Lid off Iphone 6: What next?

|TAP Special| With the veil off Iphone 6, the buzz is now on what the tech giant will do to sustain the interest and loyalty of Apple enthusiasts. Apple has played the secrecy card for optimum results, so one can expect this policy to continue for products in the pipeline as well.

A major talking point now is how soon the leading smart phone maker would introduce mobile payments to Iphone 6 and what technology it is likely to adopt. There has been speculation that most probably this will be NFC.

Apple could have adopted the NFC technology long ago. But since NFC technology requires retailers to upgrade their point-of-sale systems to include the technology, it still seems questionable that Apple would go for it

Motely Fool analyst Evan Niu suggests the question is no longer whether or not the technology will be used in the phone. The better question, he says, is whether or not Apple will require NFC technology for its mobile payments service or simply support it. Allowing for other technologies in addition to NFC in order to conduct transactions could broaden adoption of the payments service.

Obviously the broader the appeal for Apple’s new mobile payments service, the better for investors — as long as any other technologies Apple decides to support in addition to NFC are equally as effective.

Another point of interest is whether Apple will go for larger displays. Apple has been unwilling to transition to smart phones with larger displays as rapidly as other manufacturers. According to New York Times, this could be due to the company’s uneasiness about a user experience that could require two hands for typing, according to The New York Times.

The paper has talked of solution to this problem through certain design aspects, which can provide a software interface allowing people to type or use apps with just one hand — there will be a one-handed mode that can be switched on and off.

In any case, there is plenty of stuff that will keep Apple enthusiasts as well as the company’s rivals guessing about the next big move.