Chet-NYC

blastdoor said:

Apple Watch plus Apple Pay is killer — nothing to pull out of a wallet, faster than a chip reader, and no need to sign. Once you use it, it’s all you want to use. 

That is exactly what I was going to say.  I use my watch to pay all the time if Apple Pay is used. It is much faster and easier than taking out the credit card and waiting for the chip to be read and verified by the reader.   (When I first started using it a couple years ago, I loved watching people freak out over how I paid for whatever I was getting!!) 

I have no clue why ANY business would turn off contactless payment on their systems.

One other thing that will drive more people to Apple Pay at least here in NYC, is the roll out of OMNY, the new contactless payment system for mass transit. Right now, it's just limited to Staten Island buses and to part of one subway line.  But for that, you don't even need to open up wallet on your phone, or double click the button on the watch.  The Express Transit feature takes care of it automatically when you put the watch or phone by the OMNY reader.

I have a Series 2 in stainless steel. The main reason for paying more for that model was I saw a video of drop test with a aluminum model and the stainless model. The aluminum one broke apart, the stainless one did not. Also, the display glass on the stainless one is sapphire- much harder scratch. My watch has been in a pool about three times a week since I got it almost three years ago and it has hit the pool wall or a lane baffle several times- and not one scratch or nick to show for it. Upgraded materials do have a purpose. There's a reasonable chance I will upgrade to the Series 5 near the end of this year, and I'll most likely do the same- get a model that isn't aluminum.