The experiences in the UK don't generally tally with this. Anywhere contactless is accepted, Apple Pay is (and so is android pay). Chains that don't use this are making the shop assistants a little embarrassed when you ask if Contactless is accepted (I'm looking at you Next and Sports Direct). Yes there are weird experiences, franchised MacDonalds can be hit and miss, but on the whole it's prevalent and convenient here.
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Do you use Apple Pay on your watch or your iphone ?
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Except of course for the £30 limit, which doesn't sound too convenient. We have no such limit in the US, but then again Apple Pay isn't as prevalent here. I suppose the pros and cons are different in different countries.
There are a few retailers (besides Apple) who will accept contactless payments via Apple or Android for £30 and higher.
Apart from TfL and the Co-Op I always use my iPhone over my Apple Watch. Just feels easier somehow.
It's becoming more and more accepted. I can use it at a lot of places now. Mark Gurman said on Twitter that CVS accepted it (still haven't confirmed)
I thought that too until tonight when I was checking out at Petco while holding a leash with a puppy at the other end who thinks the bulk treats bar next to the register is an all-you-can-eat buffet. Thankfully my free hand was my left hand, and I keep my phone in my left pocket so I was easily able to reach in and grab it and pay. Getting out my wallet, and the card, and swiping it would not have been easier.
That may have been true when we swiped them, but most definitely not faster or easier with the chip cards.
More and more places are accepting Apple Pay here; the £30 limit is just for places that don't. It means that in practice we can use Apple Pay for most low value transactions. The here are some weird anomalies though, like Waitrose (supermarket) accepting Apple Pay but John Lewis (department store which sells Apple products and owns Waitrose) not. A lot of the day to day low value things are really useful: paying for tube and bus fares, buying lunch in the canteen at work, picking up a bit of shopping on the way home etc.
A few months back, I lost my wallet which involved getting all my cards and my DL replaced. The new cards were all chip cards. Having never used one before, I went to use one at the grocery store just as I did every week previously. I couldn't use any of them because I never memorized the pin codes so luckily, I had enough cash on me to cover my purchase. There was no way to use the card at that store without knowing my pin.
Yes, the whole experience is slower now but it still will never get me to use my phone. I don't even think they accept Apple Pay there anyways.
Where are you located? We have chip and signature credit cards here in the US, no PIN needed. And it's still slow as hell without PIN.
Or are you actually talking about debit cards?
i thought the question was
"Do you use Apple Pay on your watch or your iPhone"
not do you use apple pay.
Where else can you use Apple Pay if not on AW or iPhone? Pretty sure it's not asking about iPad so it's either all or none.
The question is obviously too simple for you to grasp. At the risk of confusing you further let me try again; do you use Apple Pay 1. On your watch. Or 2 on your iPhone? I use it on my watch, not on my phone. Some people use it on both. Does that clear it up for you?
The poll was poorly worded. What is "Other" at first glance? Some are obviously interpreting that as physical cards, cash, etc. Should have stated "Both."
Hence why you're getting all kinds of replies here.
"Do you use Apple Pay on your watch or on your phone?" <-- I think this would pass a more stringent grammar test.
I used Pay at a Verizon store yesterday. It wouldn't be notable if (1) the guy hadn't said, "I don't think Apple Pay works yet," and (2) there wasn't already big Android Pay logos all over the POS machines. I saw the generalized logo for contactless payments and said, "Eh, let's try it," and used it on one of their handheld checkout devices. The guy goes, "Dang, I think that's the first time I've seen someone use Apple Pay on the new system."
I used Pay at a Verizon store yesterday. It wouldn't be notable if (1) the guy hadn't said, "I don't think Apple Pay works yet," and (2) there wasn't already big Android Pay logos all over the POS machines. I saw the generalized logo for contactless payments and said, "Eh, let's try it," and used it on one of their handheld checkout devices. The guy goes, "Dang, I think that's the first time I've seen someone use Apple Pay on the new system."
That'd be better, along with "Both" as the third poll choice.
I do the same. Also have the list of major retailers that support NFC payments bookmarked in my iPhone. Some use the MasterCard Nearby app instead.
ok smart a** this was the quote i used from some other poster ("Neither, I don't use apple pay, seems easier for my to whip out my credit (or atm) card")
So the original poster didn't ask if anyone used apple pay. he asked do they use it on the phone or watch.
SO JUST TRY TO KEEP UP
I'd prefer to use my AW but could never get it to work consistently. My iPhone works 100% of the time and it's much faster. I'd say the Watch worked no more than 50% of the time, not even close to being good enough. I'm hoping AW2 will have a stronger NFC chip and solve the existing problem.
Most of the problems I've had have been caused by -- I think -- random placement of the NFC send/receive antennas in different POS devices. Sometimes they're obvious, like the big backlit target on top of McDonald's machines. Other times, they're not marked at all. One recent machine had a sticker in the bottom left corner showing where the NFC circuit was placed.
I can partially blame the watch's lower signal strength. More often, though, I'll argue that POS device designers often have no clue about how to make their machines easy for customers to use. The audible tone for a successful transaction being a *buzz buzz buzz* is one such failing; putting a "Cancel" button at the end of a signature line is another. I could go on for hours about how I believe the designers don't give a rat's ass about usability.
I think that is true, to a point, but I never have the issue with my iPhone. If the Watch had a decent enough signal strength, like the phone, it wouldn't matter where the POS chip was. Until Apple can up the strength of the AW NFC chip, I'll keep using my phone.
I had an issue using Apple Pay on my phone today before successfully using my watch. The initial problem was all of my own making (on a self-scan till) but I was glad to have my watch as a backup when I'd realized what the problem was (my own incompetence, sadly).
Just wanted to say again how I giggle every time I type the totally-appropriate acronym for "Point Of Sale".