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Early Apple Pay Reception Tepid Outside of United States
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I had very good experience using it with my iPhone 6. And now that I have an Apple Watch, it's even faster. As another poster mentioned, perhaps your fingerprint sensor is having issues. With the phone, it probably took 4-6 seconds to get it out of my pocket, place it near the reader, and have it recognize my print. With the watch, it knocks off 2-3 seconds. I just wish it was accepted at more retailers. Seems most places are investing their time in moving to the chip card readers. And that experience is simply awful. With the exception of Target, most places seem to take almost a minute to process the payment. Target is probably 20-30 seconds.
I posted in another article that Apple using the older version of the print reader in the SE was a HUGE mistake. They should just be using the latest and fastest and most reliable version of print reader component ACROSS THE BOARD.
Apple's own success with ApplePay is dependent on fast, accurate and seamless execution.
I personally know three different people who have iPhone 6, and have given up on ApplePay. (they didn't like feeling embarrassed at the checkout terminal)
Apple's own success with ApplePay is dependent on fast, accurate and seamless execution.
I personally know three different people who have iPhone 6, and have given up on ApplePay. (they didn't like feeling embarrassed at the checkout terminal)
With 100 dollar tap limit imposed on credit card and debit card, at least in Canada, Apple Pay doesn't work with large purchase. You still need carry your wallet.
TouchID on iPhone SE is not really reliable and it can take 2 tries before it work.
The only time I found Apple Pay is convenient is where I forgot my wallet, but the bad part is when I do forgot my wallet, I am driving without driver's license.
So if you need carry your wallet all the time, why even bother to use Apple Pay?
TouchID on iPhone SE is not really reliable and it can take 2 tries before it work.
The only time I found Apple Pay is convenient is where I forgot my wallet, but the bad part is when I do forgot my wallet, I am driving without driver's license.
So if you need carry your wallet all the time, why even bother to use Apple Pay?
In Canada. Everyone I've talked to wants to use it. I'm using it. But hey the major credit cards signed on THIS MORNING. To gauge interest after less than a day is idiotic.
Probably depends on the chip reader and internet connection.
No that's complete nonsense and he's either never used apple pay or lying. I have an iPhone 6 plus, technically the slowest device capable of using apple pay and the thing is god damn fast. He either has a faulty phone or not being honest with us about the wait time.
Ikr. My local Harris Teeter supported it for a while yet shopping moms crowded around me at the self checkout the other day like I was famous because they had no idea they did.
I've been using Apple Pay for a couple of weeks now, here in Canada - it works although it can be stubborn at times. The thing is we've had contactless pay here for quite sometime and it's just as easy to Tap my credit card and move along. We'll see if it takes off - remember ya need an iPhone 6 or better to use it and I'm not seeing very many iPhones in action.
So how does WeChat work? Holding up my iPhone with my thumb on the home button seems pretty seamless to me.
Apple Pay was a hit in the US because of the antiquated banking system.
In countries that already have tap cards, it's not as revolutionary. But give it time, especially with in-app purchases.
In countries that already have tap cards, it's not as revolutionary. But give it time, especially with in-app purchases.
I find it very convenient - especially with all of the loyalty and reward cards that get scanned from wallet as well. The entire process uses a thumb.
Not entirely related to the article, but...
Noticed that my favorite locally owned coffee shop has a brand new ApplePay sticker on their front door the other day. Went inside and ordered, and noticed another sticker right on the counter, and another on the back of the cash register. When it came time to pay I asked if they accepted ApplePay now, jokingly as they were clearly advertising it all over.
The cashier said "No, sorry." without blinking or cracking a smile. I proceeded to pull out my phone and pay via ApplePay. He gave me the dumbest look I've ever seen, and didn't say another word to me.
If plastering stickers all over the store wasn't enough to make the own employees realize ApplePay, I don't know what will. It will be a long time before we get through the "clueless cashier" stage. I'm sure that uninformed cashiers can't be helping the "tepid response".
Noticed that my favorite locally owned coffee shop has a brand new ApplePay sticker on their front door the other day. Went inside and ordered, and noticed another sticker right on the counter, and another on the back of the cash register. When it came time to pay I asked if they accepted ApplePay now, jokingly as they were clearly advertising it all over.
The cashier said "No, sorry." without blinking or cracking a smile. I proceeded to pull out my phone and pay via ApplePay. He gave me the dumbest look I've ever seen, and didn't say another word to me.
If plastering stickers all over the store wasn't enough to make the own employees realize ApplePay, I don't know what will. It will be a long time before we get through the "clueless cashier" stage. I'm sure that uninformed cashiers can't be helping the "tepid response".
I just don't get this, there are so few companies involved with Apple Wallet that it's hardly worth the effort.
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Not to mention that restaurants are a long ways away from adopting Apple Pay - gonna need to carry the physical cards for a long, long time yet.
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If true, part of it might be that it isn't so much a novelty outside the USA, where payment terminals have been rather archaic. Also, unless I could completely leave the wallet behind (which I can't), it's kind of a toss-up about whether to use a phone or a card (in terms of ease).
Right. I thought I was waiting for my bank for this but this article gives the impression that one just needs to add their cards to use Apple Pay but no; I do have to wait for my bank. Saying it's available in Australia is disingenuous Macrumors.
Only ANZ and American Express support Apple Pay in Australia. One has the worst customer service and the other one attracts surcharge everywhere. No thanks, I would rather stick with ING Direct that has great customer service and gives me 2% cash back on Visa Paywave purchases.
Same here. My fingers are rough from dry skin and shop work. The fingerprint sensor won’t recognize my fingerprints very long after a new calibration. Whipping out my wallet and swiping a card is still much faster than whipping out an iphone and trying to get it to work.
I've never seen anyone in states use it since its been launched including myself. I prefer to just use the credit card. Sure it's a great feature but it's just apple trying to innovate a wheel that didn't need to be innovated. The biggest problem with it is you never know if the place your gonna go to will accept it. So until it's universal like normal credit card scanners I have no use for it.
Interesting article. I would have assumed countries that heavily used contactless payments already would be ripe for Apple Pay. But it sounds like there are still other hurdles in place (adoption by banks/competing against options already in place.)
Well you need to own an iPhone 6 or better to use Apple Pay and I wonder about those numbers here in Canada - you don't need no fancy phone to use contactless pay just a bank issued CC.
I think he was referring to the chip readers for credit cards that have an embedded chip. They take longer than pretty much anything else.
