I’d hate to run out of battery or accidentally break my phone and lose access to something as basic as an identity document or my main means of transportation, at the same time as having lost access to call for help.
On iPhone, keys and transit cards that integrate with the system level Key and Express Transit systems work when out of battery as long as your phone isn’t intentionally shut down by you beforehand.
I’ve boarded trains and bought items in Japan with a “completely dead” iPhone using the power reserve feature where Express Transit cards remain available. It actually works really well, and means I don’t have much fear using my phone for those things in Japan.
Granted, ID cards aren’t like this, but there’s no reason why a system couldn’t be added for them.
They have the same Suica type chips embedded in the Japanese iPhone models, big whoop. One can't help but eyeball a stupid and expensive phone and a hair thin flexible Suica card and shrug.
You could also cut that chip out and put it on a cute keychain. :)
Shank|1 year ago
I’ve boarded trains and bought items in Japan with a “completely dead” iPhone using the power reserve feature where Express Transit cards remain available. It actually works really well, and means I don’t have much fear using my phone for those things in Japan.
Granted, ID cards aren’t like this, but there’s no reason why a system couldn’t be added for them.
verticalscaler|1 year ago
You could also cut that chip out and put it on a cute keychain. :)
basch|1 year ago
Pass the dead phone over wireless charging, enough juice passes into it for it to reply with your default cards.