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  • A public reluctant to use Apple Pay is being enticed by the Apple Card

    lorin schultzlorin schultz
    ihatescreennames said:
    beng said:
    I dont use Apply Pay for a simple reason.  It is three times the hassle of using a credit card.

    1.  Remove iphone from holster
    2. turn on iphone (thumb or PIN - dont have face version) 
    3. hold near the receiver and wait
    4. return to holster

    All this takes what? 1 -1.5 mins with lots of fumbling with phone.  Compare wth CC:

    1. remove wallet and card from wallet
    2. swipe, or stick in slot, or wave near reader. Wait till done.  Most are several seconds now.
    3. return card to wallet, then poket.

    All this takes maybe 30 seconds. So much quicker and easier.
    Huh? I use Apple Pay on a daily basis and can confirm that I spend much less time to fully complete an Apple Pay transaction than my credit card spends in the chip reader alone.

    By the way, your step 2 can be mostly eliminated. Unless your phone is completely powered off all you have to do is:

    1 remove iPhone from holster
    2 hold near receiver and place finger or thumb on TouchID
    3 return iPhone to holster

    When you hold your iPhone up to an NFC capable terminal it will detect that you are trying to make a payment, turn the display on showing the credit cards you have in Wallet and simply requiring authentication to complete the transaction.
    Yup. Note that you hold your finger on the button but do NOT press it.

    Start with the phone 'dark." Rest your finger on the Home button and place the phone to the reader the same way you would a card. The phone will "magically" activate in Apple Pay mode and complete the transaction. The only difference between using the phone versus your card is having your finger over the Home button. Otherwise it's exactly the same.

    This is one thing that Face ID actually made slightly LESS convenient.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple cancels AirPower wireless charging mat, citing quality issues

    lorin schultzlorin schultz
    StrangeDays said:
    [...] Don’t quit your day job. 
    Do you act like this in real life? Would you present a reasoned argument to a client then sum it up with "Don't quit your day job?" If not, why do you do it here?

    I just can't fathom why you and a few others find it necessary to insult those who don't share your point of view. Your otherwise perfectly valid point is obscured by you choosing to deliver it covered in shit.

    Knock it off. It's cowardly, rude, and discourages others from sharing what might be enlightening observations.
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  • Apple cancels AirPower wireless charging mat, citing quality issues

    lorin schultzlorin schultz
    jpellino said:
    [...] I'm not sure the "place it anywhere" part is the deal killer for most people.  I'm surprised if that was it for Apple.  
    That was the entire point of the product -- getting rid of the need to line up a specific device with a specific target.
    supadav03StrangeDaysstompymuthuk_vanalingampscooter63

  • Apple cancels AirPower wireless charging mat, citing quality issues

    lorin schultzlorin schultz
    apple ][ said:
    That's not similar to Apple's design at all. Apple's is much more complex, since you would be able to place the devices anywhere on the pad and have them detected and be able to charge. I suppose that it turned out to be too complex. Not that I know much about wireless charging, but I believe that Apple's design involved many more coils and more complexity.
    In our house, the response to this news was "I guess even Apple can't change the laws of physics." I'm not an electromagnetism expert either, but even to a simpleton like me, Apple's plan seemed ambitious and optimistic. I'm not surprised it didn't work out, but I'm impressed that Apple tried.

    I'm equally impressed that Apple chose embarrassment over shipping a sub-standard product. Taking on such a daunting challenge and admitting defeat both strike me as acts of "courage."
    muthuk_vanalingampscooter63

  • A public reluctant to use Apple Pay is being enticed by the Apple Card

    lorin schultzlorin schultz
    ihatescreennames said:
    AppleInsider said:

    Just 13 percent claimed they would be "no more likely" to use Apple Pay if they had Apple Card, and 7 percent admitted they were not interested in Apple Pay at all.
    Hmm, I would probably fall into the "no more likely" category but that's simply because I'm extremely likely to Apple Pay right now, wherever I can. Having Apple Card won't change that. But the way it's worded makes it sound like 13% of respondents wouldn't really be using Apple Pay very often, especially when the next line is saying how 7% were not interested in Apple Pay at all. That makes me think those 7% are just ill informed.
    I too found the interpretation of that response kinda weird. I'm already 100% prepared to use Apple Pay. Having an Apple Card won't make me any MORE likely to use it because I'm already at maximum likely. That question is an example of why I have trouble with most surveys -- the questions so often leave room for more than one interpretation.
    GeorgeBMacwatto_cobra