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Originally Posted by KC Fish
Apple shunned NFC on purpose. Probably not a good idea in many regards. But they did so because they're trying to incorporate their own similar system. Called Passbook. They're trying to do the same things as NFC, but with classic Apple Nazi control. It looks slick for what it's supposed to do, but the fact that they gave NFC the finger and are trying their own version will probably result in slower adoption of the technology as a whole.
Here's what an expert had to say:
http://www.rfidjournal.com/blog/entry/9901/
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They shunned it so they have a feature to offer in the iphone6 to get the lemmings to spend another $200 plus on when it comes out.