When is an NFC antennanot an NFC aerial ? When it ’s reportedly attached to an iPhone 5 . Contrary to recent speculation , Apple ’s newest handset will not feature an NFC defrayal scheme .
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While NFC , or Near Field Communications engineering has lately gained adhesive friction in the marketplace — Mobile River payments worldwide areexpected to top$170 billion by the remnant of the year — services such as Google Wallet , Square , and Citibank PayPass are still far from ubiquitous . Despite Apple ’s massive market reach , with more than250 million iPhones domicile in American pocketsand400 million participating quotation cards on file , the Cupertino society seem to have adopted a wait - and - see approach , deferring to its challenger to shoulder the risks implicit in to NFC ’s early implementation . Just like it has for the past three year .
Instead , the Passbook app for iOS 6 , which was wide speculated as the software system sand for any presumed NFC service , will employ QR codes for the foreseeable future . No , earnestly , QR codification .
range : Ars Technica
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