Google may have beaten Apple to NFC, but a recent survey reveals that only 24% of Android users are actually interested in using the technology to make purchases. iPhone owners are still waiting for an NFC-enabled model, but 40% can’t wait to pay in a store using their phone.
Much of this difference can be attributed to the attitude of iPhone owners. Jennifer Jacobsen, PR director of Retrevo, says “If there’s a new trend in mobile tech and what you can do with a smartphone, iPhone owners seem more ready to try it than other cell phone users.”
It’s not a bad thing that Apple is a bit behind in mobile payments as the overall interest in the technology is low. A whopping 79% of the 1,000 survey respondents claim they are not interested in mobile wallets or do not understand what they are.
More iPhone than Android owners want mobile wallets originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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