Hi, I lived in Japan until last week and i bought an iphone 7 there. Is the suica NFC type F installed in the japanese iphone 7 compatible with the NFC in the US? i´m moving there in a week and i´m not sure if it will work...
Thank you!
iPhone 7, iOS 10.1.1
Sorry. Not sure I understand what you're asking. The only NFC in the iPhone is used exclusively for Apple Pay. That's the same whether the phone is originally sold in the US, Japan, the EU, or anywhere else.
The only place I can think of where there may be a difference would be China... but then, China is a world unto themselves.
Hi! Thank you for your answer!. It´s known that if somebody goes to Japan with a new iphone 7 sold outside this country (for example USA) won´t be able to use apple pay there due to the FeliCa (NFC type F) standard: Only Japanese iphones support this standard. What i wanted to know is if i go to the US with my japanese iphone i will be able to use apple pay.
Based on what you're saying regarding the difference in NFC is correct, then I would imagine it won't work for Apple Pay if you bring it to the US.
Maybe someone who has done so can comment on it. this is the first I've heard of any difference in the NFC hardware, if there actually is a difference.
About Apple Pay - Apple Support
And also, you might get a quicker answer in the ApplePay forum here at the ASC: Apple Pay
As long as i know there´s no NFC hardware difference; it´s a licensing issue (FeliCa belongs to sony) and apple has to pay any kind of license per every iphone. The FeliCa is an standard there and everything uses it (so it´s almost mandatory for apple to include it). Outside Japan is not commonly used, so probably they don´t pay this license... but the hardware is capable to connect to NFC-F.
Please check this: Apple Pay is compatible with these devices - Apple Support
*To use Apple Pay to ride transit and pay in stores in Japan, you need an iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, or Apple Watch Series 2 that's purchased in Japan. Learn how to tell whether or not your device was purchased in Japan.
I believe it will. But since it's been a while since you moved, perhaps you could tell us definitively?
Is a japanese iphone 7 compatible with US NFC?
