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  • Plastc goes the way of Coin as Apple Pay takes the lead in digital payments

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    ericthehalfbee said:
    zoetmb said:

    In some stores I've been in, there's still a training problem.  If there's no Apple sticker, I'll ask the clerk if they accept Apple Pay and they either say, "I don't know" or "try it".   It usually works.   However there's a big drugstore chain that has NFC readers and at first it seems to accept Apple Pay, but the transaction always fails.   And restaurants that don't have cashiers don't accept it because they generally don't have a portable wireless terminal.   So that means still having to carry a credit or debit card (or cash).  

       

    I never ask a store if they accept Apple Pay. I just ask if they accept "tap". If they do, I use Apple Pay and it works fine. A store would have to do some very specific modifications to their terminal software to allow NFC cards but intentionally block Apple Pay. Something I think only a few big box stores are doing because they're trying to come up with their own system instead (I have never encountered this, but have only heard about it).
    Same here. All I say when asked is debit. Here in Canada, tap is pretty much everywhere. So, I use Pay almost exclusively now. Haven't had to use a physical card in months now. Love the fact that the entire country pretty much runs on one network. 
    watto_cobra

  • Teardown finds Apple's new iPad largely similar to first-gen iPad Air

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    holyone said:
    jbishop1039 said:
    holyone said:
    They should have called it ( iPad SE - budget device ) and rename the air to ( iPad Light - general purpose "light" use device ) then ( iPad Pro - high end large screen mammoth for .... what ever ) and ( iPad Pro mini [with the 10'' display ] - second largest screen device )

    While I understand your thinking with this, it's just too many names and choices. I think they're smart to head in the iPad/iPad Pro, MacBook/MacBook Pro direction for simplicity along their computer lines. Maybe the iMac will head in that direction too. Just Mac/Mac Pro. Who knows, maybe the "i" desgination will be for iOS devices going forward, rather than consumer products as it used to be when the iMac and iBook were first released.
    Agree with you 100% I think that would be fantastic but that's not Tim's Apple, Today's Apple seems less concerned with product line simplicity then profit maximization which my thoughts were aligning with. Two lines of product would restrict profit prospects I think, and that's the hole point with the iP SE, it's less for market share that for dumping old components on a slightly cheaper budget model, a model that already has a  designation  SE. The "Light" was to suggest level of use "light general use to heavy pro use" because the "air" puts them in a conner to where every model would be expected to be thinner and lighter from the previous model, a downward road to no where fast, hence being dropped from all product designation as a suggestion of weight and portability to a more suitable reference to communications technology ' Air Play, Air Pods etc '

    But I agree with you're postulation and hope it turns out that way but on going trends at Cupertino leave little confidence that it will
    Yeah I'd be nice to return to the simplicity as it once was. I was just watching the unveiling of the iBook in 99 last night and it juts brought back memories of the old 2x2 matrix. Consumer devices always started with "i", professional devices always started with Power and computers ended with Mac and laptops ended with Book. You could tell what you were buying from the name alone. I understand a lot has changed since then, i just really like the simpler naming convention. Guess we shall see what the future holds!
    zroger73watto_cobra

  • Teardown finds Apple's new iPad largely similar to first-gen iPad Air

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    holyone said:
    They should have called it ( iPad SE - budget device ) and rename the air to ( iPad Light - general purpose "light" use device ) then ( iPad Pro - high end large screen mammoth for .... what ever ) and ( iPad Pro mini [with the 10'' display ] - second largest screen device )

    While I understand your thinking with this, it's just too many names and choices. I think they're smart to head in the iPad/iPad Pro, MacBook/MacBook Pro direction for simplicity along their computer lines. Maybe the iMac will head in that direction too. Just Mac/Mac Pro. Who knows, maybe the "i" desgination will be for iOS devices going forward, rather than consumer products as it used to be when the iMac and iBook were first released.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's WWDC 2017 returns to San Jose June 5-9, registration begins March 27

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    buzdots said:
    mobius said:
    I'm probably seeing things that aren't there, but does this guy look like he's wearing some kind of new AR headset?

    Back pack, moving from right to left.

    Over ear headphones + backpack?
    buzdotsmobius

  • Apple's 10th anniversary 'iPhone X' could cost more than $1,000 - report

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    My iPhone 7 Plus cost me $1179. We're already used to those $1000+ iPhone prices here in Canada. I can just imagine how expensive this new one will be here then.

    I remember when new iPhone prices got lowered so that everyone had a chance to get one. The good ol days of the iPhone 3G...

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