Anul trecut au existat numeroase zvonuri care indicau posibila lansare a unui nou iPhone echipat cu un chip NFC insa in final nimic din ceea ce s-a prezis nu s-a intamplat. Anul acesta zvonurile revin in actualitate multumita unui interviu dat de un membru al echipei de conducere a Mastercard care sugereaza ca Apple lucreaza la implementarea tehnologiei NFC in propriile terminale. El nu specifica in mod clar acest lucru insa da de inteles ca pentru a fi populara tehnologia NFC trebuie sa fie implementata intr-un iDevice si Mastercard ar fi incheiat deja un parteneriat cu Apple pentru a aduce aceasta tehnologie pe piata.
“The timeline is always as rapid as it makes sense for consumers,” he says. “That’s a combination of having a critical mass of the merchants, which is what you’re seeing right now, and getting devices into the hands of consumers. I don’t know of a handset manufacturer that isn’t in process of making sure their stuff is PayPass ready.”
So that would include Apple then?
“Um, there are…like I say, [I don’t know of] any handset maker out there,” McLaughlin says. “Now, when we have discussions with our partners, and they ask us not to disclose them, we don’t.”
Informatiile de acum se coroboreaza cu altele de anul trecut furnizate de New York Times si care anuntau lansarea unui iPhone echipat cu tehnologia NFC desi la acea data nu se specifica despre care model al iPhone ar fi vorba. Steve Jobs a declarat acum cativa ani ca tehnologia NFC nu este inca indeajuns de matura pentrua fi utilizata in terminale mobile si a avut dreptate insa anul acesta Apple ar putea sa o faca populara prin intermediul iPhone-ului. Problema cu acest gen de tehnologii sta in faptul ca trebuie sa existe locatii unde ea sa poata fi utilizata si deocamdata doar in SUA exista indeajuns de multe locatii care ar permite utilizatorilor sa faca plati prin NFC.
According to two people with knowledge of the inner workings of a coming iteration of the Apple iPhone – although not necessarily the next one – a chip made by Qualcomm for the phone’s processor will also include near-field communication technology, known as N.F.C. This technology enables short-range wireless communications between the phone and an N.F.C reader, and can be used to make mobile payments. It is unclear which version of an iPhone this technology would be built into.
