A New patent filed by apple suggests the new iPhone 5 will be NFC enabled and this will kick start the NFC handset market into orbit.
If this happens as is expected then the NFC handset market by Easter 2013 will have millions of NFC enabled phones that can be used for smart poster interactions such as coupon downloads and mobile payments.
Read the full article here http://mashable.com/2012/03/09/iwallet-apple-patent-iphone/