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Apple - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Suica

Last Day for Mobile Suica on KDDI au Flip Phones

End of service announcements from KDDI and JR East were made a long time ago but today is the last service Mobile Suica service day for KDDI au 3G Keitai […]

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Mobile Payments - Obsolete

iOS 11 does not activate Apple Pay for older Japanese iPhone (obsolete)

(Note: this post is obsolete information, iPhone 6, 6S, SE are no longer supported by Apple.) When Apple introduced Apple Pay Japan in October 2016, the official release stated: When […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - iOS - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit

ICOCA Getting Ready for Apple Pay #2

Notice: Mobile ICOCA is launching March 2023 JR West announced additional stations that will gain ICOCA IC transit card support in the summer of 2018 completing the JR West IC […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - iOS - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Suica

Warning to Apple Pay Suica Users: Do Not Install iOS 11.1 Beta

I said it before, I say it again, if you use Apple Pay Suica stay away from iOS 11.1 beta. All of them. Do not take the risk of installing […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - iPhone - NFC-Felica

iPhone Global FeliCa is just NFC for Apple

A Japanese reader gently pointed out my sloppy use of NFC-F, Type F and FeliCa. To experts in Japan they mean different things: A full-blown FeliCa chip with secure element, […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - iPhone - NFC-Felica

Sony “Happy” for iPhone Global FeliCa

The once mighty Nikkei News took the trouble of calling Sony PR for a comment regarding worldwide FeliCa support in iPhone 8, iPhone X and Apple Watch Series 3. Sony […]

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