August 8, 2021 Pixel 6 Tensor and the secure element After many years of rumors Google finally unveiled their custom silicon, though details won’t be known until Pixel 6 devices go on sale. Dieter Bohn wrote: Tensor is an SoC, not a single processor. And so while it’s fair to […]
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T FeliCa notes
Xiaomi announced a new smartphone for Japan, the Redmi Note 9T for sale exclusively through SoftBank. The model is the first Xiaomi device in Japan with Mobile FeliCa support and like Huawei Mobile FeliCa support is limited to carrier models only. There was some interesting Twitter discussion between Junya Suzuki […]
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Disclaimer 1: As many regular readers know, I am not a QR Code fan. It’s not the technology so much as the assumption that the central processing model and constant network connections solve everything. When I went to Starbucks today I tried paying with the Starbucks app bar code and […]
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Yes, iPhone Carrier Subsidies in Japan are Officially Dead: New Docomo Data Plans
The writing has been on the wall for over a year now, and sluggish iPhone XR sales only confirmed the fact, that iPhone carrier subsidies in Japan which have defined the industry since 2008, were dying. Today’s Docomo announcement unveiled new plans that discard all the complexity of previous plans […]
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SoftBank Launching iPhone XR Happy Price Campaign January 30
It looks like Apple is working with Japanese carriers to drum up iPhone XR sales. Docomo already issued a limited iPhone XR discount campaign in December aimed mainly at carrier switchers. Today’s SoftBank announcement of the “iPhone XR Happy Price Campaign” that launches on January 30 appears to be a […]