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Hardly. If history is anything to go by, they’ll be polishing their cards with “cape cod cloths”, getting front and rear protectors slapped on them and studying the surface for microscopic anomalies ;)

(I’m only half-joking, BTW)

This card definitely seems like it’s going to need to be cleaned and polished every so often considering it’s light color. It’s probably no accident that most credit cards are darker colors so as not to show the grime and blemishes accumulated during regular use.
 
This card definitely seems like it’s going to need to be cleaned and polished every so often considering it’s light color. It’s probably no accident that most credit cards are darker colors so as not to show the grime and blemishes accumulated during regular use.

That’s not totally correct. A lot of the times it’s the DARKER cards/technology that show more blemishes and smudges because of what they’re coated in.

For example: Silver MacBook Pros show no smudges, just some scratches. Space Gray Pros show a lot of smudges.

My Sapphire Reserve card shows a lot more smudges than my Amazon Prime Rewards card. (Both metal)
 
Not a fan of the etching.

For online purchases where Apple Pay is not accepted:

Does the card actually have a number that one could memorize and use for payments online, or is one forced to use the iPhone to generate a virtual number for such purchases?
 
Not a fan of the etching.

For online purchases where Apple Pay is not accepted:

Does the card actually have a number that one could memorize and use for payments online, or is one forced to use the iPhone to generate a virtual number for such purchases?

If you're not using Apple Pay then Apple doesn't care about you
 
What about when a merchant needs to manually enter the card number? I've had times where they entered the number manually on the front of the card; either because the swiper is down or for other reasons.
Thats when you pull out a different card from your wallet. If you've got this one, theres no way its your only one.
 
True. But right now we have a major problem isolating materials so they can be more efficiently recycled. Apple's device disassembly robots make more parts accessible for recycling.

Then why is Apple against "Right to Repaid". There were investigative reports where Apple/Store would inform many customers that their devices data cannot be recovered or repaired, yet third-party solutions have done exactly what Apple is claiming they cannot do, who makes the device? It certainly seems that Apple is being disingenuous and advising these customers to make expensive upgrades.
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Maybe I am misreading you, do you believe the process to extracting metal, etc does not produce CO2, what are you using Apple Magic. o_O:p;)
 
Not a fan of the etching.

For online purchases where Apple Pay is not accepted:

Does the card actually have a number that one could memorize and use for payments online, or is one forced to use the iPhone to generate a virtual number for such purchases?
As I understand it, a card number, expiration date and CVV available in the Wallet app for online or manual charges. The card number doesn’t change with every transaction, but it can be regenerated on demand.
 
Google People calling in to law enforcement for customers trying to use 2 dollar bills

https://******.com/?q=2+dollar+bill+called+cops

Some genius WILL have that happen

Talk about an overreaction by those vendors/merchants for calling the authorities. If I were the authorities I would fine these vendors for calling and not knowing paper currency valuation. What next call the authorities because someone paid with foreign currency or coins?

What a waste of public resources? $2 really, not even worth the effort to call IMHO.
 
Then why is Apple against "Right to Repaid". There were investigative reports where Apple/Store would inform many customers that their devices data cannot be recovered or repaired, yet third-party solutions have done exactly what Apple is claiming they cannot do, who makes the device? It certainly seems that Apple is being disingenuous and advising these customers to make expensive upgrades.
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I'm assuming you meant "Right to Repair".

They're against it because they want to make all the money on repairs themselves. But right to repair does not mean that Apple has to design devices that can be repaired. :apple:Pencil and AirPods are two good examples.
 
Then why is Apple against "Right to Repaid". There were investigative reports where Apple/Store would inform many customers that their devices data cannot be recovered or repaired, yet third-party solutions have done exactly what Apple is claiming they cannot do, who makes the device? It certainly seems that Apple is being disingenuous and advising these customers to make expensive upgrades.

Lying to customers for profit is simple fraud. Any half competent regulatory body would have Apple executives in court.
 
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Hardly. If history is anything to go by, they’ll be polishing their cards with “cape cod cloths”, getting front and rear protectors slapped on them and studying the surface for microscopic anomalies ;)

(I’m only half-joking, BTW)

I dunno, I like the sharpening idea. I was on the fence about getting one, but now that I think about it, it could be a knife that the TSA security theater morons would never know I had in my wallet.
 
I dunno, I like the sharpening idea. I was on the fence about getting one, but now that I think about it, it could be a knife that the TSA security theater morons would never know I had in my wallet.

There are tons of metal credit cards out these days.. I have a chase sapphire reserve and never had a TSA problem, I have never heard of anyone having any problems because of their credit card..
 
Talk about an overreaction by those vendors/merchants for calling the authorities. If I were the authorities I would fine these vendors for calling and not knowing paper currency valuation. What next call the authorities because someone paid with foreign currency or coins?

What a waste of public resources? $2 really, not even worth the effort to call IMHO.

I once had a young girl at the Walmart customer service desk call her manager over after I handed her an older $20 bill (probably from the 1980's). She looked at me is if I was handing her Monopoly money. Luckily her manager had some commons sense. It was kind of embarrassing to be practically accused of handing over fake money and I was almost hoping someone would call the cops so I could have the last laugh.
 
I wonder what the credit limit will be for a credit score over 700. Mine hovered around 750.
Depending on income I wouldn’t be surprised to see $5k (or more) with a 750. It’s a pretty good score. Maybe not high enough to get the lowest interest rate though; we really can’t know until people start posting data.
 
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