alt Hacker NewsAhh interesting. I wonder why they (non-Apple) did that?
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razorbeamz • today at 12:07 AM
There's a chip required for it that they cheaped out on.
Ahh interesting. I wonder why they (non-Apple) did that?
There's a chip required for it that they cheaped out on.
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.