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		dr_ on Sept 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Guy Kawasaki on why he gave up on iOS I'd like to know how many times he has been able to use NFC in the US. Does he seriously believe Apple can't throw in a little chip? There are other reasons they don't do this, mostly because of the inability to have much impact on how payments are performed at this time, and NFC hasn't changed things much. And they've had LTE on their latest ipad, just a matter of time before it was ready for the iPhone without destroying battery life.

madmoose on Sept 25, 2012 | [–]

The NFC chip might be small but the antenna is HUGE.

vetinari on Sept 25, 2012 | | [–]

And it does not play nice with aluminium casing. It is basically mutually exclusive choice.

sswezey on Sept 25, 2012 | [–]

I use my NFC almost everyday. I use it to pay with my phone at those wireless credit card scanners.

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