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No Contactless Payment System In Next iPhone

Posted by timothy on from the we-want-you-to-touch dept.

RedEaredSlider writes "Citing fears over a lack of an industry standard, Apple has ditched plans to include near field communication technology in its next iPhone, The Independent reports. The technology, which allows users to make payments simply by waving their devices over special readers, is widely believed to be the next major step in both cell phone and payment technologies. Apple's decision to avoid it is a significant blow to its adoption."

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  1. Most Likely Reason by Freaky+Spook · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Apple hasn't figured a away to get fee's from sellers and customers yet.

  2. Has slashdot degenerated (further) by line-bundle · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Has this become the official iPhone gossip site?

    Every too often an article like this comes which has no substance. It's not news for nerds, it doesn't matter.

  3. Re:it would make it too wide! by cayenne8 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I say thank God for this!!

    I seriously don't want something in my phone that hooks in any way into a payment system whether it digs directly into my checking account..or even a special one. Just a great way to get charged for money by a thief. I prefer to just carry cash most of the time.....I don't even like the ATM cards that are also debit cards, and have had to tell the bank I don't want one....only an ATM card, and they sent them to me...

    Aside from the privacy and security problems I have with it..do I REALLY need a new, overly convenient way to spend more fucking money?

    Hell...I'm trying to save for a house and retirement some day....I don't need more temptations to spend easy cash.

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    Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
  4. Re:it would make it too wide! by currently_awake · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you lose your wallet the cash is gone. If you lose your phone the thief can run up thousands of dollars in PHONE charges. If you lose your contactless payment device: the thief can spend till your daily limit, or until the police track him down by the built in gps, or until you remotely disable the device. Also there is no reason your phone couldn't have a passcode required to spend money or to spend over a transaction/daily limit. Given the choice the lost contactless payment device might very well be the cheaper theft.