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The rumor is that the sensor is on the back.
by sjburt 9y ago
The rumor is that the sensor is on the back.
- zimpenfish 9y agoThe flaw there is that then interferes with payment because your hand is in the way of the payment doodad - a lot of the ones in the UK that I've encountered are designed for flat contactless credit cards, not "phone with hand underneath".
- jfaat 9y agoso flip the phone over?
- zimpenfish 9y agoDoes the NFC sensor work through the phone like that?
- jfaat 9y agoIt has in my experience. Also, it works through the watch face of an apple watch
- mikeash 9y agoNFC is short range but not that short range. You usually need a finger on the back of the phone anyway just to hold it.
- zimpenfish 9y agoBut for stability, it would need to be high up the back - I can't physically hold the phone stable and have my index finger sufficiently on the back for sensoring unless it's at least halfway up and central. Also, having just tested, this completely blocks thumb usage - there's just no way it can be done!
- mikeash 9y agoI don't get it. I can comfortably hold my phone pinched between my thumb and index fingers at just about any location. The finger on the bottom just needs to be a little closer to the center of gravity. A sensor where my 6+ says "iPhone" on the back (about 1.5" above the bottom) would work fine. But even if the sensor was up high, so what? It'll still work if your finger is between the phone and the reader. As for the thumb, just flip your phone over. Although this would suck if you need any visual feedback, obviously.
- zimpenfish 9y ago> I can Yeah but you != me. And I am by no means the least dextrous person I know.
- mikeash 9y agoI can't picture how a lack of dexterity would prevent this. But even if it did, we're back to my original point about range: it's OK to have your fingers in between, it'll still work.
- hdabrows 9y agoYou can "pre-arm" Apple Pay before moving the phone close to the reader.
- zimpenfish 9y agoYou still need your finger on the sensor when it actually triggers - difficult when the device you're interacting with isn't expecting a finger but a flat card.
- zimpenfish 9y agoAlso, having just tested this, that would completely block usage of the thumb and, assuming I'm not some kind of deformed monstrosity, really limits you to just the index finger.