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Re:The iPhone 5 by cooldeal on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @12:40AM (#4542117)
Well, if only NFC had a big backer and became much more popular.. then maybe merchants would use it. A backer like, you know Apple?
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Re:The iPhone 5 by dtorres on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @01:24AM (#4542254)
So, you are saying that Samsung and Nokia aren't popular enough?

Samsung and Nokia are popular enough and have the resources to back NFC but as of now they haven't done anything besides launching phones with the technology.

NFC today is just a dummy selling point and they know it, because they haven't done anything to make it popular.

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Re:The iPhone 5 by r00fus on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @05:15PM (#4545622)
This is basically where Bluetooth was in, say 2003. People are disappointed because Apple is generally forward-looking when it comes to standards and tech, but has shied away from NFC (which shouldn't be surprising given their stance on USB3.0 and Blu-Ray).
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Re:The iPhone 5 by wmf on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @01:13AM (#4542225)
Using that same argument, maybe Apple will create some sort of Bluetooth-based payment system.
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