[kevmo314]

Ahh interesting. I wonder why they (non-Apple) did that?

[kalleboo]

Suica uses the Sony FeliCa NFC standard (which predates the international NFC standards) which they charge a license fee per device for.

Apple has the margins to just pay the license fee for every iPhone, Android makers try to keep their costs down more.

[razorbeamz]

There's a chip required for it that they cheaped out on.