iPhone 5 NFC rumors take the stage again following new report

By on Mar 21, 2011 at 3:20 PM
mobile March 21, 2011

Rumors surrounding an NFC-equipped iPhone from Apple date back to last summer, when Apple hired NFC expert Benjamin Vigier as its Commerce Product Manager. Speculation surrounding how Apple might use NFC dates back even further, of course, considering the many NFC-related Apple patents that have been revealed in the past. On Monday, the flames were rekindled yet again as The New York Times reported Apple will include NFC chips from Qualcomm in a future version of its iPhone handset. The Times’ report doesn’t specifically state that Apple’s next iPhone — referred to as the iPhone 5, for now — will include NFC capabilities, saying only that a “coming iteration” of Apple’s smartphone will include Qualcomm NFC chips. Following several reports however, many still anticipate that the iPhone 5 will indeed be the first Apple smartphone to include NFC capabilities. Apple is expected to unveil its next-generation iPhone in June.

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  • http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/ speedmaster

    Interesting indeed! As of now, I plan to buy out the last few months of my Sprint contract in June and get a new iPhone 5 at that point. Can’t wait!

    • Anonymous

      With the anDROID powered Nexus S 4G and the EVOTHUNDERBOLT 3D4G coming to Sprint why would you ever go to the iCrap? You lose all cred on these boards and I as official DROIDmaster banish you.

      • http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/ speedmaster

        LOL, wow, point taken! :-)

    • Anonymous

      Yeah, numero 5 is an exciting prospect.

      Mrs Feathers just love her 3GS though I won’t be getting that as hand-me-down for a while yet…

  • markyyy

    Google is way ahead of them, why is it when apple comes out with a new iPhone they just do little tiny specs to add on the phone.Android will be ahead of them soon if they do not do any major upgrade on this phone.

    • http://twitter.com/ChazClout ChazClout

      If it has iPad class internals (A5 Dual Core, 512MB Ram, PowerVR SGX543 GPU) it’ll be anything but a “tiny spec” upgrade.

      • Anonymous

        And it’ll be sublimely beautiful to behold.

        Sadly Samsung phones look like they fell out of Xmas crackers…

    • Anonymous

      You’re right. I mean, they made $4 billion on iOS last quarter while Android OEMs made less than $1 billion in the aggregate, but they’re absolutely on the verge of falling behind! How terrified Apple and it’s $50 billion bag of money must be! Run for your lives!

  • Poll

    Apple sucks my big chorizo!

    Oh yeah, 5th!

    • Anonymous

      its not that big…

      • Anonymous

        Uh!

      • Anonymous

        u out do him papi…

  • http://mindmirror007.blogspot.com/p/home.html Sathya

    It is absolutely pathetic how every time there is a gadget show that Apple has nothing to show, these so called “rumors” surface!

    • Anonymous

      I know! It’s all one big conspiracy against the competion!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Does NFC require a 3g or 4g connection? Or is the near field communication totally ‘local’? Just wondering if this feature will work in places like NYC where the AT&T network doesnt work in most places (esp. in buildings) – and wont be improved any time soon now that they are spending all their cash on TMO to overstress the network even more.

    • Michael Scrip

      Think of a credit/debit card. The card has your account number and other information buried in the magnetic strip. When you swipe a card… that information is sent over the store’s connection to your bank or credit card company.

      With NFC… your phone will have some kind of unique ID number saved in it. And when you wave it in front of a reader… it will connect to your account that you have set up elsewhere.

      It shouldn’t require a cellular signal… all you’re doing is sending a tiny bit of info a few inches away…

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1001483324 Gerry Quaglia

    Talk about a feature no one cares about. I doubt most people know or could give a shit what NFC even is.

    • Anonymous

      Oh, but wait until Apple starts using it! Then the whole world will think paying with your phone and not have to carry a wallet is the latest thing! And then it will be up to Google to clean up the mess!!! If it wasn’t for google, the world would end!

      • Anonymous

        Its also the day people bump into you on the street attempting to charge you stuff. Sure there will be safe guards, but to what end?

        I think I’ll continue to use cash or a ATM/VISA card without the bump to charge feature.

  • http://www.spencerweddings.com Jason Spencer

    Now if only I knew what NFC stood for.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1001483324 Gerry Quaglia

      NFC – Nobody Fucking Cares

      • Anonymous

        Uh, I like that one!

    • sirpaul

      near field communication

      • Anonymous

        VERY nice avatar, sirpaul…

  • Ritter

    WHO CARES?!?!? All this does is give me another way to spend money.

    What about CPU? What about 4G? What about a better camera? What about built-in navigation w/ voice guidance???

    These are things that are USEFUL to me. I travel all the time for business. (on my 2nd iPhone, BTW, in case anyone thinks I’m a “hater”) I don’t need built-in Twitter integration, a new version of iTunes or a display with 900 pixels per millimeter. I need reliable phone calls, fast as hell data rates, a fast & accurate GPS, and a camera that’s fast & clear.

    Geez, Apple is a *genius* at getting people excited about crap that does *not* make their lives better.

    • sirpaul

      I’d like to be able to pay at McDs with my phone. That, and it’s pretty darn cool :)

    • Anonymous

      You are so right. That’s why Android is so amazing. Android has made my life better is so many ways. For example:

      1. I get laid a lot more since I started using Android devices.
      2. Everything goes my way when I pull out an Android devices. I mean, the seas open like if I was Moses.
      3. I get laid a lot more.
      4. I get to my meetings on time and still manage to get laid more often.
      5. I can predict the future and buy good stocks and dump bad stocks (like aapl)
      6. Oh, did I say I get laid a lot more now???

      • Norm_4G_LTE

        people who brag about getting laid don’t get laid..lol sorry

      • Anonymous

        Boy ain’t that the truth! I won’t leave my basement… Darn it, it’s hard being a goofan (aka apple hater)

  • Norm_4G_LTE

    droid rulez!

  • Anonymous

    Who cares? Almost nobody is using NFC yet, and I don’t remember over 9,000 posts about the Nexus S having it when it got released.

  • Anonymous

    APPLE is going to keep making people waist more and more of their money just to pay upfront and they went from glass to metal case. And didn’t Steve Jobs say IN HIS BIG EGO WE DON’T NEED A 4″ SCREEN?

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