Now the rumors are confirmed that the new unit will receive NFC. According to the site 9to5Mac, at this point in the line of source code of the operating system iOS, indicating that this component is directly connected to the control unit power of one of the prototypes of the future leader of Apple.
NFC Wireless Controller can turn iPhone into an electronic wallet for payment systems such as Google Wallet, and to expand opportunities for new applications of the Passbook iOS 6. Moreover NFC will enable users to easily share files between iOS-devices.
“Apple plans to integrate NFC with a Passbook. The company thinks about how to make this the most user-friendly way, and then they will look for ways to monetize. In the first place in the company think about the users, rather than on how to make money. In another way, as you know, does not work - says technical director of the telecommunications group, Jim Peters, SITA. - Cupertino want people used to use Passbook, and also had an incentive to purchase a new model of iPhone c NFC, through which they can pay with credit cards in the application. “
Last year, the Internet is actively speculation about the possible appearance of NFC module 2 and to the iPad iPhone 4S. However, this did not happen - Apple has refused to use this technology because of "lack of a uniform standard in the industry."
But, apparently, the time for the integration of NFC chips into products on iOS Apple devices and connect to modern payment services arrived. With the development of Google Wallet , Google launched in September 2011, in Cupertino prepared to support in order to integrate this technology in iOS 6. The release of the operating system will fall in the annual event Apple.
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