beanie for RFC chips. It's an envelope, kindly provided by NYS, where my RFC chipped card must be stored at all times until used. As this points out, NYS knows perfectly well how dangerous RFC chips really are. They know how trivial it is to rip off their data.

The future is encrypted everything at all times, no matter what technology.
 
You might want to wait for the "I told you so's" until they actually do it. Its been rumored on no less then 4 iPhone models and will be rumored on every model until they actually put one in, if they do.

That's why I put the IF in the comment...

iPhones boring anyway, more interesting to see if anything comes of this iWatch, LG have now announced theirs and it looks very nice for a smart watch.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/128...video-confirms-waterproofing-and-android-wear
 
Here in Belgium people mocked my iPhone for not having NFC, then when I asked if they had ever used it on their masterrace phone, they went like: "... No, but it's coming soon, so..."

To this day, I have never encountered something that supports NFC. And neither have they.

Is it the same in the States or elsewhere? Is it slowly becoming more popular? Because then it would make sense to incorporate it, as the time is (finally) ripe.

I hate putting in technology for the sake of putting in technology.

It's the same in the states except on college campuses...those are the people who will tell you NFC is everywhere, the ones who aren't in the real world.
 
Apple wasn't the first to do any of those, they were just the first to do them well. I think that was osofast240sx's point.

Nope, fingerprint scanner was the first to do right (even tho there was only one before) but the other 2 and many other things they were the first in a phone. True tone flash is another example and so much more.
 
When has Apple benn the first with a feature/technology? Answer never.

Bluetooth 4.0, Low Power LTE, high dpi smartphone screen, Thunderbolt, etc. They are sometimes first but nobody notices.

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NFC is not used only for payments. Stop being lazy and Google "How is NFC used"

Virtually no other purpose for NFC is better served by NFC than BLE.
 
Nice of them to get caught up with the rest of the industry....about 2 to 3 years behind everyone else...... Now they will add a new twist to NFC and call it innovation......
 
NFC in a phone would alleviate a minor inconvenience of pulling out my wallet; it's a similar process, yes, but it cuts out the step of removing my card from the wallet.

Where all the rumors of the iWatch being a health monitoring device, my eyes have glossed over a bit. NFC in an iWatch MAY be the lure, for me anyways, to get an iWatch.

Perhaps this is simply an introduction of NFC into the majority of Apple's mobile/portable devices, present and future.

Then again...

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