CurrentC: The Big Retailers’ Clunky Attempt to Kill Apple Pay and Credit Card Fees

Re:CurrentC: The Big Retailers’ Clunky Attempt to Kill Apple... by dingaling on Monday October 27, 2014 @02:40AM (#8514194)

> Apple were the first phone makers (AFAICT) who managed to put NFC on the edge of a device rather than the center.

I'm not sure how that particular rumour started but it is inaccurate. Some HTC and Sony phones, from personal knowledge, have their NFC antennas embedded above^W [ Edit from evidence: near ] the camera at the 'top' of the phone.

Edit: Here's a page of antenna location diagrams. It looks like we're actually regressing... notice how Samsung used to have the antenna under their logo but now it's part of the battery housing!

http://www.octopus.com.hk/customer-service/checking-your-bal...

... and here's where it is in the iPhone 6, about the same location as the Sony phones

http://images.techtimes.com/data/images/full/12514/iphone-6-...

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Re:CurrentC: The Big Retailers’ Clunky Attempt to Kill Apple... by shalmanese on Monday October 27, 2014 @07:04AM (#8514793)

I haven't used any of those handsets but it looks like you still have to put the back of the phone against a reader to register. Do any of them allow you to place the edge of the phone on the reader?

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