Apple has finally delivered on three of its most longstanding promises about the future of its mobile business. The 4.7-inch iPhone 6 is now accompanied by the 5.5-inch 6 Plus, and both models come with NFC and the “Apple Pay” tap-to-pay system. Apple is definitely playing catch-up here—it’s adopting features that Google and others announced months or years ago. We’ve sat through a string of boring Apple events, but this wasn’t one of them.