Rumor continue to churn out reports that Apple will build a payments system into the iPhone 6, which will likely be introduced in September, especially after last week’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, better known as the WWDC. The fact is the iPhone 6 rumor mill has kicked into overdrive. Just Google search “iPhone 6 feature rumors” and you’ll see for yourself. Heck, there is even an iPhone 6 website – which has been reporting on the iPhone 6 since July 2013. Still, many observers are expecting payments in the iPhone 6. Their reasoning boils down to six arguments, which are: NFC, NFC, NFC. The company was reportedly ready to build NFC into its last iPhone, but Apple decided to opt out because mobile payment systems weren’t popular or “mature” enough, VentureBeat reports. NFC is back on the table, it seems, despite the false alarm before the iPhone 5S was released. Clearly, NFC allows for the transfer of information between phone and other device vis “tap.” As Business Insider points out, Android phones have had this feature for quite a while, and it’s most commonly used in “tap-to-pay” mobile payment systems. The upshot: if the iPhone 6 has NFC, it will also […]
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