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Here in Canada, at least my part of Canada, we use debit and credit card with the chip and very rarely use the magnetic strip.

Now, I've heard (heresay, I admit) that in the US, retailers are extremely reluctant to go that route because:
1) It costs money to change equipment
2) They would become responsible for fraud instead of banks

Not sure if this is true or not, but I see NFC as going the same way because of powerful lobbies...

I'm in Canada, they use pay pass which I think is NFC. The NFC is only for low dollar amounts which is covered by the cc company. It is relatively secure but because of the low dollar amounts its used for (eg buying some gum), it's more convenient. Chip is more secure but takes longer, have to remember PIN etc
 
Cool... The 6th iPhone, running iOS 6, with an A6 CPU. The "5" name makes perfect sense. :rolleyes:

It's marketing, dude. No average customer knows that this is the 6th iPhone, what the name of the processor is, and likely doesn't even know what version of iOS will ship on it.

All they know is that 5 comes after 4. The end. So deal with it. :cool:
 
NFC may also be used as your car keys in the near future...

For example, my Nissan Maxima has a Push-to-Start using a proximity key, so instead of having to carry the Nissan "football" key (their term), I would just have my smartphone.

I change phones way more often than cars. Also, that car will still be driven in 10 years, when everybody is using iPhone XII. Then what?
 
NFC may also be used as your car keys in the near future...

For example, my Nissan Maxima has a Push-to-Start using a proximity key, so instead of having to carry the Nissan "football" key (their term), I would just have my smartphone.
Having just lost my iPhone I think this sort of thing is a really bad idea. If I was using this technology I would currently be stuck at the airport.
 
Having just lost my iPhone I think this sort of thing is a really bad idea. If I was using this technology I would currently be stuck at the airport.

I've always thought biometrics were the way to go with cars. My computer has a thumbprint scanner, why can't my car. I guess when it's -15 outside that could be a problem, but how often does that happen?:rolleyes:
 
So wait, for the first time, the iPhone will wind up being more powerful than the iPad the same year they're released?

Renewing the iPad line in March makes absolutely no sense at all.

I miss Steve.

Perhaps the A6 will be more power efficient making it more suitable for your handset and cellular needs.
 
I change phones way more often than cars. Also, that car will still be driven in 10 years, when everybody is using iPhone XII. Then what?

The same way you would get a replacement key for a car with push to start... You would still have a back up key or two. I for one, would never soley rely on my phone... what if I dropped it, it got stolen, or the battery died.

My friends Dad is an Electrical/Computer Engineer (Dual Major, Dual Masters, PE). He has been working on NFC in phones for a year or so as far as I know. He was telling us how purchases through your phone similar to contactless payments are just the start... The car keys thing is the only one I can remember off the top of my head.

ADDITIONAL: He works for MasterCard Internation Contactless Payments (Which makes sense because NFC is more widely used outside the US)
 
Having just lost my iPhone I think this sort of thing is a really bad idea. If I was using this technology I would currently be stuck at the airport.

You could always go print your boarding pass a something called a computer with a printer, and then proceed to loose that paper on the way to the airport.

You could also loose your car keys.

It all boils down to "Don't loose your ****"
 
Having just lost my iPhone I think this sort of thing is a really bad idea. If I was using this technology I would currently be stuck at the airport.

Like I said before, I would never use it as my sole form of keys to use my car. My friends dad was told us about it...

and you could just as easily lose your keys.

I would be more worried about the phone breaking or the battery dying.
 
NFC adoption is coming. Or to put it another way, if Apple put NFC in their phones its adoption would explode overnight. I already see plenty of places that accept Google Wallet - this would hasten the pace significantly.

I disgaree. NFC is not a foregone conclusion. There are alternatives in blue tooth and wifi direct... Apple isn't going to add a feature that will be used rarely by around 5% of users. It just doesn't make any sense as consumers as a whole are not demanding NFC and retailers aren't supporting it.
 
Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question, but is it possible to tell from this leak if the iPhone 5 will work on AWS carriers (t-mobile, wind, etc...)?
 
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Going from iPhone 4S to iPhone 6 wouldn't look weird at all.

Marketing. Hardware. Software. They are all different.

Like going from the first iPhone to iPhone 3G? Their naming for the iPhones doesn't make any sort of logical sense already. In fact why don't they call the new iPhone the 4G? Since rumors are it will have LTE.
 
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