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Originally Posted by Stuart
NFC is, I think, a solution without a problem. People do seem to think it's useful and a good thing, but no one seems sure what it's for and why it's a good thing.
Even one of the two mainstream uses people have identified (NFC cash cards) hasn't really taken off. The other (NFC travel tickets such as Oyster) has, but even that uses primarily proprietary systems that I doubt will be moving to mobile phones anytime soon.
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Oyster uses RFID. It's why TFL haven't been able to move it onto phones as they're concerned the time it takes to register is still too slow for their operation to run smoothly. They have shown a willingness to let people use their phones once the technology facilities it.
I think it will payments and ticketing on phones will eventually take off and Apple will implement it but it may be something other than NFC. Apple's Passport and now fingerprint scan make me pretty certain it's coming in the near future on iPhone.