I really wanted a MagSafe connector
Yes, that would have been a great compromise.
Some of you guys ("NFC is useless", "wireless charging is stupid") are so funny. Apple always puts down what they don't include in their new stuff. And some of us just eat it up like its gospel.
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Personally, I don't really care that those features were left out but there's nothing wrong with those who would have liked to have seen them sharing that they wished they were there... just like those that believed a video chat camera belonged in that iPad, or those that wanted 1080p in an
TV. And they're right for wishing for features important to them. They are not wrong because some of us- or Apple- spins it as so.
Yep, people have the right to whine about what they want and can't have, I can whine in favor of the status quo, and you can moralize. That's what forums are for.
I was a proponent of iSight on iPod, I was a proponent of 1080p, but I still think wireless charging is stupid and NFC is useless. I'm not eating up Apple's gospel, I simply agree.
Not only would I not use it, but I wouldn't want it taking up space and adding cost to my phone. That's the point-- Apple isn't trying to keep their boot on your neck, they're making design tradeoffs. People can yell and scream in a forum like this all they want but Apple's judgement is that including those features would make the phone less successful, therefore they didn't include them. They've been wrong before, but mostly not.
Of course you're seeing these things pop up in iPhone competitors-- they're scrambling to differentiate. Apple has never been one to reduce their marketing requirements to "everything plus", and they're a better company for it.
yes, just look at Samsung Galaxy SIII. It has wireless charging and it's 1% thicker and 1% heavier than iPhone 5. Apple would never compromise on weight that much (forget the brick that was iPhone 4S).
You do realize that the SIII doesn't have wireless charging, right?
http://pocketnow.com/2012/08/02/in-...ireless-charger-third-party-solution-arrives/
When it does come, it requires a modified backplate to work. The Nokia Lumia 920 also requires a special case to work. As did that Palm Pebble or whatever it was. That raises the question: if you like this idea so much, kickstart a wireless charger for iPhone. It's an add on for every other device, it seems like an opportunity.
Not necessarily. NFC has other uses for things like sharing to other devices, pairing with peripherals, and even using NFC tags to launch applications, set user settings, and more.
Mobile payments are a great use for NFC, but certainly not the only use.
Almost all of that can be done by other means. Bluetooth LE for example. NFC is a niche technology. I've worked with these technologies for years and just can't get excited about the idea that "near field" means security. I'll choose encryption and smart use policies any day.
Credit card companies like it because when you don't enter your PIN you don't feel like you've spent money. I don't see that as a plus. Subways are the one place where I actually think NFC makes sense-- you need user identification at a narrow check point, and you can't expect to keep anything clean enough to use a camera and barcode.
I guess if I'm wrong there's always next year...
