Apple Pay Suica on A12 Bionic iPhone XS/XR is different from other devices because basic FeliCa transactions bypass iOS and go directly to the Secure Enclave. You can see this in action with Express Transit power reserve, but if you observe carefully you can catch it in other ways. I […]
Apple Pay Suica and PASMO Service Mode
Service Mode is a weird function that doesn’t have a counterpart on the Android Suica•PASMO side. The JR East Apple Pay Suica help page used to mention this. The iPhone Service Mode explanation says, “Service Mode will allow station agents and kiosks to help with any issues with your card.” […]
Apple Pay Suica on Apple Watch: First Impressions
Now that iOS 12.3 is out with great Apple Pay Suica performance and no more bugs, I have a new side project: Apple Pay Suica on Apple Watch. I moved my daily Commuter Suica to Apple Watch and it’s an interesting experience. Some first impressions. Apple Pay Suica performance on […]
WWDC19 iOS 13 Apple Pay Wish List
(Note: iOS 13 Core NFC documentation has been released with NFC tag support for: ISO 7816, ISO 15693, FeliCa, MIFARE and NDEF) Now that full 3rd party NFC access is reportedly coming with iOS 13 tag support for ISO 7816, FeliCa and MIFARE, does this mean developers get supercharged Core […]
A12 Bionic Bulletproof Apple Pay Suica
Anybody reading this blog is undoubtably confused by the endless discussion of Apple Pay Suica errors and problems. Here is some explanation to help you understand them and how A12 Bionic in iPhone XS/XR solves them. Apple Pay Suica problems are not problems with FeliCa technology. The problems are caused […]