UPDATE: Apple Pay Octopus is coming with iOS 13 Note: For simplicity and convenience I have migrated and merged older Octopus related posts here. All new Octopus related developments will […]
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iOS 12.1.1 Suica Express Transit Performance
Apple has never issued an iOS update that specifically mentions Suica or Express Transit Card performance, so each update becomes a guessing game of what’s fixed and what’s not. iOS […]
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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 […]