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Conan_Kudoyesterday at 8:52 AM2 repliesview on HN

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.


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razorbeamzyesterday at 9:28 AM

And Pixel phones have the tech, but you need to flash a Japanese ROM to be able to use it.

kevmo314yesterday at 4:20 PM

Ahh interesting. I wonder why they (non-Apple) did that?

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