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Well, there has to be some kind of interaction with a Point Of Sale device. Either Bluetooth 4.0 or NFC would suffice. NFC has enough Point Of Sale inroads (e
by swamp40 13y ago
Well, there has to be some kind of interaction with a Point Of Sale device.
Either Bluetooth 4.0 or NFC would suffice.
NFC has enough Point Of Sale inroads (esp. in the rest of the world besides the US), that it is a more natural choice.
It's possible Apple didn't want to radically redesign the 5S case and internals in the manner necessary to include NFC.
But if Apple hasn't implemented NFC by next year's redesign, then they must have something else in mind.
Personally, I'm betting they put NFC into the new iWatch. Authenticated via the new fingerprint reader in the 5S.
I'm also betting that new M7 chip shows up in the iWatch.
- alexcroox 13y agoDidn't Apple say they wouldn't consider NFC until the technology has matured enough not to hammer the battery life so much. As much as I want NFC I'm inclined to agree, if I wanted terrible battery life I'd buy an Android.
- swamp40 13y agoThe battery life is fine nowadays, it's a mature technology. They now send out a small pulse a few times a second, and then watch the decay on their own antenna. A change in the decay rate means another resonant antenna is nearby and stealing its energy - so then they power up fully to check things out. Apple always says stuff like that until they're ready to unveil what they've been working on. Bigger screens, Hi-Def displays, etc. - all right out of the same playbook. You can't trust exactly what they say, because they have their own agenda.
- sytelus 13y agoWhy should it drain battery? Shouldn't NFC be activated only when user interacts with some payment UX on phone?