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Agreed. Especially when my kid was small and I would carry her around. Couple of taps, no reaching for the phone or fumbling with the wallet.
You need to authenticate, which is what the double click is for. However, public transport in Sydney has allowed you to just touch the reader with your watch and done, no authentication needed. That special case must be activated by the train company in this case government. For normal transactions, bank will not allow it (yet).
Quite a few places do not use it and the number of malfunctioning or other issues some places have.
When it works it works great.
Nice job assuming it was operator error.
The bank will never allow that for regular transactions. Transit has a special code that it sends to the device to let it know it's specifically for transportation.
You need to authenticate, which is what the double click is for. However, public transport in Sydney has allowed you to just touch the reader with your watch and done, no authentication needed. That special case must be activated by the train company in this case government. For normal transactions, bank will not allow it (yet).
Seriously it's not hard to set up the watch and even more convenient to use.
Really.
A quick Google will show you how...
Nope. As soon as you hold the iphone close to the reader, the wallet interface activates automatically. On face id iphones you still have to double-click the button afterwards to authorize the payment with face id. On touch id iphones not even that: just make sure your finger is on the fingerprint reader and the payment will be authorized immediately upon holding the iphone near the reader.
there's some dodgy old machines out there.
usually the same store, same device.
when they get an upgraded one, try again.
And the users can always turn off express transit mode on their devices too.
QR codes here are solely done by the vendor, all they have to do is print them on the bill or often just a card on the table no fees, commission or overheads for them 🙂
Most seem to forget all these digital payment convinces like AW etc is not free and there is a hidden 3 to 6% surcharge on the bill you pay and so called cashback schemes just reduces this a little, possibly
One of our local drink store actually adds 3% if you pay by any card or digital means. Fortunately there is an ATM just outside lol
Wrong. If the QR leads to a website or app to pay online using a card -which is what most payment QRs in the US actually do- then there is still the 3% card payment fee, and perhaps even more than 3% due to the higher risk of fraud of a card not present transaction vs card present.
I do this all the time.
Much prefer using cash, but if for whatever reason I can't, I fall back to Apple Watch, and then cards as a last resort. I've never used Apple Pay from my phone.
That card was difficult to get, lol. I was declined the first attempt with an 815 credit score. Not sure what perquisites they were looking for. I tried again a month later and got it.
Apple Pay is very easy and convenient. But would like to see Apple card availability expand
I absolutely love Apple Pay, Apple Card and having it all on the Watch.
it’s still cool to me all these years later lol. so convenient. so easy.
I still carry 4 physical credit cards and 1 physical debit card with me just in case as well as like $100+ on cash. ya just never know!
it’s still cool to me all these years later lol. so convenient. so easy.
I still carry 4 physical credit cards and 1 physical debit card with me just in case as well as like $100+ on cash. ya just never know!
I'm wondering, at this moment Apple Pay is a intermediate, a replacement of the plastic card and it still sits between merchant and your bank. Will Apple replace the bank in the future? Compared to a regular bank, Apple actually does have the money.
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I haven’t carried a wallet in 3 years and Apple Pay has worked flawlessly. I travelled from the UK to France for a week long vacation and forgot to take my cards and luckily I didn’t need them!
The only time I get caught out is when thr card machines go down and I need cash which I never carry
The only time I get caught out is when thr card machines go down and I need cash which I never carry
