no nfc?

So last week I watched the Nokia event. I thought to myself that is it? the iPhone is going to smoke Nokia next week. I am going to chock it up to my own personal over excitement about technology, but correct me if I am wrong the 4inch iPhone 5 was rumoured since before the 4s, right? So in two years this is apples next generation? Apple always amazes me when it comes to design, but has money made them lose touch? The exclusion of nfc seems apparent as they need things to put in the 5s to add selling power. I don't want to hear the, "it is untested and no one use's it" excuse. Every Windows tablet with have nfc, and there is no way adding nfc is going to effect the price of the iPhone.

I know nfc is a small thing compared to the 200 new features, but I am alone in being upset about this?