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pyroscott Member Level: LTE Advanced

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We may not see a LTE phone on Sprint for a while that doesn't include a NFC chip. The article NFC to Come Standard in Sprint LTE Phones states that only the low end phones that will be free or very cheap for new customers/upgrades will not have the NFC chip because of the extra cost of the chip. There have already been 2 LTE phones announced and they both have the chips. Sprint must be betting that NFC transactions take off and they can make some good kickbacks from a partnership with Google Wallet.

 

Although I suppose nobody will take it seriously until Apple includes it on the iPhone (rolls eyes).

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Good move by Sprint to keep things mixed up. Now if the payment industry would catch up so this could take off. Here's a supporting article that discusses Sprints NFC plans and other items.

 

http://www.phonedog.com/2012/01/11/sprint-talks-up-its-incoming-lte-devices-explains-lack-of-windows-phones/

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After this period of new device inactivity the next few months awaiting LTE devices, I think Sprint is going to try hard to stay on the cutting edge with new devices. I think it's going to be apart of their future strategy. Sprint is looking up! They are playing all their cards right...finally. I hope they keep it up.

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