Apple iPhone 6 to Feature NFC Support?

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Posted May 12, 2014 at 3:36pm by Shalom Levytam

A new report from BrightWire says that the iPhone 6 is likely to feature Near Field Communication (NFC) support and that Apple has already reached an agreement with China UnionPay on a mobile payment service.

Under the deal with China UnionPay, users would be able to download the bank card organization’s app to Passbook in their iPhones and make mobile payments on over 3 million China UnionPay’s “QuickPass” POS machines in China, the source said. Currently China UnionPay is developing a system that follows its PBOC QuickPass standard which is compatible with Apple's iOS. Major Chinese banks have been invited to participate in the project.

Additionally, the companies are said to be working on another mobile payment solution that would let customers make purchases in Apple Stores.

In September 2012, Phil Schiller revealed why the iPhone 5 did not have NFC support. It's not clear that NFC is the solution to any current problem, Schiller said. "Passbook does the kinds of things customers need today."

Following the launch of iOS 7, it appeared as though an Apple mobile payments service would be more likely to run off iBeacons; however, last month KGI Securities analyst Ming Chi-Kuo also predicted that the iPhone 6 would support NFC.

More details in the full report linked below...

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kevinmaccloud - May 12, 2014 at 9:32pm

With iOS 7 being out and not too old, Apple being reluctant for years to embed NFC, and the latter being deceiving for most businesses i don't even know why someone took time to write this article. Simply put : We would have seen some NFC related code lines within iOS 7 already, just like the ipad and future iOS upgrades or future devices' hardware were exposed

Gully Bull - May 12, 2014 at 6:07pm

They've been saying this for the last 2 versions, I'll believe it when we see it.

Jane Doe - May 12, 2014 at 4:55pm

Many users might not feel the need for NFC technology yet.

gamerscul9870 - May 12, 2014 at 4:58pm

Exactly but maybe some asked for it. For me though we have plugs so yeah useless.

Fukran John - May 12, 2014 at 3:43pm

It was expected that NFC would eventually come to the iPhone, as it is already available on the Samsung S5. Many users have been predicting this addition for some time.