As more and more Android, Windows Phone, and even BlackBerry smartphones support NFC, Apple’s becoming more and more of an outlier thanks to its hesitance to adopt the technology. Back when the iPhone 5 came out, we heard Apple talk a little about why it wasn’t jumping on the NFC bandwagon, claiming that NFC just wasn’t necessary for what it was doing in Passbook. As we look forward to the imminent launch of the iPhone 5S, will NFC make a surprise showing? We can’t say just yet, but a ...
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