Market research firm Berg Insight said in a report in 2012 NFC-enabled smartphone sales of 1.4 million units, an increase of up to 300% of the global market share of the top 10 handset manufacturers launched a total of nearly 100 different models of NFC phone.
According to Berg Insight's data show that in 2012 NFC mobile phone sales of 1.4 million units, four times in 2011, NFC mobile phone sales are expected to remain at an average annual growth of more than 50%, to 2017 NFC-enabled mobile phone sales will exceed 10 million units. Currently on the market almost all the high-end smart phone manufacturers have launched NFC mobile phone, only Apple iPhone does not support NFC technology. In 2012 the world's top 10 manufacturers introduced new NFC mobile phone number about 100, to support NFC technology, mobile phone can share wireless Internet access, mobile payment, information exchange and so on.
NFC technology is a short-range wireless connectivity technology, two NFC-enabled devices can be implemented in less than 4cm distance communication. NFC technology is currently mainly used in mobile payment, information transmission, push advertising, membership management, mobile payment is currently the best prospects for development applications, NFC handset sales rise is not equivalent to the mobile payment industry, the retail sector needs mobile payments , financial institutions, software and hardware vendors to jointly promote.
