Another Report Suggests NFC Support for iPhone 6, Chip to Be Provided by NXP
Apple will feature near field communication (NFC) technology in the iPhone 6 with a chip provided by Dutch company NXP Semiconductors, according to a report from the Financial Times. The chip will allow the iPhone to be scanned by payment terminals and ticket systems, while also allowing for further integration with other methods.
Throughout the past week, a number of rumors and reports from various sources have claimed that the iPhone 6 will gain NFC support. Evidence of NFC capabilities provided by NXP first surfaced earlier this week in a claimed schematic, which showed the company's PN65 chip on the iPhone 6's logic board.
Yesterday, technology news website WIRED and Apple blogger John Gruber also suggested that the iPhone 6 would feature NFC, with the latter stating that Apple's NFC-based mobile payment system would use a new secure enclave coprocessor built into the company's new A8 chip, which was also suggested by previous reports.
Last month, it was reported that Apple was in talks with major credit card companies like Visa over a mobile payment solution that would utilize the credit card data already stored in millions of iTunes accounts. Apple also was said to be interviewing senior payments industry executives to take on roles within the company, possibly indicating that the company has been hard at work on creating its own mobile payments service.
Apple is expected to debut the iPhone 6 and a wearable device at an event on September 9.
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Go to a secure site and ask them to accept a picture of you on your phone for access. LOL.
Itll be Bo GEDDOUDAHEERE!
I'll just go and burn my wallet now ......
Whilst this is undoubtably a step in the right direction ... Let's be realistic. There is a very very long road ahead. Don't go trying to run a marathon when your barely finished learning to tie your shoelaces. ;) and put your wallet back in your pocket....
I don’t think we’re rid of it yet.
Why does 99.99% of the population think that the iPhone will replace everything you carry in your pocket?
They said this with voice dialing (the original iPhone lacked it).
They said this with 3G.
They said this with LTE.
They will likely make similar statements when they release the larger screen iPhones and when they release NFC.
The reality is that it's all about marketing. There has to be a good reason to upgrade. 3G was a good reason. LTE was a good reason. Siri was a so-so reason. Larger screens and NFC are good reasons.