Who lives in Japan and is likely to get a new iPhone models this year 2016 will have a pleasant novelty. According to a report conducted by Bloomberg, Apple would with plans to create a unique version of smartphone consumers who live in all of Asian islands. Bringing the same visual characteristics and most of the technical specifications of the original model, the Nipponese variant would reach the shelves with a technology called FeliCa .
This is a chipset with features similar to those known in the NFC ( Near Field communication ), allowing communication between the phone and specific terminals. The component of popularity in Japanese land is said to be the cause of guiding change, strongly increasing the acceptance of Apple Pay, mobile payments service made by the Cupertino giant. But not only purchases will be possible with the new.
The FeliCa chip will allow consumers in Japan keep its public bus passes and trains on their iPhones. Users could then pass the body of the phone against the input sensors instead of using physical cards. While the FeliCa chip is the standard technology delimiting the service, there are several different providers of vehicle payment cards based on the types and areas in Japan. “- Said the report made by Bloomberg.
In this way, the models whose production is Japanese have the standard NFC replaced by part of FeliCa technology. Being accepted in more places, Apple believe that the sale of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus would be better there. In fact, the unique method of communication between two devices is accepted in almost 2 million terminals in Japan. By way of comparison, the United States has currently has “only” 1.3 million terminals able to accept NFC.
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If Apple actually decide to create a iPhone 7 Special Japan to increase acceptance, will not be the first time this happens. In order to solidify in China, the company led by Tim Cook has already modified their handsets sold there. The changes were aimed at the support of two exclusive local technology, TD-LTE and TD-SCMA, both offered by the largest mobile operator in the region, China Mobile, grouping more than 850 million customers only recorded double networks.
of course, although sources close to Bloomberg offer some solidity, it is difficult to know for sure if the US company is or not planning to replace the NFC by FeliCa in Japan. Anyway, the iPhone 7 line will be displayed on September 7, continue following the news to stay updated on the world of apple.
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