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    Regular NFC Sweet Spots

    Where is my phones "Sweet Spot"?
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      koolmoedee1000 last edited by Lafunamor

      Hi Guys,

      I work in phone shop and have access to a bunch of handsets, I'm going to start posting pics of phones general NFC sweet spots, I'm testing with a whole heap of different tags and hopefully it'll be helpful to the community

      HTC one XL Sweet Spot
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      Smaller tags seem to work best in this area

      Sony Xperia Z
      [img:35rir2el]http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l97/koolmoedee1000/Xperia-1.jpg)

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        lilrayman last edited by

        Hi,

        If you or anyone else has access to a Nexus 4, can you please post the sweet spot for this also?

        Thanks.

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        • Memnoch
          Memnoch last edited by

          @lilrayman

          If you or anyone else has access to a Nexus 4, can you please post the sweet spot for this also?

          The sweet spot on the Nexus 4 is between the words Nexus & LG. I find that from the middle to the LG works best.

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            lilrayman last edited by

            Thank you.

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              koolmoedee1000 last edited by

              Galaxy S3 seems to have a really good read even with small tags in this area

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                turbomaze last edited by

                [quote="koolmoedee1000":2b3tgvwr]Galaxy S3 seems to have a really good read even with small tags in this area


                The issue with reading tags isn't that they're large or small, but rather that the public and private NFC tags on the ring interfere with each other. The Galaxy S3 has its NFC antenna in the battery like the S4, which supposedly doesn't work very well with normal NFC rings (John said the sweet spot was ~1cm by 1cm). So this rectangle isn't a good representation of how well the rings will work with the S3.

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                  simon5968 last edited by

                  Hi you can find the phone sweet spot within your nfc phone hand book (user guide).

                  so here is the xperia sp phone:
                  To turn on the NFC function

                  From your Home screen, tap Application screen icon in Sony Smartphones .
                  Find and tap Settings > More….
                  Mark the NFC checkbox.
                  


                  NFC detection area
                  Nfc detection area on Sony Xperia™ SP
                  The location of the NFC detection area is not the same on all devices. When sharing data with another device using NFC, refer to the User guide of the other device for more information.

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                    simon5968 last edited by

                    Phone: Sony Xperia Z Ultra

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                      simon5968 last edited by

                      Phone: Sony Xperia M

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                        simon5968 last edited by

                        Phone: Sony Xperia T

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                          simon5968 last edited by

                          Phone: Sony Xperia L

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                            simon5968 last edited by

                            Phone: Sony Xperia S

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                              simon5968 last edited by

                              Phone: Sony Xperia P

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                                simon5968 last edited by

                                Phone: Sony Xperia Sola

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                                • Andreas
                                  Andreas Community Helper last edited by

                                  Found HTC One sweet Spot over at [url=http://www.htc.com/www/support/htc-one/howto/365470.html:1p7jj8k0]HTC Support Page[/url:1p7jj8k0]

                                  [b:1p7jj8k0]Edit:[/b:1p7jj8k0] HTC changed their page around, updated image and url

                                  ~Deas

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                                  • Lokki
                                    Lokki Community Helper last edited by

                                    Nokia N9
                                    This phone has excellent NFC readability with a huge sweet spot at the top rear of the phone.
                                    Both Alpha and Normal rings are very easily readable, so easy in fact that I keep doing it by accident.

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                                    • Lokki
                                      Lokki Community Helper last edited by

                                      Nexus 5

                                      I've found that best effect is around here, with the ring inlay horizontal for the Normal ring.

                                      (It does have a case, around 5mm thick, and has no issues with readability whatsoever)

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                                        paulguy last edited by

                                        I posted this picture in another thread, but just so it's in the right category...

                                        Verizon (Quallcomm Snapdragon) Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (N900V), regular ring size 7.

                                        It's pretty quirky and can be difficult and may fail to read once or twice occasionally but once you get used to it it's pretty easy and reliable for me.

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                                          Lokki Community Helper last edited by Lokki

                                          HTC One X

                                          An awful phone with major screen issues. If you really must have one then the bullseye marks the sweet spot. Best used with inlays horizontal to the phone (stick your finger straight up the back of it).

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                                            victor last edited by Lafunamor

                                            BlackBerry Z10. Very tiny sweetspot, but does work with normal Stealth Bomber ring. Can also use the stock Smart Tags app to write things to it.

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