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I'm interested to see if they discover a firmware disabled NFC chip, similar to how Bluetooth was originally included but disabled. And yes, I'm aware it was publicly denied.


You need a large antenna for NFC:

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-S-Teardown/4365/1#s2013...

(hover over the second picture on Step 3)

Even if a chip existed, the iPhone 5's aluminum back wouldn't provide a spot to place an NFC antenna.


NFC antennas are huge, it wouldn't be possible for the phone to have one internally with a metal backplate.


Bluetooth was originally included but disabled

What?


Some ipod touch devices had a bluetooth chip in them and it wasn't enabled.


Not some, the entire second generation.




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