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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.




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