TIL that Japanese smartphones have a NFC location icon

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Today I learned that Japanese smartphones have a icon on the back of the phone telling you exactly where the NFC reader is! Wish we had this in the US (or the rest of the world for that matter) :disappointed:

I tried it on two different smartphones from Japan and they both had that icon and they both read my NExT PERFECT when I placed it there!

This is a Xiaomi 11T Pro from Japan:

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And this is how it looks in other countries:

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Hmm… it might just be that phone for whatever reason… @RyuuzakiJulio is actively selling implants there as VivoKey Japan and I’m pretty sure placement / finding the “sweet spot” is still an issue for Android phones. Still, fuckin cool… would be great if all phones did that.

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