No, I am not sure about auto power ON. That he said - you able to just touch handset to phone and both are "connected". Don't ask me why NFC is needed for connection, so, I translated it to "paired" because he also said that it can be used to transfer photo to specific device w/out configuration etc - all stuff which usually requires some configuration on both sides and activation of connection. Physical touch just can be used instead of configuration and activation procedures.