• @[email protected]
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    52 months ago

    Near field communication - it’s an antenna that sits inside the back case and let’s your phone interact with payment terminals and the like that support it.

    You can add your tap and pay card to your phone and tap your phone instead.

    • @Jarix
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      -52 months ago

      … you could just put your card on the back of the phone too

      • @CookieOfFortune
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        82 months ago

        The phone can support multiple cards, eg credit cards and transit. Those readers usually won’t work if you stack two cards together.

        • @Evotech
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          42 months ago

          And biometric pin

      • @Aux
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        -12 months ago

        NFC payments are more secure than card payments.