While most have assumed the iPhone 5 will include NFC technology for turning your iPhone into an eWallet, Japanese carrier Softbank has announced they’ll be releasing their own NFC payment system for the iPhone 4 ahead of Apple in the form of a sticker you can apply to Apple’s flagship smartphone. From Engadget:
Softbank has responded to complaints about the iPhone 4’s NFC deficit by introducing a new “seal” for the back of Apple’s latest and greatest.
The seal is applied to the back of the iPhone 4 covering all but the camera and will be able to communicate with the FeliCa payment system used in Japan. Apparently the sticker won’t interfere with cases like Apple’s own Bumper case, but based on the picture above I really can’t see this system working with every case out there.
Also noted by Engadget is that the sticker doesn’t actually communicate with […]
Read the original post by Andrew Wray