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NFC Chip From NXP Confirmed for iPhone 6
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That's all fine and dandy until your phone battery dies and you get stuck somewhere because you can't start your car...
Seems most that say their country of origin uses it a lot and assume the whole world does too...lol.
I've seen it in quite a few places now. But I've yet to see anybody actually use it in the US.
I don't keep my keys in my wallet, that's my point. In fact if I lost my wallet I would lose all of $40 a drivers license which is easy to replace and a credit card which is also easy to replace. I would still get in my house though.
Here's an example of both car and house door in one:
In 2012, BMW partnered with a the Stockholm Clarion Hotel, for a pilot program where BMW owners could remotely reserve a room from their car.
When they got to the hotel, they simply went to their reserved room and used their BMW NFC key fob to open the NFC equipped room door.
BMW has foreseen a lot of uses for such a key fob.
BMW's NFC Key is your ticket to ride, and you should care - Engadget
Yeah the more I hear it the more I realize how flimsy it sounds. If you read macrumors its like the entire galaxy is using nfc payments, authorizing millions per day while the US lags horribly behind.
Not buying that crap...
That might be the future. However, what do you do if it gets stolen, or shatters into a million pieces, or gets wet? If this thing was as cheap, as sturdy and as weather resistant as a physical key, that would be awesome.
They have to be. The use of a constant identifier is laughable. Even computer game logins are protected better than bank accounts, because the pass code changes every 30 seconds. I want my credit card number to change every 30 seconds.
Besides "losing" it...it could also just stop working. Technology is never perfect.
Working in London (shoreditch) I use NFC multiple times daily, to the point that I no longer need to carry cash. This plus I use NFC for travel, Oyster card.
In regards to security (max £15-£20 depending on who you bank with per transaction), occasional payments do need pin entry to confirm ownership. And if your card is stolen, like mine was, the bank will reimburse fraudulent transactions, mine totalled £35.
So I for one welcome NFC on the new iPhone, allow mandatory pin or fingerprint identification on transactions over £20 and let me bin my wallet and travel cards forever.
In regards to security (max £15-£20 depending on who you bank with per transaction), occasional payments do need pin entry to confirm ownership. And if your card is stolen, like mine was, the bank will reimburse fraudulent transactions, mine totalled £35.
So I for one welcome NFC on the new iPhone, allow mandatory pin or fingerprint identification on transactions over £20 and let me bin my wallet and travel cards forever.
Now it's even more interesting that Apple's own stores have mobile payment units with NFC.
They're probably getting ready to accept tap payments from owners of the iPhone 6.
So maybe the mystery cube contains both a demo home and a store. And an exercise room.
(Assuming it doesn't contain an animatronic Steve, that is.)
They're probably getting ready to accept tap payments from owners of the iPhone 6.
So maybe the mystery cube contains both a demo home and a store. And an exercise room.
(Assuming it doesn't contain an animatronic Steve, that is.)
So could all your credit cards. Mine did once for some unknown reason. Maybe it was a magnet? Who knows. The point is that we're just trading in one for another. The "loss" reasoning really isn't anything.
Like I said a couple of times, I think Apple finally included NFC on the iPhone 6 models for the following reasons:
1. Japanese and South Korean cellphone carriers want this capability because NFC mobile payment systems are common in these two countries.
2. Apple's rumored mobile payments deal with China UnionPay may require NFC because China UnionPay payment terminals in China use NFC.
3. Apple's newest handheld devices used at their Apple Store retail stores for payment confirmation uses NFC.
4. Because the case design of the iPhone 6 models are totally new (and uses an antenna design cross-licensed from HTC), they can design in an NFC radio/antenna subsystem right from the start.
If Apple's NFC subsystem works with current NFC payment systems like Mobile Suica and Rakuten Edy in Japan and Olleh Touch in South Korea, this could be REALLY bad news for Android handset makers. It could effectively put an end to garakei phones in Japan and could really hurt Samsung and LG, too.
1. Japanese and South Korean cellphone carriers want this capability because NFC mobile payment systems are common in these two countries.
2. Apple's rumored mobile payments deal with China UnionPay may require NFC because China UnionPay payment terminals in China use NFC.
3. Apple's newest handheld devices used at their Apple Store retail stores for payment confirmation uses NFC.
4. Because the case design of the iPhone 6 models are totally new (and uses an antenna design cross-licensed from HTC), they can design in an NFC radio/antenna subsystem right from the start.
If Apple's NFC subsystem works with current NFC payment systems like Mobile Suica and Rakuten Edy in Japan and Olleh Touch in South Korea, this could be REALLY bad news for Android handset makers. It could effectively put an end to garakei phones in Japan and could really hurt Samsung and LG, too.
You've never heard of it, so it mustn't exist, right?
Source: http://www.thepaypers.com/mobile-pa...tless-payments-in-japan-south-korea/754854-16
Please oh please let it work with my Sony RX100m2 camera. While I can still use the iPhone without NFC, with it is so much easier. It's really the only thing I use NFC for.
The big reason for NFC is the iWatch. You won't have to take out your phone from your pocket to make payments, just use your watch. Your iWatch with NFC will be your ultimate key and wallet. Mark my words.
And what do you do when your battery runs out of juice? Apple has been very careful not to give their customers a too big battery so that you can't go through a whole day without charging the thing.
NFC is already here and in use in some countries... i.e. Canada.
It's only the United States which is behind in payment technology, both NFC and EMV. Probably due to how deregulated/decentralized the US banking system is ... no one can agree on anything.
Mobile wallet payment is available at the major banks now - you just need to swap for a new payment compatible SIM ($10): http://www.rogers.com/web/content/suretap?setLanguage=en
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