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SpamSandwich said:

Too soon to write off India as a total loss?

I think the regulators there are feeling very confident after Google and Xiaomi launched the M1 A1 in India last night, the beginning of a 40 country distribution blitz.
Google don't care about user privacy so they are happy to share anything and everything with who ever asks them nicely. Or even looks at them twice at a party....

I despise that TRAI chairman's position on privacy - but I kind of admire his skillful use of rhetoric. 

I hope Apple sticks to its guns on this issue - even if it means pulling out of the Indian market. They must know a whole host of other countries/state agencies are watching this very closely. 

Really looking forward to getting these options!
One of the only good things about using the corded earphones was the play/pause/next track functionality. 

Funny, I never heard about this being implemented in NZ, but it is on the Beehive webpage and everything. Maybe I just saw the words 'Android' and 'Location' earlier and assumed it was another story about Google giving "trusted third parties" (anyone who is interested) your precise location. 

That being said this particular function looks reasonable, as long as Apple can do it securely I would support it. 

MplsP said:

I was in Finland and Sweden last week and Apple Pay is definitely live there already. In fact it seemed to be more available there then it is here - I used it at the majority of the stores I visited.

That will just be NFC contactless payments. If you are from a country with ApplePay enabled banks/credit cards then when you travel abroad you can use the contactless card terminals wherever you are.  Which is awesome. 

That being said I hope ApplePay will continue a rapid roll out internationally. They need to get some mindshare in place before Wechat/wepay or AliPay get a roothold. In China those two services have pretty much taken over from cash in the bigger cities.