← Back to context Comment by kevmo314 2 months ago Is this an Android thing? My US iOS works fine with digital Suica. 5 comments kevmo314 Reply Conan_Kudo 2 months 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 2 months ago And Pixel phones have the tech, but you need to flash a Japanese ROM to be able to use it. kevmo314 2 months ago Ahh interesting. I wonder why they (non-Apple) did that? kalleboo 2 months 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 months ago There's a chip required for it that they cheaped out on.
Conan_Kudo 2 months 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 2 months ago And Pixel phones have the tech, but you need to flash a Japanese ROM to be able to use it. kevmo314 2 months ago Ahh interesting. I wonder why they (non-Apple) did that? kalleboo 2 months 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 months ago There's a chip required for it that they cheaped out on.
razorbeamz 2 months ago And Pixel phones have the tech, but you need to flash a Japanese ROM to be able to use it.
kevmo314 2 months ago Ahh interesting. I wonder why they (non-Apple) did that? kalleboo 2 months 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 months ago There's a chip required for it that they cheaped out on.
kalleboo 2 months 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.