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NFC – Contactless Payments | What’s next for Apple’s iPhone?

NFC – Contactless Payments | What’s next for Apple’s iPhone?

This is one of the most obvious inclusions given Google’s foray into contactless payment services and partnership with Samsung to include NFC chips within the Google-branded Nexus S Android smartphone.

In January, Apple posted a new job listing to its recruitment page seeking a test engineer for iPhone hardware. The listing required the candidate to have knowledge of RFID, a radio technology that falls under the Near Field Communications banner, which can be been used to wirelessly transmit secure data to devices within a close proximity.

Apple’s listing followed analyst reports that the company was readying its own e-wallet, utilising existing customer data and payment details which it has collected for iTunes and App Store use to provide a simple and effective way for iPhone owners to wirelessly pay for goods and services, possibly replacing house keys in a number of years.

Apple already has the necessary components in place to include the technology and roll out an associated service. With millions of customers having already entered their payment details into iTunes to pay for music, apps and movie downloads, Apple is trusted the world over and would likely be the catalyst in pushing contactless payments to the masses.

If Apple doesn’t do it first, it does it better; an Apple-powered payment service would almost certainly roll out across the world at launch, something that no other smartphone manufacturer has either attempted or simply doesn’t have the resources to do.

[Thanks: http://thenextweb.com]

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