On the issue of NFC, it is not widely used enough to justify including it and I understand there are still some issues with the technology. I believe APple is banking on the fact there is a wider use of barcodes which would be a very smart move. You can do quite a lot with just barcodes and not include a NFC chip.
On Sep 14, 2012, at 2:38 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Well said, Allison. It seems that with every release of a new iPhone a > certain group of people (and I don’t necessarily mean just people on this > list) complain and say it’s disappointing etc. When the 4S came out it was > the same, a lot of people were disappointed it wasn’t called the iPhone 5 as > if the name matters and so on. I actually think it would have been smart of > Apple to just call it “the new iPhone”, after all, a MacBook Pro or an iMac > doesn’t have a model number. Compared to a 4S the iPhone 5 is maybe not quite > as big an update as the 4S was from the 4, but of course for the many people > who are on a 4 or even 3GS it’s huge and who says it has to be this > incredible new innovation every year, it’s not as if anybody’s life and > happiness depends on the fact that they buy a new iPhone every year; at least > it shouldn’t depend on that, if it does maybe you need to spend money on a > shrink instead of a new iPhone. I heard a lot of disappointment that there is > no NFC, but I think Apple may feel NFC it’s just not the thing and they > certainly don’t adopt something if they don’t believe in it or if they think > the time isn’t right. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
