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Re:Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework by rootnod3 on Friday August 28, 2026 @09:14PM (#49486014)
For Japan it might be the Felica chip.
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Re:Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework by koito17 on Friday August 28, 2026 @11:26PM (#49486623)
That would surprise me. I don't recall having to change my iPhone's region after moving to Japan. Transport IC cards in Apple Pay have "just worked".

I am vaguely aware that some phone manufacturers silently remove certain NFC hardware (or disable some driver) in order to avoid paying Sony patent fees. Apple doesn't seem to do that, though.

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Re:Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework by robert-boehnke on Saturday August 29, 2026 @04:21AM (#49488009)
There were iPhones with Japan-specific hardware for transit cards in the past but as of a couple years ago, all iPhones have been compatible.
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Re:Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework by numpad0 on Saturday August 29, 2026 @03:21PM (#49492528)
Only iPhone 7 had that limitation. 8 and later don't, and that was since like a decade ago.
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