The big win here will be increased adoption of NFC: Apple is going to drive the ...

Someone1234 · on Sept 9, 2014

There's nothing left to "drive." NFC is here and has been here quite a while.

My camera supports NFC, my WiFi router supports NFC (useless though), my laptop has NFC, tons of payment providers do NFC, my LG washing machine has NFC (seriously), and on and on.

Apple is stupid late to the NFC party. NFC is here, and it is already super-popular. They cannot drive anything, they can just follow along.

owenmarshall · on Sept 9, 2014

Roughly 2% of the payments in the US are completed with NFC.

I wouldn't say it's "super-popular".

blisterpeanuts · on Sept 9, 2014

Will the new Apple devices support general access to NFC, or will it be locked up for payments only?

In Android, NFC is generally available to developers, but Apple may not want that, given their tradition of hiding complexity and choices from users.