According
to a recent study from the Auriemma Consulting Group, 30% of US mobile users
would be willing to upgrade their Cell Phone for the sole purpose of
gaining NFC payment technology.
And 23% said they’d be willing to switch carrier for the extra functionality.
That’s a significant number considering the cost and hassle of switching phone
or carrier. (via tgdaily.com)
NFC world has recently released a list of the 25 Mobile Handsets which are available across stores
The Acer
E320 Liquid Express is an entry-level Android smartphone and is the
Taiwanese manufacturer’s first NFC handset.
2)BlackBerry Bold
9790
The BlackBerry
Bold 9790, codenamed ‘Bellagio’, was announced in November 2011 and is now
shipping.
The BlackBerry
Bold 9900 and 9930, the first handsets from Research in Motion to include NFC,
were announced in early May 2011 and are now shipping.
The BlackBerry
Curve 9350, BlackBerry Curve 9360 andBlackBerry Curve 9370 were
announced in August 2011 and are now shipping.
The BlackBerry
Curve 9380, also known as ‘Orlando’, was announced in November 2011 and is now retailing across stores
The Samsung
Galaxy Nexus is the latest Google reference handset and is now shipping in
the UK and the US. The phone runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The Google
Nexus S, a full-featured smartphone running Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’ and
manufactured by Samsung, has NFC support built in.
A version
of the HTC Incredible designed to run China UnionPay’s NFC payments
service via a microSD-based NFC add-on was announced in August 2011.
The HTC
One X is the new flagship handset for the Taiwanese phone giant, featuring
a 4.7-inch 1280 by 720 display, quad-core Tegra 3 processor, Android 4.0 and
NFC. The One X — previously known by the codename HTC Edge — will be
available from April 2012.
The LG
Optimus LTE, also known by the model number LG LU6200, is a high-end
Android smartphone which boasts a 4.5-inch HD screen, LTE and NFC.