iPhone with NFC (Near Field Communication) not coming next
The next iPhone will not include Near Field Communication possibilities according to a new report from Business Insider.
The next iPhone will apparently be an upgrade of the current iPhone 4 – called the 4s, and it is more likely NFC chips will not appear until the iPhone 5. The iPhone with NFC (iPhone 5) is likely to be produced in 2012.
The news will come as a shock to many analysts who expected apple to stick NFC capabilities in their next iPhone, to keep pace with Google, Nokia and even Blackberry who all have NFC enabled phones on the market already.
Apples reluctance to enter an NFC Phone into the market could delay the popularity of NFC in commercial situations, but as Near Field Communication has not yet gained general acceptance with the public, this is perhaps a good move.