Why It Doesn?t Matter That Apple?s iPhone 5 Doesn?t Have Global LTE, Or NFC For That Matter

With all the new features in the iPhone 5, there have been a couple of standout omissions. Reuters, WSJ and others on Friday published articles about how last week's iPhone 5 launch has put Europe in the slow lane and created winners and losers. Their reason:?the device will not support LTE on the 2.6GHz and 800MHz bands,?frequencies being most commonly used in Europe for 4G. Similarly, Apple's decision not to include a "wave and pay" NFC chip has imparted a damning verdict on a technology that many consider the lynchpin of how point-of-sale mobile payments will work. NFC still stands for "Not For Commerce"! quipped the Guardian. In the follow up to that, there have been some?attempts at explanations, both from outside speculators and Apple itself, about why LTE has been configured as it has been; and why NFC is absent. Some interesting points (guesses) being made -- among them, it's a longer-odds game to court carriers at other LTE frequencies (see this GigaOm post); there are problems with implementing an NFC antenna in a metal case (step up, NYT).

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