Apple Shares Details on Cleaning and Protecting Your Apple Card in New Support Document

[Royksöpp]

But does it bend?

 

[ghanwani]

Everything surrounding the Apple Card has been hilarious. This forum has been absolute gold.

Really missing a dedicated sub forum for the Apple Card. Any idea how to petition for one and would greatly appreciate your support.

 

[brinary001]

Should we do an Apple Card scratch test video?

Yes! Even better if it's Dan's card from the youtube video put out recently

 

[SDJim]

I'm pretty sure I could throw this thing on the freeway and it would still come out in better shape than my plastic cards after a few months of use. I won't be babying mine, sorry.

 

[rwilliams]

I wish I could have been in the meeting where it was determined that the people needed to be told how to care for a credit card.

“Dammit, they’re imbeciles! Get to work on that document now!”

 

[Erehy Dobon]

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[digitalexplr]

I'm a little concerned here. If I segregate my Apple Card from my gray, red, black, and multi-colored card, will I be considered racist ? If I dare open my wallet in the wrong place I'm afraid some of my friends might be offended?

 

[Rogifan]

Great, now I can't wear my leather jeans or use my denim wallet.

I had a pair of suede boots that were ruined by dark blue jeans. I’ve heard though if you wash dark jeans with a half a cup of vinegar it sets the die and the jeans color shouldn’t bleed onto other stuff.

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

You insert it. Swiping is so last year (US) lol

Wait, I thought we had moved along to "tapping"?

 

[gaximus]

I would have been so much better if it didn't have the white coating, I thought from the early pictures that it was the same metal color as all their Mac products. They should have even let you choose between space grey and silver.

 

[brinary001]

You’re not joking. Fancy a $1,000 Apple Card holder?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/9271205/apple-credit-card-wallet-titanium/

I kid you not, I was genuinely surprised Apple isn't charging their customers for the card itself and are shipping it out for free. Maybe they wanted to but Mastercard and/or GS were like, "Umm yeah you do that, and you can say goodbye to any partnership with us."

 

[laurim]

When one needs a document about how to properly care for there credit card....we've reached a new level of dumb.

No. It’s simply advice if you want to keep it looking nice. Nothing more, nothing less. The rest of the advice is the same for any credit card

 

[ZeitGeist]

Does it come in Product [RED] ?

 

[brinary001]

How do people find out that Apple publishes a new support document? Is there a tool that can notify me about new articles?

Well for a new product/service like this, I'm sure the Apple community is keeping a close eye on that section of their site anyway. Not to mention people whose business is to constantly be up on what Apple is doing, big and small, like MacRumors staffers.

But for long established products that have been out a long time, that I don't know. I'm sure there's all kinds of different monitoring plug-ins out there, where you can just enter a URL or maybe even just the relative path of a URL, and then be notified anytime it changes.

 

[Icaras]

Great, now I can't wear my leather jeans or use my denim wallet.

I hope this disrupts the jeans market

 

[laurim]

Honestly, mine will probably never get used. If I'm forced to swipe, I'm using a card that gets better rewards than 1% cash back.

If you don’t mind waiting a year to get the cash.

 

[myscrnnm]

It's ultimately metal, it'll survive just like my Amazon Prime Visa and Amex Platypus.

It's not the card that needs protecting, but the white finish (not that I care anymore, since all the cards in my wallet are scratched up from inserting them into card readers anyway). The American Express Platinum is made in plain stainless steel, while the Apple Card not only has a coating, but one in white, which is already impossible to keep clean.

Like I said, it doesn't matter to me, but from a cosmetic standpoint, there are measures one can take to preserve the finish of the Apple Card.

 

[unplugme71]

Good grief. Next it’ll come with Apple Care +

Apple Card 2. The physical card changes color to match your digital card.

Add AppleCare + for $99

Oh yeah Apple Card 2 is a unique product. You have to get approved again.

 

[SDJim]

Maybe they want it to seem so hard to maintain an actual card that everybody will use the virtual card in their Apple Wallet instead!

As if twice the cash back for Apple Pay wasn't incentive enough?

 

[laurim]

Wow this is really..extra. Even for Apple which is saying something lol. Besides aren't most of these tips just common sense anyway?

Common sense died a long time ago.

 

[simonmet]

Should we do an Apple Card scratch test video?

And a bend test.

I should come with white gloves.

 

[deannnnn]

Oh yes the trolls are going to love this.

 

[dannyyankou]

A lot of complaints for something that we all knew would eventually show wear over time.

And you can request a replacement at no cost, a lot of banks don't do that

 

[newyorksole]

Dude, we’re living in a world where people need instructions on how to keep a $2 piece of metal clean (like it matters anyway!) That piece of metal is designed to encourage people to spend money they don’t have. People are going to point out the idiocy of it.

I swear to God society is sleepwalking.

People want instructions on how to clean their sneakers and sunglasses too. So what? I don’t see what’s the problem with wanting to keep your stuff clean... Even if it is “just a credit card”.

The real problem is someone even wanting to use the physical card at all. 1% cash back is nothing. I guarantee there will be people who have cards with better rewards but they’ll wanna pay with the physical to flex Lol.

 

[mrgraff]

On topic, yet all kidding aside, Siri integration into Wallet would be a nice addition. "Hey Siri, what's my balance on '...' card?" or for the mobility-impaired for whom Touch/Face ID is difficult "Hey Siri, display my '..." card"