No NFC?

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Has this been confirmed or is it only a rumor that the Epic Touch will not have NFC?

If no NFC, it's a deal breaker - not buying. 2 years without a new technology with a lot of promise is too long.

If it does have, definitely buying.

No NFC support...sorry , I don't know why you would make it a deciding factor considering there is very very very little support for NFC so far.

Originally Posted by Korey_Nicholson

No NFC support...sorry , I don't know why you would make it a deciding factor considering there is very very very little support for NFC so far.

Preferences I suppose. I'm getting the E4GT regardless of NFC because, like you said, the NFC support is very little so far. I haven't seen or even heard of anyone I know that even used it. When the technology become more widespread then it'll be a game-changer.

Note: It also doesn't have WiDi technology in it either.

NFC will be more widespread in about 2 years, right in time for an upgrade

Here's what I'm going to say about this: I'm still waiting for confirmation from our samsung rep regarding a question I asked her the other day. (I work as a tech at a corporate store).

What should be known: the "confirmation" that the epic 4g touch lacks NFC support is derived from the fact that there were no NFC related system processes running in the background when a couple of curious previewers decided to take a peek. As far as I know and from everything I've read, there still hasn't been a claim made, nor evidence of, that the Epic 4g touch is actually lacking the hardware for it.

So I asked her point blank and she didn't know the answer: is the phone actually lacking the hardware for NFC or is the software to run it simply not included (yet)? I'm waiting for a reply, so stay tuned. Also, by tomorrow, I'll definitely be taking one apart for practice, and I'll do a little microchip research to see what I can find on my own.



EDIT: also, read my words carefully. I said "as far as I know", meaning that there may have been a post somewhere that I never read that shows proof of lack-of-hardware, so if there is, I'm sorry, but please post it here

Originally Posted by squshy 7

Here's what I'm going to say about this: I'm still waiting for confirmation from our samsung rep regarding a question I asked her the other day. (I work as a tech at a corporate store).

What should be known: the "confirmation" that the epic 4g touch lacks NFC support is derived from the fact that there were no NFC related system processes running in the background when a couple of curious previewers decided to take a peek. As far as I know and from everything I've read, there still hasn't been a claim made, nor evidence of, that the Epic 4g touch is actually lacking the hardware for it.

So I asked her point blank and she didn't know the answer: is the phone actually lacking the hardware for NFC or is the software to run it simply not included (yet)? I'm waiting for a reply, so stay tuned. Also, by tomorrow, I'll definitely be taking one apart for practice, and I'll do a little microchip research to see what I can find on my own.



EDIT: also, read my words carefully. I said "as far as I know", meaning that there may have been a post somewhere that I never read that shows proof of lack-of-hardware, so if there is, I'm sorry, but please post it here

there is no nfc hardware.

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im not concerned about NFC. If and when the technology becomes more widespread, then ill think about getting something else

I know there's not much use for it yet, but I think it'll start to take off late this year early next year. I'd rather wait a few months for e.g. the Nexus Prime or whatever, though my old school Moment is really sucking these days.

It just seems silly they omitted it when it's included on the same phone on other carriers. I was hoping it was something like the poster above stated, and it's just not software enabled yet or something.

I'd like a Windows 7 phone actually, but those suffer same issue. I guess I'll just wait a few more months and see what shakes out.