MacRumors posted an excellent reminder that the iPhone $29 (¥3,200) battery replacement program ends December 31. If you want to take advantage of lower battery replacement prices for SE, 6, 6 […]
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Holding onto iPhone sales in Japan
note: this post has been incorporated in a separate summary post The iPhone XS Japan launch was muted with none of the lines of the 2017 iPhone X launch. But […]
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Farewell to the first golden era: iPhone XR price cut and the end of Japanese carrier subsidies
The Wall Street Journal piece Not So Big in Japan: Apple Cuts Price of iPhone XR to Boost Sales outlined iPhone XR prices cuts in Japan along with iPhone X production […]
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Contactless Payment Turf Wars: Why Oyster is missing from mobile
iOS 12 Apple Pay Wallet pulled a MIFARE on us and nobody noticed
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Yoshinoya joins the Suica parade
Good news for Yoshinoya fans, the popular gyudon chain announced they will complete their Suica/Japan IC Transit support rollout by December 2018. Apple Pay Suica users can whisk past the cash […]
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iPhone X Display Module Replacement Program for Touch Issues
Now that the standard iPhone X one year warranty is over (AppleCare+ still has a year to go) and important new product releases are out of the way, Apple has […]