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# Why NFC Coming To iPhone and iOS Is Good

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Seth Goldstein

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September 10, 2014

Sol 1

[This post originally appeared on Linkedin September 2, 2014.](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140902164033-10125183-why-nfc-coming-to-iphone-and-ios-is-good-for-everyone?trk=mp-reader-card)

![Image](https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/p/3/005/083/1ce/2ed94d7.jpg)Up until now NFC (Near-Field Communication) was mostly used in the mobile space by non-iOS devices and hasn’t been as widely adopted as many had hoped.

With rumors of NFC coming as a feature in the new iPhone 6, we’ll see NFC finally take hold and become a standard. In the end, NFC coming to the iPhone and iOS is good for everyone.

I’ve been an Android user for a while now and love the idea of NFC for marketing and for convenience. By just tapping your phone to a small tag one can automate a number of functions and features.

Some features that will be simpler with NFC:

- Turning on/off GPS
- Turning on/off WiFi
- Tap-to-pay (With Google Wallet or any other NFC enabled mobile payment system)
- Checking in to a location on a network like Swarm/Foursquare
- Tap a movie poster to be taken to a movie trailer

The uses for NFC are endless.

Have you tried NFC? What do you think? Will it be useful?

*Seth Goldstein in the Creative Director at [Goldstein Media LLC a Philadelphia-based interactive agency](http://www.goldsteinmedia.com/)
. You can find out more about him by [visiting his About.me page](http://www.sethgoldstein.ws/)
.*