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[-] youngalfred@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month 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@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago

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

[-] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month 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@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

And biometric pin

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