Comment by kevmo314 3 days ago Is this an Android thing? My US iOS works fine with digital Suica. 5 comments kevmo314 Reply Conan_Kudo 3 days ago Apple doesn't make regional variants of the phone, so all models have the technology built-in, even if it's disabled by default. Android phones outside of Japan lack Suica support. razorbeamz 3 days ago And Pixel phones have the tech, but you need to flash a Japanese ROM to be able to use it. kevmo314 3 days ago Ahh interesting. I wonder why they (non-Apple) did that? kalleboo 2 days ago Suica uses the Sony FeliCa NFC standard (which predates the international NFC standards) which they charge a license fee per device for.Apple has the margins to just pay the license fee for every iPhone, Android makers try to keep their costs down more. razorbeamz 2 days ago There's a chip required for it that they cheaped out on.
Conan_Kudo 3 days ago Apple doesn't make regional variants of the phone, so all models have the technology built-in, even if it's disabled by default. Android phones outside of Japan lack Suica support. razorbeamz 3 days ago And Pixel phones have the tech, but you need to flash a Japanese ROM to be able to use it. kevmo314 3 days ago Ahh interesting. I wonder why they (non-Apple) did that? kalleboo 2 days ago Suica uses the Sony FeliCa NFC standard (which predates the international NFC standards) which they charge a license fee per device for.Apple has the margins to just pay the license fee for every iPhone, Android makers try to keep their costs down more. razorbeamz 2 days ago There's a chip required for it that they cheaped out on.
razorbeamz 3 days ago And Pixel phones have the tech, but you need to flash a Japanese ROM to be able to use it.
kevmo314 3 days ago Ahh interesting. I wonder why they (non-Apple) did that? kalleboo 2 days ago Suica uses the Sony FeliCa NFC standard (which predates the international NFC standards) which they charge a license fee per device for.Apple has the margins to just pay the license fee for every iPhone, Android makers try to keep their costs down more. razorbeamz 2 days ago There's a chip required for it that they cheaped out on.
kalleboo 2 days ago Suica uses the Sony FeliCa NFC standard (which predates the international NFC standards) which they charge a license fee per device for.Apple has the margins to just pay the license fee for every iPhone, Android makers try to keep their costs down more.
Apple doesn't make regional variants of the phone, so all models have the technology built-in, even if it's disabled by default. Android phones outside of Japan lack Suica support.
And Pixel phones have the tech, but you need to flash a Japanese ROM to be able to use it.
Ahh interesting. I wonder why they (non-Apple) did that?
Suica uses the Sony FeliCa NFC standard (which predates the international NFC standards) which they charge a license fee per device for.
Apple has the margins to just pay the license fee for every iPhone, Android makers try to keep their costs down more.
There's a chip required for it that they cheaped out on.