← Back to context Comment by kevmo314 3 days ago Ahh interesting. I wonder why they (non-Apple) did that? 2 comments kevmo314 Reply 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.
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.