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The other side of the Connected Things equation pertains to consumer education and behavior, which Apple has been ingeniously working to establish. Since the iPhone 7 and iOS 11, subsequent NFC software improvements in iOS 13, and developer support for NFC and NFC tags via the Core NFC Framework, the technology side of the Connected Things equation has been established across the smartphone market. Companies were hesitant to invest in NFC if iPhone users were unable to use the technology, and as a result, the Connected Things environment that NFC enables was also hampered. The iPhone’s substantial market share during the 2010 to 2016 period when it did not support NFC posed a major roadblock to widespread consumer NFC adoption.

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This lack of NFC capabilities contrasted with Google’s Android devices, which had adopted NFC hardware and software support in late 2010 and has been included in almost all Android phones since. While the iPhone 6 supported NFC for contactless payment only via Apple Pay, previous iPhones did not support NFC. Like all iPhones since the iPhone 7, released in 2016 alongside iOS 11, the new iPhones feature native software and hardware support for NFC functionality. Apple’s September “Special Event” for 2021 (video below) has followed the theme of the past ten years with the announcement of new iPhone models including the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max (whew!), complementing Apple’s announcement of iOS 15 in June.

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