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New iPhone Prototypes Have Integrated NFC chips and Antenna

Posted by samzenpus on from the next-generation dept.

zacharye writes "Apple's next-generation iPhone will feature an integrated NFC chip according to a new report, suggesting the Cupertino, California-based company may soon make its entrance into the mobile payment space. A report from 9to5Mac states that an analysis of code from Apple's latest iOS software includes references to an integrated NFC chip and antenna."

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  1. Insane! by Haxagon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Apple smartphone will finally have feature-parity with other smartphones one-to-two generations after the fact? This must have never happened before!

    1. Re:Insane! by CanHasDIY · · Score: 5, Funny

      The Apple smartphone will finally have feature-parity with other smartphones one-to-two generations after the fact? This must have never happened before!

      Yea, but it wasn't "innovative" before Apple started doing it...

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    2. Re:Insane! by iluvcapra · · Score: 4, Insightful

      NFC isn't a feature, use-anywhere mobile payments is a feature. NFC+Google Wallet doesn't deliver use-anywhere.

      Delivering universal mobile payments is not a technology problem, it's a business problem.

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  2. Re:NFC and hacking by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    So this is why Apple is backing off on their claims of virus immunity. NFC is a big target.

    That's OK, you'll have to hold it a special way to get it to work.

    It's a feature, not a bug.

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  3. Re:How you integrate also counts as innovation by jo_ham · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So in your mind a set of buttons arranged in a circle is "the same" as a rotating disc that is used to navigate a menu on a screen?

    I can see your problem!

    Of course, you left out the fact that the Diamond Rio also stole the idea from the automobile, which also has circular design features and buttons.

    On a serious point, you're attributing "Apple fan hype" to a product that pretty much reignited Apple (along with the iMac). When the iPod came out no one cared about Apple or their small user and fan base. You're thinking about what they're like now and applying that to the era when the iPod came out - there was no "giant devoted fanbase" fawning over "the next insanely great thing" - there was just a small (admittedly devoted) fanbase who stuck with them through the dark years. It certainly wasn't those tiny minority who propelled the iPod into the stratosphere. It was a genuinely much better product to use (but not technically - there were other players with better sound quality) and it sold like hot cakes, especially when it was released in a Windows compatible format.

    There weren't any "suckers" when the iPod came out - Apple's fanbase was almost non existent through years of circling the drain.